International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Magnolia Hill]

they did a lot growing . big and gorgeous now .lovely body type and color pattern .
you have done great job .

chooks man

Thank you, most of these are f2 and f3 except for the lights, They are f1 off a btb cross.

 

[Magnolia Hill]

I wonder how many generations it will take to clean the white up? It's not so bad in the pullets, but it really shows in the cockerels.

 

[Chooks man]

I wonder how many generations it will take to clean the white up? It's not so bad in the pullets, but it really shows in the cockerels.View attachment 2077458

you need to add to them more silver .
Columbian marans { Marans Herminee } is silver based wheaten family genetic . Ewh/Ewh .S/S for the cockerels and S/- for the pullets

your silver crele boy will help
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Thank you, most of these are f2 and f3 except for the lights, They are f1 off a btb cross.

who is who? f1.f2 and f3
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

those are high quality wheaten marans .correct big body type ,correct body color ,darker hackle ,wheat colored upper body and cream chest /lower body .
solid chooks .
the comb will be your trouble with a hen in far back ,
the one on the left look to have correct comb .
impressed
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Magnolia Hill

the standing pullet on the right and a sitting pullet next to her have a correct marans Buff color . the other are too washed out more of Lemon type .

chooks man

 

[Magnolia Hill]

who is who? f1.f2 and f3
chooks man

Wheatens are f3.
Sliver crele, crele, golden salmons and btb chicks are f2, The solid blacks and the lights are f1.

 

[Magnolia Hill]

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@Magnolia Hill

the standing pullet on the right and a sitting pullet next to her have a correct marans Buff color . the other are too washed out more of Lemon type .

chooks man

Yea ill let them grow completely out before i make final the final cuts, i got a black talied red rooster i might use in my btb line to help darken them up, I'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Chooks man]

Yea ill let them grow completely out before i make final the final cuts, i got a black talied red rooster i might use in my btb line to help darken them up, I'll just have to wait and see.

he has a correct buff color we looking for .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Wheatens are f3.
Sliver crele, crele, golden salmons and btb chicks are f2, The solid blacks and the lights are f1.

when you say wheaten are F3 . they are not from pure wheaten stock? or cross between wheaten lines?
we used F1/2/3 etc .........when we working with a cross .
if we working with pure strain we use Back cross .BC1/2/3 etc..................... your wheaten look pure to me they don t seem to carry any parasitic coloration from other varieties .

silver and golden crele make sense they are f2 .they are a blend of 2 varieties
how your solid black come to be ? sire Black or Dam black ?

chooks man