International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickenpolo]

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@chickenpolo
this cockerel has good and bad thing if you want to show him .but if you want to breed him is different story .
he ha a good head and comb .plus .
this copper could be more uniform and well spread to cover all his body .still young will color up more in the future .
his major problem is his tail .too big and too high . need to find pullets/hens with a good tails other wise he is going to produce too much culls .

photos of your pullets will help .
chooks man

Thanks, I posted some pics of my 2 girls

 

[Punkybrewster]

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@kcrandall
gorgeous and correct looking pair . every thing is good about them .

chooks man

If these were mine, i would have this picture framed and put on my wall.

 

[Punkybrewster]

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@kcrandall
gorgeous and correct looking pair . every thing is good about them .

chooks man

In this pic, I can see what you mean about cockerels head being rounder and pullets being flatter.

 

[kcrandall]

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@kcrandall
gorgeous and correct looking pair . every thing is good about them .

chooks man

Thanks Chooksman! I’m well pleased with them so far. I couldn’t ask for much more at this stage of their development. I should have a good idea of what I have to work with by end of this year.

 

[marchick]

Hi @marchick .
2 different cockerels in those photos not one cockerel .
this photo is one colorful cockerel .look like Ace.View attachment 2305495

this 2 photos are of a same big dark cockerel. look like Black Jack View attachment 2305512View attachment 2305517
I like both cockerels .seem one hens is giving you big dark cockerels .other hen gave you colorful cockerels .

chooks man

Chooksman, I think it's angle and lighting. I seen him jump off the nest and go over and hop on roost. I could be wrong though. I usually am!

 

[marchick]

Well, Today was a bad day! We butchered My Blaze and 4 cockerels. So sad but he was so mean and just getting worse. Kind of heart broken about it but it had to be done.

 

[marchick]

Bahaha
Looks like one to me. That shows you how much i know.....

Beautiful either way. Lovely birds you have marchick

Thank you! I know Chooksman knows his birds. I thought for sure it was the same bird but IDK!

 

[Punkybrewster]

Well, Today was a bad day! We butchered My Blaze and 4 cockerels. So sad but he was so mean and just getting worse. Kind of heart broken about it but it had to be done.

I always have to let special birds sit in the freezer for a few months before i can even think of cooking it in the pot.
Something about knowing who it is....
Unless i cant tell them apart.☹

 

[marchick]

I always have to let special birds sit in the freezer for a few months before i can even think of cooking it in the pot.
Something about knowing who it is....
Unless i cant tell them apart.☹

He was a good breeder but finally had enough of it. My husband was way more ready than I was for Blaze to be gone. Blaze was attacking every time someone entered the pen. Even without hens in his pen. I hope we get a couple good replacements.

 

[Thomas Bright]

Well, Today was a bad day! We butchered My Blaze and 4 cockerels. So sad but he was so mean and just getting worse. Kind of heart broken about it but it had to be done.

SO SAD,
I Processed my # 1 cock last fall all so meaner than HELL, he threw some really nice chics. Got a nice cock out of him Arthur II he is not quite as mean, I have not ate him, yet! Hope to take him back over his daughters next spring. Arthur dressed out at 5.7lbs and ate just fine. Most of my cockerels dress out at 3.4-3.6 lbs. All ways meat in the freezer. I have alot of cockerels to choose from again this fall, probably Oct,Nov.