International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

BLC pullets 11 months old . very long tail plus too much copper on her chest .I will not breed from her .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Blue Tail Buff .pullet 10 months old .sired by Day Walker over Unicorn .
big ,solid and correct . lay large oval dark eggs 6 and 5 .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Splash copper cockerel 11 months old .love his shoulder pattern . lot people mistake the Splash variety to Splash copper variety , a difference is =
Splash or solid Splash has no shoulder pattern .no red .
Splash copper should have a shoulder pattern like BC /BLC .
love his correct body

type and low tail . he his the best out of Liza s splash copper line.
his comb need work .
he will breed well with Khabib daughters Khabiba and Kako2.

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

my best colored BC and BLC cockerels .
BC cockerel is so special to me . best BCM pattern I ever had .
his comb need work but that is nothing compare to the other qualities he offers .
he is 10 months old now .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

BC cockerel one year old sired by Big Blue over his half sister Gazelle .
Gazelle add body pattern to her progeny .all her progeny cockerels and pullets are fully colored regardless witch rooster I matted her to . she is dominant breeders , she stamp her progeny with a specific mold .
Sun set light make his copper look golden

chooks man

 

[kcrandall]

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my best colored BC and BLC cockerels .
BC cockerel is so special to me . best BCM pattern I ever had .
his comb need work but that is nothing compare to the other qualities he offers .
he is 10 months old now .

chooks man

The color and pattern on the BC and BLC Cockerels is stunning, flawless. The BC Cockerel has excellent type, good medium sized legs well centered. Well done my friend!!

 

[Chooks man]

The color and pattern on the BC and BLC Cockerels is stunning, flawless. The BC Cockerel has excellent type, good medium sized legs well centered. Well done my friend!!

you are alright my friend . BC cockerel score 10 out 10 in every trait except the comb .
his comb is good size ,small but has a side sprig at the back of it . DQ if I m showing but I m not .
as breeder he need to prove him selves .I have 2 proven BC breeders hens to pen him with .let see what he can do .
good look is some thing but able to produce correct progeny is another thing .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Philip 2 years old BC rooster .his sire is first import release 2017 ,his dam is from Philip line .
his problem is parasitic white on his tail and a comb with a side sprig , no bad 2 major DQ . that I have to work with guy .
this guy carry a good body type genes .dark eggs genes .good tail ,
I have is true sister Philippine . lay nice oval dark eggs .

all these cockerels with white on they tails will be bred to the white dominant and recessive . my white marans have a lovely correct body type but they lay very light pink eggs .
these import line cockerels with they parasitic white will help me fix the egg color .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

better photos of BLC cockerel .he is very tall .wide and super large .good legs on him .
his problem is his tail is open .his comb is great size but need to be refine .

chooks man

 

[Minky]

@ Chooksman and @ kcrandall thanks for answering my questions

that is a lot of different hens and roosters, Chooksman. How do you keep all their names straight, and know who sired who and who is who's sister, brother, etc... know which hen gives her progeny which traits and who doesn't? How dark each hens egg colour is? Do you have spread sheets? I am completely amazed. My husband thinks it is amazing that I know the names of about 20 chickens that to him- all look sort of alike.