International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

I believe he is the only one.
Most look to have nice light feathering so far.
He will be a cull.

I would never have known how to spot vulture hocks at this age if you did not teach me last year.

nice to know he is the only one . thanks for letting me know .
chooks man

 

[RoosterML]

So close to hatching Twins from my Marans eggs. It started to Pip a while ago but stopped and was not progressing so I decided to open it up. I was so close to hatching twins, both fully feathered and everything. I never even knew.

 

[Chooks man]

So close to hatching Twins from my Marans eggs. It started to Pip a while ago but stopped and was not progressing so I decided to open it up. I was so close to hatching twins, both fully feathered and everything. I never even knew.
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no way they could hatch ,
for the embryos to develop that far it is sign your breeders flock are on they pick condition , no sign of any nutrient deficiency ,except the hen how is laying double yoks . she is over weight . she has a lot extra nutrient for sure .

chooks man

 

[baunlee]

Hey missed you guys! I've been steadily raising my black coppers <3 and working on improving egg color. If anyone has dark egg layers and also raises black silvers (also wanting to build those project numbers) please reach out to me, I'd love to chat.

 

[Bluebonnet Poultry TX]

Hey missed you guys! I've been steadily raising my black coppers <3 and working on improving egg color. If anyone has dark egg layers and also raises black silvers (also wanting to build those project numbers) please reach out to me, I'd love to chat.

Welcome back! I am quite new here so I don’t really know who raises the black silvers but I’m sure someone might.

 

[RoosterML]

Question: so with my new incubator with humidity pump attached the lowest I can set the pump is 40% . With Marans I usually try for 35%. Will that be ok or should I not use the Humidity pump? At lockdown I will normally bump up to 45%-50% what do you guys do?

 

[kcrandall]

Hey missed you guys! I've been steadily raising my black coppers <3 and working on improving egg color. If anyone has dark egg layers and also raises black silvers (also wanting to build those project numbers) please reach out to me, I'd love to chat.

Good to hear from you @baunlee!! Show us some pics of your BCM. @Bantambird has some nice Black Silvers.

 

[Bantambird]

I've got black and blue silvers, and occasional splash and recessive white show up too.

 

[Chooks man]

chicks plus chicks and more chicks , chicks every where running with they moms hard to take good photos, any wat lot splash chicks from khabib. BLC ,BC and Sp from Conan red from Day walker ,Red pyle from Enkido and many many F2 Marneck. BL Bl and SP

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

BC ,BLC and SP from CTB, big and chunky . love they type . 10 BC so far many BL and few Splash .

chooks man