International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Punkybrewster]

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
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chooks man

Beautiful to see chicks with mama's

 

[Chooks man]

70 chicks hatched so far , we still have 2 sitting hens both with 10 fertile eggs each ,check them last night all good . plus 2 incubator 48 each ,we run out of broody hens .
collecting fertile eggs for 2 more weeks and we are done .. they are not laying much at all .
all mama s hens with they chicks are one big place one acre . old breeders pens has rested for one year without chooks in it . lot space and fresh grass for them as they grow ,no need to move them for broody box any more . they are free ranging since they first week of hatching .all good .

it is very nice to know that my future breeders are growing with they moms in the best natural setting I can offer them , mama hen does all the work ,
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

2 splash copper chicks from Khabib . love they body type high quality , supper chunky and correct . no hatch down colour to worry about in this variety . majority are early feathering type .

3 splash chicks on the right ,big and chunky late feathering type .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Blue golden Salmon marans chick . sired by Enkido over his half sister Babycorn .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Bantambird
love the body type and pure silver of your rooster . I really like the BLue . deep chest and solid straight feet .love they light pinkish color . impressed with what you have done with them , lot work Bravo .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

frosted .Splash copper rooster ,16 months old almost finished molting . have great plans for him this winter breeding , I ll be breeding him to Khabib daughters .they lay dark eggs and are big chooks but with a short back , . his 2 sisters still laying number 6 colored eggs at the end of laying cycle . great traits .

chooks man

 

[Thomas Bright]

THE HENS GOT THEIR EGGS A ROW TODAY

 

[Chooks man]

THE HENS GOT THEIR EGGS A ROW TODAY

I m impressed ,what a good little set up .plus dark eggs too . you for sure know witch pullet lay what , top nosh experience breeder .
love your work my dear friend .

chooks man

 

[baunlee]

I kept my 2 silver black (birchen) males in with my black coppers this year for winter heat. I didn't have enough birchens for them to be alone in the other coop. Anyways, the false spring has crept up on me, now eggs everywhere. I'm moving the silver boys today. I keep a closed flock so I wont personally be keeping these eggs, but this has me wondering, if I give them away locally as "brown layers" what would the outcome be of

black silver roo x black copper hen

I dont have any birchen hens in there and obviously, these aren't eggs I should bother setting since my bcm line is pure and separate. *thanks chicken genetics people

 

[theminimizer]

Since the hatchery canceled my order due to the storm, I got 3 Black Copper Marans pullets from Tractor Supply. (Desperate times ) They are 2 weeks. Does all this copper just mean bad breeding? or does it mean cockerel... already?