International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Punkybrewster]

The 3 remaining cockerels from line #3.
5 months old.
There were 4 but I culled the one with vulture hocks.

These are hatched from the breeder whose sires all have parasitic white but the whole flock has beautiful low tails.

#1

Obvious white feather and underfluff. Also high tail. . I will cull unless told otherwise.

 

[Punkybrewster]

#2
The smallest

 

[Punkybrewster]

#3
The one with dark shoulders. Not good copper but man, he is massive. The largest of the 3.

 

[Punkybrewster]

One thing I have noticed with this line, they have much lighter legs and feet. More pink.

 

[Chooks man]

One thing I have noticed with this line, they have much lighter legs and feet. More pink.

it is a great trait . dark shanks are permitted by SOP but not desirable . pinkish shanks are the right one ,very hard to achieve with BCM .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

#3
The one with dark shoulders. Not good copper but man, he is massive. The largest of the 3.

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I like his type . dark shoulder or not he is not going any where . we need to keep mass in our marans ,very important trait . most important than any thing else . marans can not be light weight . we need then to be heavy and solid .
body color we work on that .
you have pullets with great hackle marking from the other line .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

#3
The one with dark shoulders. Not good copper but man, he is massive. The largest of the 3.

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I don t see any white on this cockerel .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

#2
The smallest

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small yeah but the best on copper and the most complete body pattern .
he just need mass that all .
don t see any white .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

The 3 remaining cockerels from line #3.
5 months old.
There were 4 but I culled the one with vulture hocks.

These are hatched from the breeder whose sires all have parasitic white but the whole flock has beautiful low tails.

#1

Obvious white feather and underfluff. Also high tail. . I will cull unless told otherwise.
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best head and comb . love his stance . high tail yeah and parasitic white I see that .
what do you like about him .very hard for me to tell from the photos .some thing about him is attractive .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

One thing I have noticed with this line, they have much lighter legs and feet. More pink.

your cockerels are half brothers not true brothers ,they have same sire but different dams .great .
chooks man