International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[BlindLemonChicken]

Billings, but I only have the black silvers, no black coppers. There is never a very active forum for black silver Marans so I have glommed onto this one as my Marans posting home. I still have some pullets available, and I am probably going to butcher the extra cockerels within the next month if they don't find new homes.

I love your pug! My husband is always promising to buy me a black female pug I can name Rosebud but he never delivers! Haha not trying to hijack this thread with pugs either but they're so entertaining. I can't sleep if no one is snoring now!

Billings is quite a ways from my Mom near Helena but she is more concerned with egg color than anything else so I'm sure she wouldn't mind crossing her coppers with silvers. I know the gene for egg color is recessive but I don't know if that applies within the breed. I know nothing about breeding.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I like your avatar! I have a black female pug. I know this is not a pug thread but I couldn't help myself. Forgive me everyone! I added a older Marans picture. Lol

I meant i love YOUR pug-sorry I am running on fumes today. Doesn't take much to confuse me

 

[marchick]

I meant i love YOUR pug-sorry I am running on fumes today. Doesn't take much to confuse me

That's ok! I would like another black female pug also. They are difficult to find here. My baby will be 4 years old. They are awsome!

 

[Punkybrewster]

This is Seamus.
He is one of 3 roosters I have selected from purchased eggs last fall. My concern with this line is the parasitic white in the flock I bought the eggs from.

He does have some white underfluff and is the smallest of the 3 but I do like him.

The short tail was my goal.

 

[Punkybrewster]

This is another from the 3 roosters. As you can see, he has those 2 long white feathers in his tail. He is big with nice color though.

He will be the one I cull I think.

 

[Punkybrewster]

This is the last of the 3.
He is a giant. He is also mean as a hornet. Could be because he is in the bachelor pen with no access to the hens?

He has some white on him but I hesitate to cull because he has great coloring to compliment my darker hens.

And that tail shape is what I need in my line.

Also check out the leg coloring. They are pink with just a touch of grey.

 

[marchick]

This is Seamus.
He is one of 3 roosters I have selected from purchased eggs last fall. My concern with this line is the parasitic white in the flock I bought the eggs from.

He does have some white underfluff and is the smallest of the 3 but I do like him.

The short tail was my goal.



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I like this one the best of the two.

 

[Punkybrewster]

I like this one the best of the two.

I agree.
He is in with the hens. Nice all around rooster. I would like to see more color in his shoulders though. I may get offspring that are too dark. Some of my hens lack good copper.

 

[Punkybrewster]

When I was forced to cull Waylon when he went lame, I hatched a bunch of his eggs. He had no white. He was from my line #2.

There are 7 cockerels from him I have chosen to grow out. I will get pics when I can.

 

[marchick]

I agree.
He is in with the hens. Nice all around rooster. I would like to see more color in his shoulders though. I may get offspring that are too dark. Some of my hens lack good copper.

The third it is difficult for me to give my opinion from the pictures. There are others on here much more knowledgeable. This is just my opinion for what it's worth.