International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

This is Waylons offspring #2
I dont like him at all. His tail hangs like this all the time. No worms or mite problem. Lowest in the pecking order and awful color.
I keep him around "just in case" but seeing these pictures, I think I will just cull him.
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I love his comb. I guess he keeps his tail like that bc he is shy/low in pecking order. a hen with some copper hackles will match him. don't rush with culling, you can always do that but cannot bring them back.

 

[Punkybrewster]

I would breed this rooster all day long. That Copper is phenomenal, perfect, beautiful. You have too bred 1, 000 chics to change a lot, that is why we all will have faults! I will bred what I like and hope they get better. TOM

Thank you. I have a spare bathroom full of his chicks. I am looking forward to seeing how they turn out.
He is a nice rooster.
Good temperament.
I do wish I had more room to hatch out all season though....you are right 1,ooo's

 

[Punkybrewster]

not bad at all. you need somewhat darker hens for him.

I thought roosters with poor copper were to be bred to hens with good color.
Could you explain why I should use darker hens? Is it because of the halo in his copper?

 

[Punkybrewster]

I love his comb. I guess he keeps his tail like that bc he is shy/low in pecking order. a hen with some copper hackles will match him. don't rush with culling, you can always do that but cannot bring them back.

You are right. I will keep him for now. He is lowest in the pecking order. Shy and nervous all the time.

 

[Punkybrewster]

These three roosters have very sparse leg feathering too. I am hoping they will improve the over feathering in my hens.

 

[chickengr]

I thought roosters with poor copper were to be bred to hens with good color.
Could you explain why I should use darker hens? Is it because of the halo in his copper?

at least on those pics he does not look like "poor copper". he is not like your "good copper" roo but not as bad.

 

[chickengr]

These three roosters have very sparse leg feathering too. I am hoping they will improve the over feathering in my hens.

easy to fix.

 

[Rm chickens]

These are my first marans that I hatched last spring, the hens are laying some gorgeous eggs so I'm incubating some now. Not sure if they are up to SOP but I've really enjoyed them so far. The best rooster I have ever had, my 1yr old son can feed him out of his hand

 

[Thomas Bright]

My new to me rooster with no white tail feathers. The one in the back is molting real hard. Not sure about him. Just put the one in the foreground in with 5 BCM hens. TOM

 

[Thomas Bright]

I think the hens liked the new rooster. Will eat everyone of these until I find the first fertile one.
TOM