International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

3years old box hen she has red leg ring and the green leg band what a type. Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Blue copper hen.chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

Do you still have Waylon’s progenies ?chooks man

I do not have any of Waylons progenies.
He is the rooster that suddenly went lame. I ended up having to cull him. I took all the eggs from that pen and hatched them hoping to carry on. Several of his progeny had wry tails and keels. One had weak legs at around 9 months. I decided to cull them all for this reason. Even the few that looked fine.

 

[Punkybrewster]

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your cockerels have stunning body type and priceless copper .
I like the cockerel on the right,he has less legs feathering plus correct pinkish colored legs . seem to have no white on him legs feathers.
waiting of the individual photos .you have plenty to work with for sure .you come along way . bravo
chooks man

Thank you for the compliment @ Chooks man.

I like the light color and feathering too.
I will try to get individual photos soon.

 

[Punkybrewster]

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the cockerel in the middle is stunning ,he seem to have more qualities than all of them ,only work needed is his comb ,large type .but correct points number .
love they sort feets .
chooks man

It is very hot and humid here in South Carolina. Is it true that heat tends to give them larger combs or is this a myth?

 

[Punkybrewster]

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this guy has a bad comb ,double points in the form of M ,middle part of his comb .
I don t see his shoulder coloration ?
donsn t seem to have any white any where , can you check his under fluff is is pure black or greyish black . we are looking for a pure dark black under fluff whithout any white ,.
for the parasitic white we can not tell ,till after the big molt at 2 years of age , OLd man tom has mentioned it in one of his post ,
to breed out the parasitic white we have to breed from old stock more mature with out any white .
chooks man

Yes, he is much darker with dark underfluff but not as much copper at this age. This is why I have kept him so far. He has the darkest underfluff out of the 4 I will keep and let grow some more.

The rest have lighter grey underfluff which makes me think they will end up with some white on them after molt.

 

[Punkybrewster]

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@Punkybrewster BCM pullet on the rump walking down .stunning .
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@Bantambird Black silver pullet ,
this 2 pullets are identical similar body type and feathering .both are high standard .
Bravo to both breeders .
chooks man

The top photo in this post is Judith's pullet (yellow leg band). I was only able to hatch 2 of her eggs before culling her. She was an egg eater and would not use a roll out nesting box.

The 2 eggs that hatched gave me 1 pullet, 1 cockerel. He is the cockerel with the yellow leg band in my cockerel photos.

 

[Punkybrewster]

@Chooks man, I love seeing your Marans. They are big and chunky.
I made the decision to cull my smaller U shaped hens earlier this year. I am glad I did.

 

[Bantambird]

This is the one splash cockerel that hatched this year, and my daughter wants to start a splash line. I feel like his tail is a little long. He has a double point on an otherwise nice looking comb. He is 7 months old so he's not done changing yet.

 

[chickengr]

It is very hot and humid here in South Carolina. Is it true that heat tends to give them larger combs or is this a myth?

I wonder that too.