International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Punkybrewster]

Line#2
W114
She lays a very dark egg.
They are long eggs though.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Line #2
W115
She lays a dark egg for a long time.

 

[Punkybrewster]

I think I made the mistake of documenting and selecting for egg color at 3 months into laying. Most laid very dark eggs in the beginning but I culled for egg color in the middle of their laying cycle as some lightened up.

These poor girls look awful right now. They are getting ready to molt.

 

[Punkybrewster]

hi every one ,here the marans varieties I m going to keep and focus in refining them to they original French SOP .
Black copper .
Solid Black .
Solid Blue
Solid splash .
Birchen { Black silver }.
Silver cuckoo.
Golden cuckoo
Recessive white .
Dominant white .
I all ready have a correct body type in all this varieties ,what I need to do is perfect the other traits and make them all lay dark eggs .

all the other varieties are going to stay with Troy .he will be working with them .
chooks man

This is a very nice group of variety!
I am excited to see your results.

 

[Chooks man]

Line #2
W116
This one I was keeping because she was a good broody and thought I could use her again for this.
Her egg color after 3 months of laying was a #4. No good?

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we do not keep her we don t want the broody genes to spread all over the flock ,plus she does not lay dark eggs ,she is out .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Line #3
W118
Big Mama
I kept her because she follows me around and wants to be held.
Always poor egg color. She is a cull.

she is out too .
we are only looking for dark eggs layers for back crossing with a young cockerels.
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Line #3
W131
She lays a dark speckled egg for a long time.

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we keep this one . she will be good for our breeding program .we need dark eggs 100%.
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Line #3
#117
She lays a dark egg for a long time.

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we are keeping this one too .
that 2 hens from line #3.
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I think I made the mistake of documenting and selecting for egg color at 3 months into laying. Most laid very dark eggs in the beginning but I culled for egg color in the middle of their laying cycle as some lightened up.

These poor girls look awful right now. They are getting ready to molt.

you haven t done any mistake , you have done well . produced stunning marans .
you have a great flock to work with ,don t worry about it .
I ll help you to breed great and faultless marans out of them .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Line#2
W114
She lays a very dark egg.
They are long eggs though.

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we keeping this one line #2. long eggs are alright if they are dark .
chooks man