International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

My BCM rooster SpringBuck last year hatch viewed from different side . Look how wide he is when viewed from the front and rear . Well spaced straight feet . Compare him to his half brother . He is a double width for sure . He is the best rooster I ever bred for sure . Hopefully it is not the last .
Love to see his babies with LoveSong and Madonna.
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Last year splash pullet . Stunning body type and tail . Very long flat back and small comb. This pullet hasn’t t got many if any faults . She is all class .
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

SPringBuck true sister Gazelle #2 she is as wide as him . Solid hen great for breeding heavy line .
Chooks man

 

[chickengr]

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Solid dark blue pullet . Last year hatch. She is a daughter of Dark Angel . She is solid blue very dark .
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Look at the difference between the 2 hens . The splash one is thinner . She is not a keep . We want our Marans to be solid , deep and chunky . Blue one is .
Chooks man

I wish I could find chickens like your culls here. good marans are not available here. if I buy eggs I should get at least 500 in order to get a nice flock. not possible for me. I'll be searching for breeders if any. most people here keep chickens as a hobby then sell a few eggs and chicks. even small farms just keep males and females without paying attention to anything.

 

[chickengr]

I have heard older hens around 2 years old eggs are better to hatch. Something to do with the albumen being thinner?

It could just be false information...

I have heard that chicks hatched from older hens are healthier. it makes sense as hens survived and are healthy. as for the albumen I don't see any difference. maybe I don't see well.

 

[Chooks man]

I wish I could find chickens like your culls here. good marans are not available here. if I buy eggs I should get at least 500 in order to get a nice flock. not possible for me. I'll be searching for breeders if any. most people here keep chickens as a hobby then sell a few eggs and chicks. even small farms just keep males and females without paying attention to anything.

@chickengr how about if I post to you some fertile eggs .do you thing they will let them pass or you are not allowed to receive organic mater from another country ?
let me know please .I love to help you .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Hi every one ,here my plan to breed a Black silver ( aka Birchen ) from this pair . all ready did a first crossing of dark silver cuckoo with a BLC hen to produce a F1 birchen cockerel .the one I ll be using for this crossing .he is Blue birchen golden/silver , this cockerel

the hen is pure silver cuckoo ,very nice one too .

F1 cockerel X cuckoo hen = they progeny will be .all cockerels will be cuckoos Blue and Black , some will be pure silver other will be golden/silver only keeping the pure silver dark Black cuckoos .
half of the pullets will be Black/Blue silver ( birchen ) other half will be Black/Blue copper . only keeping the Black silver( Birchen) for the F2 crossing .
Next step will be F2 dark Black silver cuckoo cockerel X F2 back silver ( birchen ) hen =F3 half of them will be cuckoos pullets and cockerel all pure silver . other half will be Black silver ( birchen ) pullets and cockerels .
so if every thing go recording a my plan ,next year I will have pure black silver ( Birchen ) flock running around in my farm .
chooks man

 

[chickengr]

@chickengr how about if I post to you some fertile eggs .do you thing they will let them pass or you are not allowed to receive organic mater from another country ?
let me know please .I love to help you .
chooks man

I cannot import hatching eggs. only registered farms could do that but not less than 1000 eggs. shipping price from australia is making that impossible. a friend of a friend wanted to import some eggs and gave up.

 

[Chooks man]

I cannot import hatching eggs. only registered farms could do that but not less than 1000 eggs. shipping price from australia is making that impossible. a friend of a friend wanted to import some eggs and gave up.

shame I can not send you any eggs .
this time I m working with the indigenous tribes to get my export license . we are in the process of building a new chooks breeding facility in the tribal land ,so will be part of they right to do what whey want - export and import .exchange with other cultures around the world
chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

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My BCM rooster SpringBuck last year hatch viewed from different side . Look how wide he is when viewed from the front and rear . Well spaced straight feet . Compare him to his half brother . He is a double width for sure . He is the best rooster I ever bred for sure . Hopefully it is not the last .
Love to see his babies with LoveSong and Madonna.
Chooks man

That is a big boy!