International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

Square?View attachment 3456208

She more of V shape type her chest is not deep at all plus her tail is a little higher
Chooks nan

 

[Chooks man]

Square? Very high tail and neck all the time.View attachment 3456215

She is a true square but she has one gorgeous quality her chest is very deep .
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Rectangle? Good type?View attachment 3456217

This one is good one keep for sure
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

rectangle? Good type?View attachment 3456218

This one is good too . Keep
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Rectangle? Good type?
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Good one too . Keep
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

This is love song. Selected last year for dark eggs and type.

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LoveSong is the best plus she lay dark eggs . She is a keep . We will make her a foundation hen.
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Rectangle? Good type?
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chunky type with a deep chest and well developed abdomen,great traits ,her problem is her tail is very high making look square .
she is a keep
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

You’ve probably put this on the thread before, but do you have examples of good/bad chick down and chick body type? Also, how do you keep track of which chicks are from each eggs? Do you just have to be present and then tag them?

I need to get photos from my old lap top ,my book publisher has all my old photos .
for the chickswhen they hatch I have divided my hatcher into 8 compartement , each hen eggs are kept separate from each other so the chicks don t get mixed up . I posted photos of my hatcher long time ago 2018/19 .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Square?
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she is not square she need more depth into her chest .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Square?View attachment 3456216

your chooks are not square body type ,they more of V shap type ,most of them need more depth into they chest .
to fix that we need to hatch cockerels from hen with a deep chest so we can work with him later ,
chooks man