International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Punkybrewster]

Love the way she looks in the first photo. She is long . She is a keep .
Chooks man

Bellaluna
Some more from this morning.

 

[Punkybrewster]

She is gorgeous a keep for sure. Last photo who is a hen on the right facing away from the camera. She has a stunning wide , long and chunky body type.
Hope she is Juddith#2
Chooks man

That is green left leg band. That flop in her comb...

 

[Punkybrewster]

@Punkybrewster
here are your best hens ,all keep
hen #1

hen #2

hen #3

hen #4

all this hens are great to breed body type from them .
first group we kept 3 hens and this group we are keeping 4 hens. more than we need for sure .
wait for you to check the colour of they eggs .we don t want to miss anything
chooks man

We kept 4 hens from the first group.
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Since this pen does not have the darkest eggs, I kept #167 who I discovered lays a dark egg.

If I should still not keep her, I will cull.
Just let me know.

So right now, I have 5 hens total from the first group. The rest have been culled.

My job now is to document egg color on everyone.

 

[Chooks man]

We kept 4 hens from the first group.
139
150
146
169

Since this pen does not have the darkest eggs, I kept #167 who I discovered lays a dark egg.

If I should still not keep her, I will cull.
Just let me know.

So right now, I have 5 hens total from the first group. The rest have been culled.

My job now is to document egg color on everyone.
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Dark egg layer are always a keep .
Chooks nan

 

[Chooks man]

That is green left leg band. That flop in her comb...
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She has a deep and long body type . Comb is not problem for us now. We have other hens with a nice comb.
What a colour of her eggs
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

She has a very large saggy bottom. Almost pendulous. I actually wondered if something is wrong with her but it's been this way for months and she is still alive.
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She is a square for sure .
What the colour of her eggs
Her back is short but her chest is very deep. She has the deepest chest of all your hens . From the photos .
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

We kept 4 hens from the first group.
139
150
146
169

Since this pen does not have the darkest eggs, I kept #167 who I discovered lays a dark egg.

If I should still not keep her, I will cull.
Just let me know.

So right now, I have 5 hens total from the first group. The rest have been culled.

My job now is to document egg color on everyone.
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Yes you need to know what hen is laying what type of eggs. Very important if we want to breed great Marans not just good looking chooks but true Marans.
Chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

Yes you need to know what hen is laying what type of eggs. Very important if we want to breed great Marans not just good looking chooks but true Marans.
Chooks man

I'm in the process now of documenting egg color. I should know everyone soon.

The pullet pen has only 1 or 2 that are laying a light egg. There are nice eggs coming from this pen. I just need to find the light layers.

Cockerel pen only has 1, maybe 2 that DO lay dark. A solid #5. The rest are a bit lighter now. They all laid dark eggs in the beginning but not for long.
JR hatched from a very dark egg so I hope this improves egg color in their progeny.

I'm working on it

 

[Punkybrewster]

She is a square for sure .
What the colour of her eggs
Her back is short but her chest is very deep. She has the deepest chest of all your hens . From the photos .
Chooks man

She does.
She is very big and heavy. Solid.

 

[Chooks man]

I'm in the process now of documenting egg color. I should know everyone soon.

The pullet pen has only 1 or 2 that are laying a light egg. There are nice eggs coming from this pen. I just need to find the light layers.

Cockerel pen only has 1, maybe 2 that DO lay dark. A solid #5. The rest are a bit lighter now. They all laid dark eggs in the beginning but not for long.
JR hatched from a very dark egg so I hope this improves egg color in their progeny.

I'm working on it

That is great.
Yes JR will improve the egg colour in his progeny because he hatched from dark egg and his sister Jdth#2 lay dark eggs .
Chooks nan