International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

#117,
I have her penned for 3 days and no egg.
I have a feeling that her big swollen rear end is not normal. Filled with fluid it feels like. Almost touching the ground.

I will give her another couple of days to see if she lays but I think she is not healthy even if she acts like she is. She may have to be culled.

Does happen some times . Shame
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

#117 is not laying and may be a cull. Fluid in her bottom.

But I can pen Moonshine (green left leg) with JR and hatch some eggs.

Yes if you can pen Moonshine and LoveSong with JR that will be great . Just a small hatch to be sure the cockerels we will get are from those 2 best hens .
Love to see they true babies. They will be very special for sure .
Pedigree breeding is very important to establish the line very quickly and maintain it healthy for a long time .
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

2 BLCM sisters they are identical except Brahma standing tall second photo is a little darker and lay darker eggs than her sister lighter coloured one Her name is Sistertobrahma she lay #5 coloured eggs not as dark as her sister . Both are big chunky hens. They are a little taller on they legs . I prefer the one with short legs or medium .
When I breed this 2 sisters I will keep only they daughters not they son s .
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

These are from Mr. Good Comb pen. Pullet line.

I am waiting for 2 to lay so I can see their egg. But so far, only 1 is a cull. The others are laying a dark egg consistently.

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Wow they are stunning .
Hard to cull hens laying this sort of eggs.
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

#117 is not laying and may be a cull. Fluid in her bottom.

But I can pen Moonshine (green left leg) with JR and hatch some eggs.

If you think she has a health problem than she is a cull. You still have Moonshine and LoveSong .
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

She is now named Moonshine

Great name.
Chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

She does not lay a very dark egg.
I was planning to put her with JR to darken them up.
This would work, yes?
He is from Judith's very dark egg.

Are we talking about Moonshine?
Yes JR will add dark egg genes to his progeny .
Chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

Are we talking about Moonshine?
Yes JR will add dark egg genes to his progeny .
Chooks man

Yes. Moonshine.

So I will pen Moonshine and Love Song with JR. Moonshine will need to be cleaned out before I can put him in the pen with her. I will wait 10-14 days.

Now to make the decision on the pullet pen.
The 4 chosen,
then No Tags, #115 white, #114 green lay very dark. That would make 7 total.

 

[Chooks man]

Yes. Moonshine.

So I will pen Moonshine and Love Song with JR. Moonshine will need to be cleaned out before I can put him in the pen with her. I will wait 10-14 days.

Now to make the decision on the pullet pen.
The 4 chosen,
then No Tags, #115 white, #114 green lay very dark. That would make 7 total.

you seem t5o have lot hens laying dark eggs lot keeper for now ,
lok to me like we don t need any pullets except if they are absolutly stunning to replace the older hens ,
what we need is a few great looking and correct cockerels to mate them to the hens next breeding season ,
if I understand ; from the pullets pen we selected 4 hens as a keeper plus 3 dark eggs layers .( no tag ,#115 and #114 )
from the cockerels pens we selected 4 hens plus one dark eggs layer ?
is that correct ?
if it is correct that will give us 12 hens in total as keepers .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Punkybrewster
out of the 2 roosters you have witch one has a better type .JR or Nicecomb ? nice legs too .
you said JR is narrower with X type legs /
how about Nicecomb ?what are his faults ?
chooks man