International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

Wanted to pop in and say hey! Sorry for the hiatus from BYC. Covid was rough at the hospital where I work and I kinda put chickens on the back burner and went into survival mode with all the OT and chaos. I'm sorry I lost touch with BYC. Everything is better now that Covid has fizzled out and I wanted to get back to this forum. I don't really breed my Marans to SOP anymore. They are all just free ranging in the yard living their best lives. I hatch enough to maintain a little layer flock of Marans and that's about it. I hope all is well with you all! I've recently went BACK to school AGAIN to get my masters in nursing as a nurse practitioner, so that is tying me up quite a bit. I'm either a crazy or a glutton for punishment, or both. I've also ventured into turkey raising, so we'll see how that goes. lol

welcome back! we missed you.

 

[kfelton0002]

Looks like Dark Angel left me a little gift before he moved on. A son with no split wing. He has a brother that is much overcolored, but this one is lovely despite his marbled eye color.

 

[kfelton0002]

welcome back! we missed you.

Thank you! I missed all of you all also!!

 

[Chooks man]

Looks like Dark Angel left me a little gift before he moved on. A son with no split wing. He has a brother that is much overcolored, but this one is lovely despite his marbled eye color.

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That is great love his stance and chunkiness.
Chooks man

 

[wrathsfarm]

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[Chooks man]

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great stuff ,hope more will pop up .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ow-to-breed-them-to-sop.1585860/post-26946482

this is a new thread I started as I promessed to talk about all marans traits and how to work with them ina breeding pens .
chooks man

 

[marchick]

I moved the chicks out to a house yesterday. I went back out to check on them and 1 BC chick was dead. I am down to 12 chicks. There was a crack between the wood and bricks. I think the chick got close to the crack and the chickens on the other side got it. It was 100% fine a hour or so ago. Bummer for sure!

 

[NanaK]

I moved the chicks out to a house yesterday. I went back out to check on them and 1 BC chick was dead. I am down to 12 chicks. There was a crack between the wood and bricks. I think the chick got close to the crack and the chickens on the other side got it. It was 100% fine a hour or so ago. Bummer for sure!

Sorry about the chick.

 

[marchick]

Well, The worming must have helped my other rooster. My husband was saying the rooster looks so much better. That his color was better. I was out this morning and seen him mount a hen. First time that I have seen this. I am out there a lot. Plus none of the hens had any feathers messed up. I know none of the eggs from that pen where fertile but I a sure he wasn't breeding them. Never even showed interest in them.