International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Auntiejessi3]

View attachment 4093804The cuckoo eggs arrived, I checked with the breeder and they are dark cuckoos, not silver, despite the lighter hackles.

Not the darkest eggs but they are nice and shiny and the ideal, round shape for Marans eggs, so should compliment the darker egg genes of the other lines in this project.

I can’t wait to have baby cuckoos, it’s a plumage that has really grown on me since first getting marans.

I had 2 golden cuckoos last year, I've always wanted them and they were beautiful! Got killed by a dog, unfortunately I've remedied that since

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Some pics of my Wheatens, I accidentally posted on wraths thread

 

[KF0002]

What happened to Chooks man? I was wanting to ask him a breeding question unrelated to Marans, but noticed he hasn't been active in quite a while. I pray he is okay.

 

[Tstraub]

What happened to Chooks man? I was wanting to ask him a breeding question unrelated to Marans, but noticed he hasn't been active in quite a while. I pray he is okay.

He showed up last night with a new user name after a very long time away. He now goes by @Joemarans

 

[KF0002]

He showed up last night with a new user name after a very long time away. He now goes by @Joemarans

Oh good! Maybe he forgot his password to his old account. I will send him a pm.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Some pics of my Wheatens, I accidentally posted on wraths thread

Just as lovely there as they are here...

 

[wrathsfarm]

Kong x Solo.. 7 so far plus the head spot BCM I put under her.
I'll pull the 3 remaining eggs tomorrow if they haven't hatched.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

He showed up last night with a new user name after a very long time away. He now goes by @Joemarans

Oh my gosh this completely flew over my head! Welcome back my friend.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

Not a 100%on this one ,you are alright about the English cuckoo but not about the French.
The French cuckoo are ER/ER ,S/S ,B/B they are birches.they are not uniform like the English. They have a lighter hackle,back and lancets.

The English dark cuckoo is accepted in they standard .they create them by crossing a silver cuckoo rooster to a solid black hens.
The French Don t have a dark cuckoo
Joesmarans

Thanks for clarifying, I think this is what I was trying to say but I complicated it. Lovely to have you back.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

@Joemarans I recall you were writing a book about marans breeding? How is that going?

Last year wasn’t too eventful for my marans, but I am proud of this boy, Napoleon. His comb’s big and scruffy but his type is a big improvement, finally a cock without squirrel tail, as well as a chunky type. He’s about five months old in this photo.