International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man you may have seen my pictures already but I wanted to show off these few to you. My favourite pair of silver cuckoo English and black copper French Marans from this year. Unfortunately I lost the BCM cock but have his sisters and dam. I’ll get some pictures of the nice dark cuckoos soon.View attachment 4270607View attachment 4270611View attachment 4270610View attachment 4270608

wow my friend you have done very well ,they are all high class ,love they deep body type ,the cuckoos have a clean pattern and pure silver too I m impressed .the BCM are gorgeous too very deep chest and long body type , you perfected the art of Marans breeding ,you know how to select for sure ,
chooks man

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

wow my friend you have done very well ,they are all high class ,love they deep body type ,the cuckoos have a clean pattern and pure silver too I m impressed .the BCM are gorgeous too very deep chest and long body type , you perfected the art of Marans breeding ,you know how to select for sure ,
chooks man

Thank you so much for the compliments. I learned a lot from you, you even shared this thread with me, so thanks for all that. Hopefully I can improve the UK’s marans stock by sharing my eggs and knowledge.

The silver cuckoos are F0s, so I was very lucky to get such a good pair to hatch out, but I did search through all the sellers to find the best parent stock. Their eggs are a bit paler but the dark cuckoos will help fix that, they are from a dark egg line from a good breeder I trust.

Next year I’m going to cross the two lines to finally get started with my Golden Cuckoo revival project (as they are suspected extinct in the UK).
Thanks again.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

Here’s Chanel, my F0 BlCM hen. She’s getting old but has been the dam to my best French marans. She laid 7/8 coloured eggs in her first two seasons. @Chooks man you liked her most when I first got my marans, and I can understand why.

when she was a pullet.

 

[wrathsfarm]

View attachment 4270883Here’s Chanel, my F0 BlCM hen. She’s getting old but has been the dam to my best French marans. She laid 7/8 coloured eggs in her first two seasons. @Chooks man you liked her most when I first got my marans, and I can understand why.View attachment 4270884View attachment 4270885when she was a pullet.

I would love to have a carbon copy of her in my flock. Absolutely beautiful, my friend.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

I would love to have a carbon copy of her in my flock. Absolutely beautiful, my friend.

I’m hoping I can get a cockerel off her next year. She’s had 100% fertility in every hatch I’ve done from her, even this year with her being 3 years old. I want these genes for fertility and longevity, plus her type just seems to refine with her age.
I’m blessed to have had her as my F0.

 

[Chooks man]

View attachment 4270883Here’s Chanel, my F0 BlCM hen. She’s getting old but has been the dam to my best French marans. She laid 7/8 coloured eggs in her first two seasons. @Chooks man you liked her most when I first got my marans, and I can understand why.View attachment 4270884View attachment 4270885when she was a pullet.

I like her because she was a complete package at a young age .every about her is great ,what a fine specimen she aging very nice like a fine wine ,happy for you to have her as your F0 hopping for you to get a cockerel from her so you can conserve her sex linked gene in her line
chooks man.

 

[Chooks man]

Thank you so much for the compliments. I learned a lot from you, you even shared this thread with me, so thanks for all that. Hopefully I can improve the UK’s marans stock by sharing my eggs and knowledge.

The silver cuckoos are F0s, so I was very lucky to get such a good pair to hatch out, but I did search through all the sellers to find the best parent stock. Their eggs are a bit paler but the dark cuckoos will help fix that, they are from a dark egg line from a good breeder I trust.

Next year I’m going to cross the two lines to finally get started with my Golden Cuckoo revival project (as they are suspected extinct in the UK).
Thanks again.

you where a fast learner too ,I did show a lot peoples how to breed marans but not all of them managed to do . blessing .
golden cuckoo marans is a great project ,I m working on a same thing .
chooks man

 

[Bantambird]

Finally got a guy with a nice head. He gets to share big daddy duty this year. I might rotate a runner up if one impresses me, though! It's too dark to take any pictures right now, hopefully I'll get some new ones after Christmas

 

[chickengr]

Merry Xmas to you all from down under ,
I moved back to NSW 3/4 weeks ago .had very bad luck up north will never go up there again , my friend rented me a few acres so I can keep my chooks for a year and half if I wanted ,I will be looking for a place some time after a NY ,I m one hour north of Sydney where all my friends are ,very nice horse country .I was in this area 10 years ago 2015, very good for a chooks great climate and safe from a wild dog ,the north state is full of them every where ,they killed a lot of my chooks ,I still have a lot any why ,I gave my friend half of my flock ,couldn t move them all in one go 15 hours drive ,did not want to do 2 trips ,so I selected only the best one 100hens and 40 roosters , nice to see all .and I missed you all ,your are great group of peoples ,lot trust and respect very rare to get this days ,View attachment 4270576View attachment 4270577View attachment 4270579View attachment 4270580

welcome back and merry Christmas!