Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[snowbird]

Sorry I am replying to a week-old post, but I've been putting up fencing and haven't had time for much else. My question is, if you are breeding blue coppers and folks think using black coppers produced from the blues shouldn't be used for breeding black coppers, what do you all do with those black copper chicks? Cull them all at hatch? Keep the pullet chicks and cull all the males?

Yes, just use them with the Blue Copper.. and cull the males. But someone couple of days ago had a similar problem and just sold them and said it is buyer beware. In the past many decades I have culled many thousand chickens and believe me they never made it into any breeding pens unless it was those in the sky.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Hey, maybe Wynette and I will rock YOUR world, Don!

 

[snowbird]

Hey, maybe Wynette and I will rock YOUR world, Don!

Barb, I look forward to seeing you and even Wynette.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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LMAO!!!

(Very nice to have the relief of a good laugh as I prepare myself and some birds (Silkies and Ameraucanas) for our first show on Saturday. Thank you, Don!! And really VERY glad to hear the appointment went well today.

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[gilavina]

Don, I'm really glad to hear your appointment went well! And like hearing you will be filling up some of your breeding pens too! Look forward to hearing about the Nationals from you and seeing some of the birds!

 

[math ace]

Well, this is intriguing! I look forward to meeting you, Don...and good thoughts are with you today & always!

(Math, quit stirring the pot, you little troublemaker!!

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This is as close as I could find....

 

[pinkchick]

Don~ Very happy to read that your appt. went well today.

 

[pinkchick]

[COLOR=800080]This is as close as I could find....[/COLOR] [COLOR=800080] [/COLOR]

 

[pinkchick]

Hi Vicki!
Got a semi decent photo of one of the young Birchen cockerels today.

 

[pinkchick]

Hi Math!