If you use a Cuckoo with her, you will get mixed chicks. If you use a Black Copper, you will get all Blue/Blue Coppers. If you use a Splash, you will get all Splash chicks. If you use a Blue or Blue Copper, you will get about half and half Splash and Blue/Blue Coppers.
I wouldn't use a bird colored like this as a juvenile in any BCM breeding program, but he could make some nice olive eggers for you if you put him over blue egg laying hens.Here is my FBCM Cockeral. He is 15 weeks. He is from Wade Jean/Bev Davis and Cottage Hill lines. I think he has a little much color on the breasts but not sure. What do you think?
These brown colored males should be culled from any serious Marans flock that is being bred to the SOP, nothing good will come from breeding them.
They usually get more color. With that much color in the breast, I would think that it will only get worse. The Shows allow for a little copper in the breast, but is clearly against lacing. I would be afraid that use a male with that much color. I would be afraid that he would produce males like himself and females that were mossy.
Yes, did you think I was saying to breed him in a Marans program? That is not, of course, what I said nor would I keep a bird like this in my Marans programs. I don't consider an olive egger program a Marans program. It's an olive egger program. I'm not sure how to take your comment unless you were merely agreeing??? I typically tend to avoid this thread because it's so confrontational.
I never want anyone to take anything that I say in a negative way. I understand that different people have different goals. I simply try to advise people who ask based on experiences that we have had. We have worked hard to get where we are with our program. Many of our mistakes could have been avoided if we would have had good advice from people with experience.Yes, did you think I was saying to breed him in a Marans program? That is not, of course, what I said nor would I keep a bird like this in my Marans programs. I don't consider an olive egger program a Marans program. It's an olive egger program. I'm not sure how to take your comment unless you were merely agreeing??? I typically tend to avoid this thread because it's so confrontational.
Sometimes it's too easy to take things in a negative way without the benefit of faces and tones of voice. I've learned a lot from reading this thread. There is a ton of valuable experience here and some fun people! I guess what I'm trying to say is that there is a way to be constructive in an easy going way to encourage more participation. It is in the breeds best interest that we don't alienate potential partners by being aggressive or by communicating in an elitist way. This thread isn't always the most welcoming environment so I'm usually just a lurker. It's fun to post here every once in awhile, though.
