International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[kfelton0002]

If you have chickens on your picnic table, you might be a redneck!

 

[kfelton0002]

Egg color is pretty good.

Well then I think since you've already got so much invested in them, there is no harm in working with them. The yellow shanked ones will make good layers and you can work with the ones with correct leg color.

 

[BreezyBre]

See the comb color on this Blue Copper. That is the same color of the splash pullets feet. Pink with a yellow hue. Maybe this will go away when older. Still probably not a good thing. When I say cull I always mean find a new home.
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I'd give that little beauty a home if I was closer ! It would be easy to hide amongst the other blue birds I have lolol

 

[marchick]

I am thinking about finding homes for these. I have had a order in for a while for Blue Birchen and Birchen. I added a few Blue Coppers to the list.

 

[marchick]

I'd give that little beauty a home if I was closer ! It would be easy to hide amongst the other blue birds I have lolol

I worry about spreading that yellow leg gene. I will make sure they go to people that only want egg layers and make them aware of the yellow.

 

[kfelton0002]

I just found the thread that mentions the presence of white in the wing/tail. It has a ton of great info. It says that white is only acceptable if it is 1/2 inch of white or less present on only one feather. More white than that is a DQ. Also, white underfluff is merely a fault and not a DQ. I think that is what Tom said in an earlier post but I am just confirming this. Here is the link to the thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/marans-proposed-standards-for-reference-purposes.385769/

 

[chickengr]

See the comb color on this Blue Copper. That is the same color of the splash pullets feet. Pink with a yellow hue. Maybe this will go away when older. Still probably not a good thing. When I say cull I always mean find a new home.
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time will tell.

I wouldn't cull the entire line. I work with what I have,

I am not perfect but my mother didn't cull me

 

[Old Man Tom]

I just found the thread that mentions the presence of white in the wing/tail. It has a ton of great info. It says that white is only acceptable if it is 1/2 inch of white or less present on only one feather. More white than that is a DQ. Also, white underfluff is merely a fault and not a DQ. I think that is what Tom said in an earlier post but I am just confirming this. Here is the link to the thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/marans-proposed-standards-for-reference-purposes.385769/

That's the one! TOM

 

[marchick]

Thanks guys I appreciate all of you! Thank you for being my chicken friends!

 

[Hensndoes]

3 weeks old. #1 Still hardly any feathers. What gives? Here it is with #3 legs are have the thickness of 3 - +1 on @RedBanks predictions.

Is it normal to feather this slow?