International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

Hopefully the molt holds out for us both then! These chickens are stressing me out. Lol

I moved the first 2 hatches into a different pen/house without heat. They are 5 weeks and 6 weeks old. The 3rd hatch will be 2 weeks old Saturday. They went out into our new pen with heatlamp. I was so worried I would lose some but made it through the night. It got down to 60 degrees last night. The 4th hatch is less than a week old and is still in my kitchen. I am thinking of moving them out Saturday. I worry the light will go out. My only plugin out there is bad. The guy will replace it when he does the other work. I am worried about these guys all the time. I understand the stressing! We will get through this together!

 

[kfelton0002]

I moved the first 2 hatches into a different pen/house without heat. They are 5 weeks and 6 weeks old. The 3rd hatch will be 2 weeks old Saturday. They went out into our new pen with heatlamp. I was so worried I would lose some but made it through the night. It got down to 60 degrees last night. The 4th hatch is less than a week old and is still in my kitchen. I am thinking of moving them out Saturday. I worry the light will go out. My only plugin out there is bad. The guy will replace it when he does the other work. I am worried about these guys all the time. I understand the stressing! We will get through this together!

Yes we will! Chicks are pretty sturdy after you get them past their first week. They can huddle together for warmth if it gets chilly at night. They should be fine.

 

[Chooks man]

babycorn . unicorn daughter holding her ground .super dominant like her mama . she is month younger than all those pullets .

she cleared the space for her self .good girls .well pleased with her and her sisters .all top ranking young ladies .
here her true sister Lemoncorn ,very pretty too

stunning body type . well refined .

chooks man

 

[marchick]

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babycorn . unicorn daughter holding her ground .super dominant like her mama . she is month younger than all those pullets .
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she cleared the space for her self .good girls .well pleased with her and her sisters .all top ranking young ladies .
here her true sister Lemoncorn ,very pretty too
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stunning body type . well refined .

chooks man

Beautiful! Who are you pairing them with?

 

[Chooks man]

new way of feeding my stock .wet much ,they like it a lot .
I m adding to the wet mix Cod liver oil to keep they feathers shinny .
now I m giving them organic Apple Cider vinegar with Garlic @ rate of 30ml by 8 L of water every day .
feeding time

happy chooks .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Beautiful! Who are you pairing them with?

they will be matted back to they sire Day Walker .line breeding step 2 .
they will throw .Red Pyle and Black tail buff .
here Day Walker he doing great .finished molting ,healthy and happy ,

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Dalakhania .Splash copper hen .best in my farm on type and egg color .but not the best producer ,that tittle go to Unicorn .

this coming breeding season I have 5 cockerels to breed with her . need to find her the most compatible cockerel .
3 cockerels are splash copper ,they share a Dams side or the Sires side with her. so it sort of line breeding .
line all ready has been crossed ,so I don t need to outcross it again .will become too complicated to work with .

here her first mate .Blackgen BC from the import line { outcross .the only one }

I will be penning them together soon as she start to lay .hopping to produce nice BLC cockerels like they sire from this paring .

this guy will be the second to be mated to Dalakhania . he is big and long from the same line .cousins ,he is Splash copper . this work will be line breeding stage 2 .

lot plain .hope I have enough time to achieve my goals .
chooks man

 

[Kelsey_i]

This is exactly what I need to read. I am going to reread it several times to digest it all.

Why is it bad for the marans rooster to have gold in hackles? Is this not acceptable?

 

[jolenesdad]

Here are the three pullets I have growing out, just looking for comments to start the base of my understanding. about 20 weeks old.

I feel like number 1 is my best. Is it okay that her hackles are so long and wrap her neck? This first solo photo of ber is 4 weeks old she has filled out a bit. I’ll get another photo of her now at 20 wks if you want.


2 has feather shafting, a medium a feathers on the legs, a sort of low tail most of the time, but very wide. Is this a short back?

3 has a low tail absolutely no copper and just a very few mossy feathers. Tons of leg feathers.

What should I be feeling for amongst these three to see if there are redeeming qualities? Im going to hatch more from this breeder and one more later this year and hope to setup breeding pens, are any of these worth it to keep for that? They came from eggs that were a number 7/8.

 

[BenTN]

I did a little brooder cleaning and separated hatch 2(KY boy Buster over my two girls). Out 17 I got 8 hens and 9 roos and a few of them not showing split wing. 2 hens and 4 roos look to be feathering out well. A little early to tell on the side sprigs but I am still tickled. Couple pics attached for funsies