International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[chickengr]

for some unknown reason I have stopped receiving alerts for this thread. I have also had problems with internet so I was about a month back. I finally read all the posts.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Is it okay to have this much color at 1 week old?

Edited to mean copper on the wings.

 

[Chooks man]

Is it okay to have this much color at 1 week old?View attachment 2200675View attachment 2200676

Edited to mean copper on the wings.

the copper is the wing is a sign this chick come from well colored line . how much color we don t know ,because we don t have a parent stock to compare too .

I have been saying to @marchick about the mossiness in her chicks it is ok ,because I know her chooks well and I know there is over colored chooks in her breeding pen ,so I m no worry about it .
it is better not to have any thing except black ,but we don t have a well line bred chooks to breed from .

one thing I can see with with chicks ,they are early feathering type .

for me what it is important when they are young is they body type and they health . 2 very ,very ,very important traits for the young chicks to have .
the rest will come later .

I hope they stay healthy for you and they will live for as long as you can keep them .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

for some unknown reason I have stopped receiving alerts for this thread. I have also had problems with internet so I was about a month back. I finally read all the posts.

nice to see you posting .
I thought you are just busy building your new home .
how is every thing ,we mist to see your chooks . how they are doing?

hope you are well and all thing are coming good

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Is it okay to have this much color at 1 week old?View attachment 2200675View attachment 2200676

Edited to mean copper on the wings.

mossiness in plumage is sign of chicks come from well colored parent .
Mossiness in chicks hatch down is sign of impurity .
2 different thing .
Black copper ,they need to be colored ,problem this color need to be balance by the breeders to give a great and correct pattern .

chooks man

 

[Punkybrewster]

the copper is the wing is a sign this chick come from well colored line . how much color we don t know ,because we don t have a parent stock to compare too .

I have been saying to @marchick about the mossiness in her chicks it is ok ,because I know her chooks well and I know there is over colored chooks in her breeding pen ,so I m no worry about it .
it is better not to have any thing except black ,but we don t have a well line bred chooks to breed from .

This hatch has the same parents as my last hatch. They look and act a little different than the last ones. These are the parents.

 

[Punkybrewster]

Cant wait to see how they look when older.

 

[chickengr]

nice to see you posting .
I thought you are just busy building your new home .
how is every thing ,we mist to see your chooks . how they are doing?

hope you are well and all thing are coming good

chooks man

unfortunatelly this covid burlesque set me back. (epidemic is a greek word meaning: a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease - out of 10 million people only 155 old people died - that was epidemic?) as business was closed for 3 months I don't know when I will get enough money to finish my new home. another year wasted.

 

[Chooks man]

This hatch has the same parents as my last hatch. They look and act a little different than the last ones. These are the parents.

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if this flock are the parent stock of your chicks ,I will not worry about the extra copper on they feathers .will molt out for sure . the parents are correctly colored ,so I don t see them throwing mossiness .

chooks man

 

[jolenesdad]

@Punkybrewster im so sorry about your flock.

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which is more desirable for an egg... one with spots that reach a darker number or an egg with uniform color that isn’t as dark as another’s spots?