International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

thank you my friend .
50 ;70 is a great number to work deep any line
if you working with a pair . need to hatch 40/50 chicks
if you working with trio .you need to hatch about 30/35 chicks by hen
if you working with a quad .you ll be hatching 20/25 chicks by hen .
those numbers are needed to build a line from scratch . when the line is established ,than you don t need a high number to maintain it .

chooks man

How many do you think I will need to hatch next year? They wont be old enough till late in the year. I got a late start in hatching. Maybe I should skip a year and wait till they are older.

 

[jolenesdad]

@jolenesdad .
if you want to build a line more efficiently and faster .you need to apply test mating to find a compatible pair .
don t select your breeders recording only to they conformation .you need to test mate them to see what they throw .what is the quality or the flows of they offspring .
we are looking for breeders not show birds .
breeder bird they don t have to be free from any flow but they can produce a faultless progeny .

chooks man

Okay so as I mentioned I’m behind in the thread and also here at the end. An awkward place to be but let’s go with it. I’ll get this worked out as I read through.

Here’s my story. I’ve been involved in chickens for four or so years. I built my dream house in an equestrian neighborhood that outlaws roosters. :-( I’ve bucked their system and fought with my HOA to get some young cockerels to evaluation and breeding age just to learn, but it’s been a nightmare. for the last two years I’ve been hatching hundreds of birds and growing out chicks to find pullets I like. I’m incredibly happy with this group, no culls or bad feet in the hatch, 95% hatch success on shipped eggs, and then they lay this dark. Yay.

after four years, I’ve finally decided that I have proven to myself that I’m passionate enough about chickens and working with them long term to go ahead and sell our property and move on. It’s going on the market in two weeks.

I’m happy to proceed however is best for the long term nature in terms of building a line to work with long term. I’m literally selling the dream property we built for us just to be able to breed chickens so I want it to be right, that’s for sure. Many of my questions I pose are both for near term breeding of these pullets I have, how to build a line, but also, for the long term so I know what I should be budgeting or looking for space-wise as we don’t have a property yet to move to. (Like how many chickens do I actually want or need to grow out per year).

 

[Thomas Bright]

This is a 1593 page book with Pics. Thank you everyone for your participation OLD MAN TOM

 

[marchick]

This is a 1593 page book with Pics. Thank you everyone for your participation OLD MAN TOM

And counting! Lol We will probably reach 2000 pages by the end of the year. I need to go back through and read it again but that's a winter thing. Too buisy any other time of the year.

 

[Chooks man]

And counting! Lol We will probably reach 2000 pages by the end of the year. I need to go back through and read it again but that's a winter thing. Too buisy any other time of the year.

yes you need to read it again from start to see the beauty of this thread , we covered about every marans traits and breeding practice

chooms man .

 

[Chooks man]

Okay so as I mentioned I’m behind in the thread and also here at the end. An awkward place to be but let’s go with it. I’ll get this worked out as I read through.

Here’s my story. I’ve been involved in chickens for four or so years. I built my dream house in an equestrian neighborhood that outlaws roosters. :-( I’ve bucked their system and fought with my HOA to get some young cockerels to evaluation and breeding age just to learn, but it’s been a nightmare. for the last two years I’ve been hatching hundreds of birds and growing out chicks to find pullets I like. I’m incredibly happy with this group, no culls or bad feet in the hatch, 95% hatch success on shipped eggs, and then they lay this dark. Yay.

after four years, I’ve finally decided that I have proven to myself that I’m passionate enough about chickens and working with them long term to go ahead and sell our property and move on. It’s going on the market in two weeks.

I’m happy to proceed however is best for the long term nature in terms of building a line to work with long term. I’m literally selling the dream property we built for us just to be able to breed chickens so I want it to be right, that’s for sure. Many of my questions I pose are both for near term breeding of these pullets I have, how to build a line, but also, for the long term so I know what I should be budgeting or looking for space-wise as we don’t have a property yet to move to. (Like how many chickens do I actually want or need to grow out per year).

I see my friend .you are really serious about what are you doing .love that attitude and dedication .
good luck of finding what you are looking for .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

How many do you think I will need to hatch next year? They wont be old enough till late in the year. I got a late start in hatching. Maybe I should skip a year and wait till they are older.

let wait and see how the young stock mature so we know what we are keeping and how we breed them .

chooks man

 

[Minky]

Chooks man- what is a BLC cockerel.
Also what do you mean by late maturing cockerel- how late is late?
Any thoughts on my cockerels? They are 11 weeks. There are 2 more but I didn' t catch them on film today. Will try tomorrow when I take pics of the hens.

 

[Chooks man]

Blue tail yellow buff marans cockerel . he is an F1 .
he still need a lot work to become pure buff .his under fluff is smoky . need to be yellow/cream .
love his body type and head/tail .he come out of number 6 egg .
sired by Day Walker over Shiva .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Chooks man- what is a BLC cockerel.
Also what do you mean by late maturing cockerel- how late is late?
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they look good .
can you help me out and post each cockerel photos separate . so I can comment on them without getting confused .
you have many varieties .tell me about them please .

chooks man