International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[RoosterML]

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Blue copper cockerel .sired by CTB over Dark Angel .he is dark for sure like his mama . I m expecting him to have a poor shoulder coloration ,not enough copper ,because his Dam is all blue . let see ,time will tell .
Conan The Barbarian is very good producer .add color to his progeny .
chooks man

@Chooks man to keep your blue from diluting are you going to cross back the black every 3-4 generations?

 

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man to keep your blue from diluting are you going to cross back the black every 3-4 generations?

from now on all my Blue will be bred to Black . I will only focus in breeding solid Blue no more Blue copper { produce too much cull ,silly thing to do } .Solid Blue rooster look stunning to me with they dark upper body .
breeding Blue to Blue is very bad practice .
Blue should be always bred to black to keep the right shade of Blue .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

marans roosters crowing .happy life .
Shamrock .Dark blue silver cuckoo .

Khabib .Splash copper

Enkido . White tail buff/red pyle

Shiva Shanti .Blue tail yellow buff .

happy roosters ,happy chooks man
all these roosters are my foundation breeders .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

BC cockerel sired by CTB over Amor ,this one is Amor second son . both are build like a tank . love how his legs are thick , straight and wide apart .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

White tail buff cockerel sired by Enkido over his Dam Unicorn ,this guy is a first back cross . all cockerels from this line look a like , all build like a tank , thick and wide with strong bones .he is 8 week old in this photos.

chooks man
hope you are enjoying this selected marans photos .

 

[Chooks man]

Splash copper young group.

good heads ,good eyes and combs.
chooks man

 

[Two rivers]

This is my silver salmon rooster, he's 5 years old. My Dog got his tail and this is how it looks now. The white chicken is his offspring from last year with a skinny factory leghorn. In the last picture his tail is undamaged.

 

[Chooks man]

This is my silver salmon rooster, he's 5 years old. My Dog got his tail and this is how it looks now. The white chicken is his offspring from last year with a skinny factory leghorn. In the last picture his tail is undamaged.

he is not pure silver .he is in the middle S/s+ ,Silver/golden mix . I like his length but he seem to luck mass ,he is very narrow throughout his body ,plus he is 5 years old now ,by the time a pullets are ready to breed next year he will be 6 years old .I think to be safe you need to start looking for a new cockerel .don t leave it till last min . and please to not breed those chicks together ,will be very bad .
hope the boy stay a live and healthy .

chooks man

 

[Two rivers]

he is not pure silver .he is in the middle S/s+ ,Silver/golden mix . I like his length but he seem to luck mass ,he is very narrow throughout his body ,plus he is 5 years old now ,by the time a pullets are ready to breed next year he will be 6 years old .I think to be safe you need to start looking for a new cockerel .don t leave it till last min . and please to not breed those chicks together ,will be very bad .
hope the boy stay a live and healthy .

chooks man

I will start looking, thanks.

Also i love it when you post pictures of your marans, always lots to see and learn. Thankyou for that.

 

[wolfwalker]

So more pics of Idiots first chicks. they are 6 weeks old this Saturday. I have to say there are looking quite chunky.