International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[Chooks man]

What kind of panels did you use on the coop? Very nice.

some sort of shelf .they come from the bottle shop .they are easy to work with .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I hope my friends will help me out and "describe" my 10 month old rooster.

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he is stunning looking cockerel .love every thing about him except his comb ,
correct long body type
correct head ,eyes ,
correct and uniform copper ,lovely hackle with a minimum thin flames .
nice long flat and tillted to the rear back ,well feathered ,
great long lancets identical coloration to the rest of the body .
shoulder well colored .ful pattern uniform with a hackle
love his spotted chest .
nice pure black body feathers .free from fluff ,tight to the body .
correct and well tucked in wings ,held close to the body
lovely small tail held at the correct angle .freee from any white .. look great from the rear ,well balanced .
meduim feets well colored and feathered .
red ear lobe ,excellent .
his comb is his weakest popint ,but that ok ,we can work on that as we go .
some thing for sure ,this cockerel will throw well coloured progeny 100%

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

I hope my friends will help me out and "describe" my 10 month old rooster.

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the hen is very nice too ,similar quality to the cockerel with a same fault .her comb is her weakest point .love evry thing about her ,sublime hen she will be ,
both of them are well bred ,
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Hello everyone!
I have got my first black copper marans ever (she was meant to be a golden cuckoo, but never mind) and I was wondering what how close to standed she is.
Could anyone help be out?
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she look nice for her age ,nice long back ,complete hackle marking ,correct copper and low tail angle ,she need to do more growing ,
where about in NSW you from ?,and from where you did get this pullet?
chooks man

 

[Sussex19]

she look nice for her age ,nice long back ,complete hackle marking ,correct copper and low tail angle ,she need to do more growing ,
where about in NSW you from ?,and from where you did get this pullet?
chooks man

Thank you!
And I completely agree about her needing to do more growing, but I just wanted to get an idea.
I'm glad that she is at least looking along the right lines, so to speak.
I am in the south-east, not that far from the snowy mountains, but I got the pullet from Tasmanian, in the form of fertile eggs.
They were all meant to be Golden Cuckoo, but come out in a surprising about of colours.

 

[Red Banks]

some sort of shelf .they come from the bottle shop .they are easy to work with .
chooks man

Thanks Chooks man. I have used dog panels from turn out pens for a lot of other things, never thought of using them for coop construction.

 

[Red Banks]

he is stunning looking cockerel .love every thing about him except his comb ,
correct long body type
correct head ,eyes ,
correct and uniform copper ,lovely hackle with a minimum thin flames .
nice long flat and tillted to the rear back ,well feathered ,
great long lancets identical coloration to the rest of the body .
shoulder well colored .ful pattern uniform with a hackle
love his spotted chest .
nice pure black body feathers .free from fluff ,tight to the body .
correct and well tucked in wings ,held close to the body
lovely small tail held at the correct angle .freee from any white .. look great from the rear ,well balanced .
meduim feets well colored and feathered .
red ear lobe ,excellent .
his comb is his weakest popint ,but that ok ,we can work on that as we go .
some thing for sure ,this cockerel will throw well coloured progeny 100%

chooks man

Thanks Chooks Man, I was hoping you would like him. Here we are all over again. I have three hens (I will post pictures). There is a great disparity in size between the hens and this cockerel. The hens are small.

 

[marchick]

That is stunning colour good shape too. Just to make it clear now you have 2 BLCM hens laying very dark eggs?
Well happy for you.
Chooks man

I collected these this morning. The two largest eggs are the darkest. One with some spots and one without spots.

 

[Chooks man]

I collected these this morning. The two largest eggs are the darkest. One with some spots and one without spots.

they are stunning ,great colour ,
now we need to breed this great dark eggs trait true to your line ,we need to do I think couple back crossing and the trait will breed true ,
it is very nice to have marans hens laying dark eggs ,it is not always the casse .
chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Thanks Chooks Man, I was hoping you would like him. Here we are all over again. I have three hens (I will post pictures). There is a great disparity in size between the hens and this cockerel. The hens are small.

any chooks line if inbred for a long time without strict selection will loose size ,it is the first thing to go .
if all of them are from LP line then we have to find way to cross them toanother line ,maybe @marchick line or some one else we know they marans ,
chooks man