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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    @Chooks man do you have any experience/advice on breeding silver cuckoos with dark cuckoos? I’m thinking of keeping a dark line, even though most of them were bought for my golden cuckoo project, but only have the silver cuckoo cock to start with. Obviously I’d have to breed out birchen E^R...
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    Wrath's Marans

    Pepper ermine?
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    Thistlewick Smallholding - Chickens & Sheep (for now)

    I though I’d give you a ranking of him, since @wrathsfarm tagged me and I haven’t done one in a while. He’s my ranking of him. I use the English marans scale of points but it’s basically as effective as the American one. Type, carriage and table merits: 31/40 Size and quality: 12/20 Colour and...
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    Wrath's Marans

    What genotype is ermine in these? Is it mottled on dominant white?
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    Wrath's Marans

    I’d say a tiny bit low too long given that standard. Still, I quite like it. Do you have another boy the same breed, or are you just keeping hens for egg colour?
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    Wrath's Marans

    You guys will know better, because the UK Arucana standard is very different to the American one, but how do you rank his tail? Looks very long and full, you don’t see that very often in a tail this low.
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    Wrath's Marans

    That ermine boy behind the BCM almost made my day some choice words about his tail… but it was an optical illusion, I’ll let him off.
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    Wrath's Marans

    Depends on the individual, but often the first week or so can be paler. After that the eggs are likely the darkest they’ll be that year.
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    Wrath's Marans

    Lines vary. The average of first 21 is usually the best idea, maybe ignoring those early paler ones. But other lines people have a darker second season, so the first 21 of her second season also works. In their first week, they may being getting used to everything, so pale, splotchy or other...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Watched this egg get laid, it was from Ratty, potentially her first. Five Marans eggs today. Ignore the blood, I was plucking pheasants.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    An interesting egg today. Think it’s from the pullet that’s already been laying the darkest eggs, but a bit blotchier today. Nice shape, better than Chanel’s, likely comes from Loki’s genetics.
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-retford-grouseleg-thread.1682260/ For anyone who’s interested, I’ve started a separate thread for my Grouseleg breed project, my long term goal to make my own breed.
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    The Retford Grouseleg thread

    I think the photo dump is mostly over. To summarise, I had to get rid of all my cockerels from my small holding due to noise complaints. Now, I only have a marans cock with a no-crow collar on. So, until I sort out a better bit of land, I’m using only spare cockerels from other projects. The...
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    The Retford Grouseleg thread

    Echo in the background. He’s the male phenotype of Charlie, so blue fawn inspiration.
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    The Retford Grouseleg thread

    Charlie, my oldest Brahma hen. Her colour is like a dark Brahma, but blue based and with autosomal red. This is the blue fawn female plumage. Hopefully I can get an F1 cross off her this year before she gets too old.
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