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  1. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Looks like I'll be keeping him then. Hopefully he changes... and for the good.
  2. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    If you look at the picture posted his wings are almost verticle. Always had that problem with him. Wings are supposed to be more horizontal. (Sorry...not much of an explainer :p ) oh and BTW I am a novice, too. This is my second year with Marans.
  3. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    28 weeks. Im not for sure going to cull him. But there are three reasons I might. Semi-aggressive behavior(always been. Tried to correct it but didnt work), wing angle, and his color. I under stand that type comes before color, but... Think I should keep him?..
  4. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Im not sure which of the Marans threads I posted my cockerell in, but I think it might've been this one. I posted about my cockerel (whose father is over colored and mother is under colored) who is almost completely black. His hackles are gorgeous, but he only has a tiny bit on his wings and...
  5. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Thank you! :)
  6. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    :(:(It's always the favorites that have to go, isn't it? Sorry
  7. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    :fl
  8. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    I've got a ten week old cockerel.... he's. .. a bit under colored. His father is over colored and mother could be consider under or good... he is just now getting copper in his hackle like a pullet, while his brothers already have complete copper color and some saddle color along with over...
  9. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Yes.... I worded it wrong Thank you! :)
  10. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    How much copper should hens have?...The Marans of American Club shows hens with copper,, sparse... at the sides of the head and at tye very back of the neck . Then, I see pictures of people' s birds... They "breed to the sop" , but the copper is so abundant on the hackle, the bird almost looks...
  11. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    The spurs are there, just hard to see. Thank you :)
  12. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    @Magnolia Hill and @kfelton0002 These are the best (although not very good) pictures I have of his side. His tail was still growing some feathers there. I can get some more recent pictures of him, but he lost his points to frostbite.
  13. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    The one with white, or his father?
  14. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    I will take some later.
  15. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    I bred them. If the first hen isn't the mother, the second one is.
  16. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    I have no idea.... both my batches have it.. :/
  17. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/black-copper-marans-discussion-thread.444381/page-1385#post-19904970
  18. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    34 minutes til Chrismas! (MISSOURI) Merry Christmas y'all!
  19. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Alright. Thank you.
  20. LilJoe

    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    I will get more pictures tomorrow morning and..... (honestly, how do you weigh them?)
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