International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[marchick]

My Birchen layed this egg yesterday. I would not have expected that from such young birds.

 

[kfelton0002]

My Birchen layed this egg yesterday. I would not have expected that from such young birds.

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Double yolker!! Lol

 

[chickengr]

@Chooks man congrats! I can't wait to see the photos.

 

[Chooks man]

@Bl Copper Maran

the pullet in full picture is stunning . correct tail shape and all . is she Shiraz ? hard to tell . what a lovely and correct BC pullet.

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Bl Copper Maran

why they are all alert they are responding to some thing ..

who is the cockerel on the left ? love his shape from this angle .low tail and straight legs ,
both rooster and cockerel have a correct copper .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Bl Copper Maran

this rooster has a open long tail ,not desired . we are looking for a small ,short and closed at the top .
I ll post photos for you to see ,when i m on my lap top .
I love his rich red copper and body marking .no black pullets coming out of this dude for sure .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Bl Copper Maran

the egg on the left the darker one . is a true marans egg ,love the little dark dot . correct shape too .
do you know which hen is responsible for it ? need to breed from her for sure .

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

Alright. So focus on tails. Do you have any examples of a nice tail, or anyone else you know of?
Does Shazia have a correct tail that we should try to recreate?
If she crosses with Day Walker, who has a higher tail I think, will that start causing problems?
And I can never remember, which parent passes on the body frame and which passes on the color?
Since Day Walker has a higher tail, should we try to find lower tailed hens?
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I ll post some photos about the correct marans tails .hens and roosters.

the Tail is inherited from both parent ,it is regulated by the Autosome genes , so if we have one chooks with a correct tail ,we need to produce progeny from this bird and mate his or her progeny back to it .

Back crossing is the Key to fix any trait or get ready of any fault .
crossing the progeny back to the correct Dam or Sire to reinforce the traits we are trying to fix.

chooks man

 

[Chooks man]

@Chooks man congrats! I can't wait to see the photos.

thank you my friend .

I spent all the day today building the coop for them and putting the wind break cloth over the fencing .

they like they new pen .a lot green grass .

some thing those chooks really stand for is they correct combs . every one of them has a good comb . less work for me to do .

I took a lot photos today .I ll post them tomorrow .

chooks man

 

[kfelton0002]

@Bl Copper Maran

the pullet in full picture is stunning . correct tail shape and all . is she Shiraz ? hard to tell . what a lovely and correct BC pullet.

chooks man

Is her name Sheraz too? I have a hen with that name. Very nice pullet @Bl Copper Maran !!