International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[ozmarans]

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Ozmarans

 

[ozmarans]

my black copper rooster for this breeding season ,16 to 18 months old now finishing they big molt .looking good and ready for work , most of them will be sold after I breed a couple round from them ,they new owners are waiting ,
I ll be working with small pens just a pair in each pen ,couple round , first round of each rooster will be with his true sister to test for recessive genes ,and a second round will be with a selected hen for him ( the most compatable in my opinion ). no more pens breeding for me next few years just pairs breeding . need a lot small pens and lot different ways of tagging ,
enough talking .here the cockbirds I m talking about ,
Opera House - sire Blackgen ,Dam LoveSong - he is very big , long and wide , his comb is his weakes too big and arched .

Music Festeval - sire Blackgen ,Dam LoveSong ,true brother to the first similar type with a similar fault big Comb.

AmoriGen -sire Blackgen ,Dar Amori. he is a little of square type but best tail . medium size

Golden Eagle - sire Blackgen , Dam Black caviar . very long flat back ,superior copper and complete body marking ,his tail is a little booshy ,and his comb is large plus arched

Zortan - Sire Blackgen ,Dam Zenyatta , his hackle is not uniform rich copper the way I like it ,over all well balanced dude .

they all sired by BlackGen ,a black copper rooster from import line ,English type clean legs ,
Ozmarans

 

[ozmarans]

the second group .
Baheema - Sire BG .Dam Amori . big powerfull dude his weaknes is his comb ,the blade is touching the neck ( arched comb ) . very rich copper and full body patern

TheKey Maker . -Sire BG . Dam a BLC hen good comb . speackle eggs layer . he is a little smaller compare to the other but well balanced and colour , lovely comb and well marked chest good for breeding with black hen ,

Great Amazon - sire BG -Dam Amori , long ,deep ,wide and powerfull body .solid bones with a very deep chest , his weaknes is shoulders not fully colored and lobe is touching the neck like his brother Baheema ,

Persian Caviar - Sire BG - Dam Black caviar . he is a true brother to Golden Eagle . weeknes is double point on his comb plus its arched the blade touching the neck , his copper is stunning

scorpion ,Sire BG - Dam Amori. square type ,best tail and comb .similar to his brother Amorigen .

10 roosters all sired by Black gens ,
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[BlueTheBrahma]

some photos of my marans different varieties .I know you guys like to see different colours ,colour to please the eyes .
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blessing to ya all
Ozmarans

Do you call the splash tailed buffs/reds lemonpyle like we do in Brahmas and silkies?

 

[ozmarans]

Do you call the splash tailed buffs/reds lemonpyle like we do in Brahmas and silkies?

what do you call them , there is many name out there ,
Omarans

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

what do you call them , there is many name out there ,
Omarans

I’ve always known splash tailed gold columbians as lemon-Pyle and splash tailed reds as red-Pyle. I’ve never seen them in marans though so didn’t know if the same names were used.
Brahmas and Silkies are known by these names

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

I’ve always known splash tailed gold columbians as lemon-Pyle and splash tailed reds as red-Pyle. I’ve never seen them in marans though so didn’t know if the same names were used.
Brahmas and Silkies are known by these names

this is a Lemon-Pyle Brahma for example.

 

[TexasBlues]

I was reading some history on the marans. I was surprised to learn that some of the first ones were silver cuckoos, and whites. I had made the assumption the black coppers were the original variety since they are so common.
https://www.marans.eu/histang.htm

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

I was reading some history on the marans. I was surprised to learn that some of the first ones were silver cuckoos, and whites. I had made the assumption the black coppers were the original variety since they are so common.
https://www.marans.eu/histang.htm

The black copper just got lucky it because it was those imports to America which became basically commercialised or popularised for the dark eggs.

I’d assumed that the silver cuckoos were first because the three cuckoos and black are the only UK recognised varieties, because I think these two varieties made it here before the others were standardised. Even though we don’t have whites, all the English recognised colours can basically be derived from whites (provided they are gold based) and silver cuckoos. Maybe the black was imported with them too, and the whites never made it either.

If anyone knows more on this I’d love to hear.

 

[TexasBlues]

I’d love to hear more about the history. I haven’t found much on them. Here’s a half dozen BCM eggs with some olive eggs getting picked up today.