International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[BlueTheBrahma]

Is this it?

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Thank you so much, this is really helpful. It will be interesting to compare this to the English one.

 

[wrathsfarm]

I'd like to see the English one if you can post it.

 

[wrathsfarm]

I never updated but the Barred Rock wasn't broody. The thinking that brought about this was I was busy yesterday and didn't get to collect eggs til late. Went in to grab them at lockdown and there's a hen laying. Go in this morning and she's still there.. now there's a jam up. 3 nest boxes and everyone needs this one. Band check reveals Joannie is my hen that's been in there all day... Thought goes back to the last few days I've been integrating the babies, her and momma been broody clucking... She's in front all puffy

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

I'd like to see the English one if you can post it.

The header says Minorca but this is the end of the Marans page. Less specific breakdown but lots of pints for type, I think this is good for a breed like marans, considers them as functional livestock rather than show birds.

I think if the BCM was recognised it would get its own with more points for colour, but 15 points is enough for a distinguish a good cuckoo as there isn’t too great variation between two cuckoo’s colours.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Roughly 3 hrs since the last pic. Ironic how these are the only 2 I've had go broody, but this is a first.
Joannie on right, Momma on left. Oh what fun !!

 

[Chey1214]

I agree with you, I only bought one to see how it goes. I have wheaten coming and black copper almost to age!

 

[wrathsfarm]

8:30 update... Momma got off the nest. Joannie stayed until a 1/2 hour ago, she came outside and did her routine, Kong tried tagging her in but she puffed up like a turkey, cluck cluck ran away. Watched her go back in the coop, she milled around a bit, driving off all the other hens that got close to the eggs. Finally went in and puffed out covering all 11 that are in there.
Tomorrow I'll have to decide what eggs to put under her on Wednesday or Thursday. I'm super stoked since she didn't go broody last year but she's head hen and my darkest layer, so nothing to worry about with the other hens messing with her. And she was a great momma, her last brood I believe she didn't kick off until they were 8-10 weeks. It was a super long. I'll document it this time.

 

[chickengr]

Depending on the color of their eggs. If not they're culls... I need to thin the herd.

I don't care about coulour of the eggs I eat. but I do care not to have to feed too many birds, lol.

 

[chickengr]

She will be bred to an Isabel Ameraucana, then I'll breed the offspring back and so forth. I am growing out 6 Isabel Ameraucanas to see what I've got, my plan is to keep a cockerel and 2 pullets, and this little lady along with the 2 Wheaten Ameraucanas to keep feather quality good down the line. So, I'll be breeding pure Isabel Ameraucanas, and some Isabel OE's. I also plan on some English Orp/Ameraucan EE's just for fun. If all goes well, I may get a Wheaten Marans cockerel also. This is the plan anyway, lol

never bred OE but read somewhere here that the roo should be dark egger and hen blue/green egger in order to get nice olive colour.

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

never bred OE but read somewhere here that the roo should be dark egger and hen blue/green egger in order to get nice olive colour.

I think that comes from the misconception that the darkest egg genes are sex linked. Chooksman always argued otherwise. If you know the roo is from an exceptionally (eggceptiinally) dark egg, you are certain that all the offspring inherit it, but if all your hens lay dark eggs, this is just as good as using a dark egg roo.

At least that’s as far as I understand it.