The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: mojocafa on August 20, 2015, 12:56:29 pm
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The copper marans male or female?
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I'm going to say both male. Sorry! :raining:
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Two male copper marrans.
Male cuckoo marrans.
possible male black araucana or x araucana?
Sorry :(
Just wondering if I could put a copper black cock over my wheaten hens... But seems a bit of a shame not to keep them pure. :-( I lost my copper black hen a few weeks ago to a fox.
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Well done steph, black one is araucana x Russian Orloff, didn't realise pure araucana was sitting on eggs so she produced 3 cockerels and the most stunning purple hen.
Completely over run with cockerels,
Looks like I'm going have a mass cull, looking forward to that....not!
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I'd say the one on the right definitely a male but not sure about the left one, does it have very pointy neck feathers?
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For your future breeding programme - sex in poultry, unlike in humans, is decided by the hen. If the hackle feathers are pointed then it's a cockerel. Pullets often have a small rounded tail quite early on. Young cockerels have rather sparse tail feathers then their sickle feathers come in later. They also often have markedly sturdier legs.
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Going by all the ones I have bred, both boys.
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Unmistakeably cocks. The little grey pullet is very pretty though!
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it is Roddy. It looks just like my rumpless Araucana
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How old are they?
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Hatched in April.
The grey pullet is a marans as well
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Ok folks , thanks for that,
What do you advise...
1 get pullets of same breed and sell as unrelated trios
2 try to rehome, so far unsuccessfully
3 cull
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Eat (the boys).
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I've never eaten any of my brood before, but there's a first time for everything
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Stick to Shetland Ducks :innocent: :roflanim:
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I don't want to be harsh but those coppers are not breeding material anyway. It happens, even from the best eggs. Freezer I'm afraid.
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Respect your honesty stereo, it's a pity more pjeople aren't as honest, all part of the learning curve!
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They look like males to me. Copper marans should be dark and those look too colourful.
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Are they more like Wheaton marans cockerels,
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Not sure. I would think they would be lighter still. Never bred them. Maybe.
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Eat & keep your fingers crossed for next year. I hatched a huge majority of cockerels last year and sold one - it was a long winter of chicken dinners. This year has gone completely the other way and the money is rolling in-hens all presold. Mind you, the geese have gone the other way (West of England gander anybody?).