{"id":25,"date":"2012-10-16T21:28:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T01:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2024-06-14T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:59:04","slug":"french-black-copper-marans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"Black Copper Marans"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Petain,<\/a>

Petain<\/p><\/div>\n

We no longer breed the Black Copper Marans.\u00a0 This page is for informational purposes only.<\/p>\n

Appleworm\u2122 Orchard seeks to create a line of Black Copper Marans that both (i) lays large, roundish, and dark brown eggs and (ii) conforms to the French standards for body size and shape, leg color, plumage, etc.\u00a0 Because of the very high demand for Marans in this country, many breeders have been tempted to put onto the market any bird likely to lay a decently dark egg, regardless of its conformity to the traditional standards.\u00a0 We know, because we have bought many such birds.\u00a0 Appleworm\u2122 is trying to breed a better bird: a hen that lays dark, round, chocolate-colored eggs and has a large and stocky build, copper-colored hackles, and properly feathered legs and outer toes.<\/p>\n

We\u00a0think we are\u00a0well on our\u00a0way to achieving this goal.\u00a0 After experimenting for several years \u2013 with limited success \u2013 with birds from all of the prominent breeding lines in the United States, Appleworm\u2122 was able to acquire very high-quality breeding stock from three branches of Ron Presley\u2019 Cottage Hill line.<\/p>\n

Our first source was two breeding trios purchased in late 2010 from Tommy White of W Bar T Farm. \u00a0Mr. White\u2019s original flock is now gone, having been destroyed by predators in early 2011.\u00a0 Appleworm\u2122 considers itself extremely fortunate to have acquired birds from Mr. White before his flock’s destruction. \u00a0From this line we bred a rooster, “Chanticleerix,” who weighed almost ten pounds at two years of age.<\/p>\n

Our second was fifty chicks from James Meeks of Skyline Poultry in early 2012. \u00a0We culled these down \u2013 based on conformity \u2013 to a small flock.\u00a0 Over the course of 2013, we noticed that one of the hens, “Eug\u00e9nie,”\u00a0laid eggs that were both extraordinarily dark and very round.\u00a0 (In the header to\u00a0this page, shells from\u00a0her eggs are second from the left and second from the right.\u00a0 The other three eggs are from her sisters.) \u00a0We mated her to\u00a0her most handsome son, “P\u00e9tain.”<\/p>\n

We have eight hens in our flock. \u00a0A few are the ones we acquired from Mr. Meeks in 2012. \u00a0The rest are the daughters of\u00a0“Eug\u00e9nie,” sired either by “Chanticleerix” or “P\u00e9tain.” \u00a0Until the ides of April, these hens were serviced by two younger roosters, one derived from “Eug\u00e9nie,” the other from one of her sisters. \u00a0At that time they were replaced by a new stud, “Blum,” that we recently acquired from Gary Martin of Rooster Ridge Farm. \u00a0Blum’s father weighs 15 pounds. \u00a0We are hoping that his son will add some heft to our flock.<\/p>\n

\"Chanticleerix,<\/a>

Chanticleerix<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Eugenie,<\/a>

Eugenie<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Petain,<\/a>

Petain<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Petain,<\/a>

Petain<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Vichy<\/a>

Broodhen<\/p><\/div>\n

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We no longer breed the Black Copper Marans.\u00a0 This page is for informational purposes only. Appleworm\u2122 Orchard seeks to create a line of Black Copper Marans that both (i) lays large, roundish, and dark brown eggs and (ii) conforms to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":496,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2592,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/2592"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appleworm.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}