black copper marans egg color

hi thiis may be a hard question but i hope i can get some answers i know there are lots if experts here
so here it goes

my black copper marans hen doesnt lay dark brown eggs her eggs are light brown although the breeder i bought her from (as a pullet) said she is purebred she looks purebred to me too shes like the high quality hens i see on the internet

there are no breeders in my area or even close to my area and this type of bird is very expensive here and i dont want to end up with another light brown egg layer
i want those dark brown eggs !!!!!

so i was thinking if i hatch some of my hens eggs is there a chance for her offsprings to lay dark brown eggs ??? if the rooster is also a purebred ?
please helpp

thanks

RIR0BCM said:

hi thiis may be a hard question but i hope i can get some answers i know there are lots if experts here
so here it goes

my black copper marans hen doesnt lay dark brown eggs her eggs are light brown although the breeder i bought her from (as a pullet) said she is purebred she looks purebred to me too shes like the high quality hens i see on the internet

there are no breeders in my area or even close to my area and this type of bird is very expensive here and i dont want to end up with another light brown egg layer
i want those dark brown eggs !!!!!

so i was thinking if i hatch some of my hens eggs is there a chance for her offsprings to lay dark brown eggs ??? if the rooster is also a purebred ?
please helpp

thanks

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If the male you use is from Marans that lay Dark Eggs then you would have a chance to get some eggs that are Darker from the off spring.

There are more Marans that lay light eggs than there are that lay the Dark eggs.

i read somewhere that blue marans eggs are lighter than the black marans eggs is that true ??
there is a good chance my hen carries blue genes could that be the reason why her eggs are light ?
black copper marans are supposed to lay the darkest eggs of all marans types i just dont know whats wrong with this one ........

RIR0BCM said:

i read somewhere that blue marans eggs are lighter than the black marans eggs is that true ??
there is a good chance my hen carries blue genes could that be the reason why her eggs are light ?
black copper marans are supposed to lay the darkest eggs of all marans types i just dont know whats wrong with this one ........

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Don't know if it is true overall, but my black coppers lay darker eggs than my blue splash.

yep that's what i heard
this is her first laying season do you think she would lay darker eggs next season or as she gets older ?

I recently added 2 black copper marans and 1 splash marans to my flock, and so far, one girl started laying. She has laid (lain?) 4 perfect (but very small) MEDIUM BROWN eggs. Will the eggs get darker? They are not marans chocolate colored as I had expected. Also, will they get bigger? They are almost as small as my guinea hen eggs!
thanks!

first few eggs are usually small in size they will get bigger with time.....
as for the color i cant help you....if you come across helpful info please share

here are pictures of my BCM eggs ..what do you think about the color ?

Thanks for info about the size, and the photos are exactly the color of Ninja's eggs. Is that abnormal?