what breed of Maran lays the darkest egg? this is what I got today

karlamaria

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all my eggs are pretty dark, even my gree eggs are darker. I used flash on this picture and you can see how pretty an d dark this egg is. She came from this bird... who we did not know what was until I asked and some said sex link, some said copper Maran.. we are thrilled as she is a wonderful bird, sweet and gentle. and now we get these eggs. the back dark egg is also hers from a few days previous. its dark to but with flash it looks pretty light. I was shocked to get this beautiful egg today !

 
Karlamaria, your chicken is Black Copper Marans. She has copper color on her neck and big comb and wattles. I don't see feathers on her legs on the picture, so she is probably English Black Copper Marans, not French, because French Marans have feathered legs. The color of the eggs will vary from day to day, it wont be always that dark like the one in the middle, but if you get a lot of dark eggs like that through out her life you got a true Marans. Some people say that Black and Black Copper Marans lay the darkest eggs out of all Marans.
 
Karlamaria, your chicken is Black Copper Marans. She has copper color on her neck and big comb and wattles. I don't see feathers on her legs on the picture, so she is probably English Black Copper Marans, not French, because French Marans have feathered legs. The color of the eggs will vary from day to day, it wont be always that dark like the one in the middle, but if you get a lot of dark eggs like that through out her life you got a true Marans. Some people say that Black and Black Copper Marans lay the darkest eggs out of all Marans. 
Thank you so much! Great info! The eggs are soo pretty, how lucky am I to get such a pretty bird and not knowing what she was when I got her !
 

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