Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[farmgirl78]

My BCM eggs hatched yesterday, 6 out of 9 hatched... not to bad for shipped eggs

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[snowbird]

My BCM eggs hatched yesterday, 6 out of 9 hatched... not to bad for shipped eggs

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Do you find that these dark chicks feather out correct ?

 

[farmgirl78]

Do you find that these dark chicks feather out correct ?

this is my 1st attempt with this line, my other birds usually show more white, I'm planning on keeping good records to see what the differences will be.

 

[snowbird]

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Others say they feather out ok, My Marans are on the dark side this year, some solid black. We will just have to wait until they grow out. We have little over a 100 out in the grow out lots . About another 100 waiting to go out. The weather here has been raining and cool.

 

[Itilianc]

I just got my first BCM chicks, my RIR roo has taken quite well to them

 

[Soccerklan]

Hi everyone! I have a quick question for anyone who knows. This is my first time raising a Black Copper Maran and I was really hoping for a hen but every day I'm thinking that I probably have a roo because she/he has a lot more color than any of the adult females that I've seen. She/he is very friendly, 7 weeks old and larger than the others chicks that are the same age. Any opinions are appreciated, thanks!

 

[snowbird]

Hi everyone! I have a quick question for anyone who knows. This is my first time raising a Black Copper Maran and I was really hoping for a hen but every day I'm thinking that I probably have a roo because she/he has a lot more color than any of the adult females that I've seen. She/he is very friendly, 7 weeks old and larger than the others chicks that are the same age. Any opinions are appreciated, thanks!

This looks to be an off colored Hatchery BC Marans, Sorry.

 

[Soccerklan]

Snowbird - What do you mean by "off colored Hatchery"? I gather that the coloring is wrong? but is Hatchery a line or... I have no intentions of breeding so personally I don't mind if the color isn't right, but I really don't know much about them other than the little bit I've been able to research. All I know about this little guy is that the feed store said they had BCM eggs "sitting around" so they threw them into an incubator and this is what hatched out. Looking back I probably should have been a little more selective in my pickings but I just really wanted a BCM for the dark eggs! I didn't really want a roo but the kids are attached so I'm hoping that if it is a boy he will be mellow enough that I can keep him.

 

[snowbird]

Snowbird - What do you mean by "off colored Hatchery"? I gather that the coloring is wrong? but is Hatchery a line or... I have no intentions of breeding so personally I don't mind if the color isn't right, but I really don't know much about them other than the little bit I've been able to research. All I know about this little guy is that the feed store said they had BCM eggs "sitting around" so they threw them into an incubator and this is what hatched out. Looking back I probably should have been a little more selective in my pickings but I just really wanted a BCM for the dark eggs! I didn't really want a roo but the kids are attached so I'm hoping that if it is a boy he will be mellow enough that I can keep him.

All the brown on his chest is off colored. Most feed store Marans will not lay Dark colored eggs.

 

[BertandMary]

Our loan hen we bought is off color too. We hatched 11 out of 12 eggs almost two weeks ago so hopefully they will look right.