Can i breed a French Black Copper maran with a Black copper maran?

[geraldine87]

Hello, if I breed a French black copper maran with black copper maran would they still be pure or are they considered different?

 

[orloffer]

Is the black copper maran *not French* a hatchery bird?

 

[featheredplanets]

Yes. They’ll still be pure, they’re just bred to different standards, same breed though.

 

[ariri30]

I don’t see why not

 

[geraldine87]

Yes. They’ll still be pure, they’re just bred to different standards, same breed though.

Great Thanks!!

 

[Ted Brown]

Chicken lineage (purity) is not determined by it's ancestors rather is based on appearance against the defined standard and judged by APA (Amercian Poultry Association). There is one exception that I know about and that is the Icelandics where to be considered pure an owner must have "paper" evidence of ancestry in Iceland back to the 10th Century (info from https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/serious-about-chanteclers.1380958/post-22701283).

The APA publishes their "Standard of Perfection" describing with illustrations what a breed looks like. If it looks like the Standard it is accepted as "pure" (conforming).