Hello!
This spring I purchased what I thought were 7 olive eggers, 3 mystic maran, 3 brahma and 2 americuanas.
What I've ended up with are 2 black copper marans, 1 of which is a rooster, and 8 french black marans. However, the black copper maran hen is laying a sage colored egg and the french black marans are laying olive colored eggs of varying shades, not the typical dark brown to chocolate. So I am assuming they are a mix of some sort.
I'm wondering if any of y'all have experienced receiving mixed marans and what the resulting color was for you. The only hen with obvious maran genetics is the one I assume is a black copper maran - she has copper feathers around her neck. All the others have typical black feathers with an almost green shine to them.
The photo below shows a great example of the assortment I'm getting from them.
1. eggs
2. french black marans ?
3. 1 brahma, 1 americauna and 1 copper maran (zoom in to see copper color around neck)
4. black copper maran rooster
This spring I purchased what I thought were 7 olive eggers, 3 mystic maran, 3 brahma and 2 americuanas.
What I've ended up with are 2 black copper marans, 1 of which is a rooster, and 8 french black marans. However, the black copper maran hen is laying a sage colored egg and the french black marans are laying olive colored eggs of varying shades, not the typical dark brown to chocolate. So I am assuming they are a mix of some sort.
I'm wondering if any of y'all have experienced receiving mixed marans and what the resulting color was for you. The only hen with obvious maran genetics is the one I assume is a black copper maran - she has copper feathers around her neck. All the others have typical black feathers with an almost green shine to them.
The photo below shows a great example of the assortment I'm getting from them.
1. eggs
2. french black marans ?
3. 1 brahma, 1 americauna and 1 copper maran (zoom in to see copper color around neck)
4. black copper maran rooster
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