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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    A random fact I learned on the Marans club of Great Britain website: The first eggs which became English marans were smuggled from Paris as “hard boiled eggs” due to import restrictions. These were feathered legged birds, dark and silver cuckoos.
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    Privett Roosters

    I doubt an F1 Andalusian x BSM would have as true a birchen pattern, it would more likely be blue with bits of silver leakage. But I agree it does appear to have marans in. Odd a hatchery would have F2+ hybrids, so maybe something like silver leghorn cross Blue Silver Marans is more likely.
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    Wrath's Marans

    I know wrath has confirmed but I thought I’d add that barred rocks have very crisp, glossy black and white/steel grey barring. Cuckoo marans have dull black and pale blue barring that bleed together a bit.
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    The barring gene makes the legs paler, even in birchen birds, but wheaten based GCMs are common, even if not desired. I’d just explain you’ve had a bit of inconsistency in the GCMs and they should understand.
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    You have one GCM hen with high gold expression and one with low. An SOP correct bird is kind of in the middle. It’s very possible that the one with less gold is split for extended black with either birchen or wheaten. (E/E^R or E/E^Wh) That’s why one cockerel is true birchen patterned GCM, the...
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    Unnamed BCM pullet from this week’s delivery. Still young but promising type. @Chooks man , me and @wrathsfarm were wondering if you had any insight about the dark faces and combs on some young marans?DCM pullet, Badger, biggest of her siblings.
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    Hens are never true cuckoo in the sense that they only have one copy of the barring gene. They can never have two copies due to their chromosomes. As a result, their sons will only inherit one. They may have a second copy from their father, if not, they will only be single barred. A golden...
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    If you cross this guy to back copper hens, you will get Golden cuckoos. I am hoping to develop this variety myself by crossing the cuckoos and coppers.
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    I swear she’s plotting her next escape…
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    BlueTheBrahma’s thread!

    The blue phenotype messes up the cuckoo pattern. That’s going on here. I’m guessing the genotype is E/E^R, S/s+, Bl/bl, B/b. Probably a blue copper cross dark cuckoo
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    Wrath's Marans

    Is it a blue?
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    11, the BCM cockerel. Not as good type as the others buts still quite long and well fleshed. Squirrel tail likely to be like Loki’s was, also over-coloured on the breast. Interesting to see how he grows, but might be quite faulty.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    10, Claudie, bigger black copper pullet. Long tail held high in alarm but lower normally, much like Chanel. Very long type, stood out from a young age. Better colouring, copper restricted to neck. Eyes still blue-green so hopefully bound to be deep orange.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    12, Mole. Still has a ruffled patch of feathers on her back, but I checked and her spine is straight, just messy saddles. A really nice compact type and tidy tail. Quite nice cuckoo plumage, small comb.
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    International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

    09, Joannie. The smaller BCM but still nice. Brownish eyes but I think they’re still passable as orange. Shorter, squarer tail than sister and dam. Copper shafts on breast feathers, so better for the golden cuckoo project than black coppers.
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