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@A & H , if your heart is set on that color, go for it! From a hatchery, you likely won't get much actual information (pictures!) of the egg colors produced by their stock, but from a private breeder, you should get good feedback. Be careful about getting birds from private breeders, from a...

I'll add that my Belgian d'Uccles, who have a fair amount of foot and leg feathering, do just fine running around on my farm. They don't have to wallow in mud, but there is some, especially in spring. Marans, as has been mentioned, aren't feathered much at all. Mary

Clean legged cuckoo Marans are not the same as the feather legged French Marans, which come in several colors, including cuckoo. They will all lay darker colored eggs than the clean legged birds sold as cuckoo Marans by some hatcheries. Cackle offers both, and their French Marans lay darker...

Leg mites happen, and can happen to any chicken. Mary

Stick with the French Marans, and you should be happy with their eggs. Mary

My wheaton Marans from Cackle lay dark eggs, and I do like them, but most people say that the black copper variety tends to have the darkest eggs. The clean legged cuckoo Marans tend to have lighter colored eggs; stick to the French Marans. Mary