Cool! Chicken genetics are so complicated yet so cool!!! I think our of any chicks I hatch I'd try to sell any extras without breads since I personally really like their beards! I'm also wondering how broody the hens might be, I'd assume it's a more 50/50 than anything since these are two breeds...
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Wow thanks! I'm really interested in looking further into these genetics and I think I might do a hatch with them! The dad has feathered legs and the mom had clean legs and they are both black with the hen also having gold on her neck, and she has a beard.
So I'm planning on getting hatching eggs and I found a breeder who has a black copper maran rooster with a black olive egger hen and I was wondering what the resulting birds would look like? Since all the eggs would be olive/blue would any hens lay olive/blue eggs or would they lay eggs like a...