The cuckoo marans that I have, I got from a breeder who's no longer alive. The copper one is also from a breeder..... the only one to hatch out of some eggs that were lost in the mail for over a week. I've read more than once that copper have a darker egg. I guess if I have a pullet I'll...
I'd say I've got a pullet then. She certainly looks more like your picture of your hen. On one hand I was kind of hoping for a roo.....could introduce more of the copper blood into my flock instead of just having the one hen and her eggs. At first I thought it was gonna be black which didn't...
Richard.........I have one copper chick...came out of what was supposed to be a blue marans egg, but oh well. How soon do the rooster start getting more coloring on their neck? This little girl/guy has the flecked copper on their neck. It's 8 weeks old today. It looks more like a pullet than...
Speckledhen....Maybe we can swap eggs sometime....some of my Marans & Welsummer eggs for a couple of Suede and Gabriel babies!
That is, if my girls ever start laying again!!!!!!!! I'm lucky to get a couple of eggs a day and they're from my BRs.