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Yes I know all too well what you mean, the amazingly complex(or not..) minefield people can be sometimes.. grin! So anyways, seems to me you have a pretty good breeding plan. I would have tried using a sibling if my goal was the dark egg color also. Good luck with your goal!

That would be cool.. I've got some silkies and showgirls that lay green or even bluish eggs. That cross should have thrown only cuckoo chicks(if marans was the rooster).. presence of non-black shows the marans were not pure for the cuckoo(rather, for the black color). Barring is very easy to...

You guessed pretty well. Cuckoo and barred is due to the same gene called Barring. The difference in the barring is due to other factors such as feather growth rate- generally, if the feather grows fast= cuckoo, if the feather grows slow= crispier bars with cleaner coloring in the bars...