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I realized today that I hadn’t yet updated this thread with pictures of my Cuckoo Marans and Blue Cuckoo Marans and their eggs now that they’re laying. For the sake of anyone thinking of getting these breeds, I’ll note some differences I’ve found between my two girls. They both started laying...

Aww such sweet little ones! 😍 They don’t look much like mine did when she was little though, here are a couple pictures: She has always had the cuckoo look about her. I was hoping for darker contrast in her feathers as she got older, like yours have, but so far she doesn’t have a ton of...

That makes sense! You wouldn’t be able to tell them apart from Splash Copper Marans most likely. I guess if Meyer’s does breed them, they probably only use them for their breeding stock to hatch Blue Cuckoo Marans. Thanks again for all the helpful info!

@sybonbon Thank you so much for sharing pictures of your girls, they’re gorgeous. I hope mine resembles either of yours when she matures! :love The first (your Andalusian?) and third photo do look like very similar birds besides the comb size, maybe Meyer’s Blue Cuckoos do have some Blue...

Absolutely, I would love to see them!

Thank you so much for your very detailed reply! I always thought my girls should look much more alike if they came from the same breed and hatchery, but I see now there could be multiple reasons why they differ. I had seen a BBS chart posted on this forum of what pairings result in which types...

I was wondering how the Blue Cuckoo Marans was “made”. Was it a cross between a Cuckoo Marans and a blue chicken breed like an Andalusion, the cross now being stable so the birds will breed true? Or does it perhaps (not sure if this is even possible) come from a blue sport that originated from...