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Interesting, I didn't realize there was so much difference between the 2 standards. I would have only thought a slight variation.

It could be called English Standard not UK. My bad there. I can't search the APA because of copyright but here's a screen shot. From this thread.... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/marans-proposed-standards-for-reference-purposes.385769/

To my understanding the 2 are French (Feathered) and UK (Clean) breed standards. American Poultry Association (APA) follows the French standard.

I edited my post above just for clarity of that post.. that I do try to start out with the name in full with abbreviations in parenthesis and then use BCM thru out the rest. And thank you for that explanation. That makes total sense now. I use BA as Black Australorp also never thinking it could...

All the discussion here was very interesting to read. I appreciate all the insight and knowledge. All my searches say the Black Copper originated from France so maybe I'm doing a wrong search not deep enough and haven't found any info yet. I'd be interested to know which breed variety or...

I seem to post a ton of pics of Kong in the Marans thread only because he such a ham...🤣 Like said I'm not an expert but I've been told his coloring is nice. He's got a big comb and not a very good 'type' (narrows towards back, not wide all the way) and he's a little over colored in the chest...

Oh I see...sorry about that. Let me tag some that know way more than I about BCM's. @BlueTheBrahma @chickengr any insight?

https://maranschickenclubusa.com/black-copper