Black Copper Maran over Welsummer Hen anyone tried it?

[dave27889]

I got some BCM rooster over Welsummer hen eggs from gamebirdsonly. Has anyone raised any of these and if so what are they like. What do the eggs look like and how is the mix over all. I should have ask gamebirdsonly but have liked everything I ever got from him . I think it will make a great bird. Please let me know if you have any or have seen the mix. Pictures would be great. I only have 9 of the eggs but can get more if it really produces a good chicken. Hey gamebirdsonly if you read this let me know. Thanks to all. P.S. Incubating a little over 110 eggs at the moment half are BCMs The rest are 9 Olive eggers, 12 Welsummers, a few blue splash marans, 9 Blue marans, 9 Cuckoo marans and 12 White Empordanesa eggs. I also have 8 Turkey eggs Midget white, Beltsville white and White Holland.
Please leave anything you think might help and any pictures. This is the most Marans I have ever hatched at 1 time and a lot of them look really nice as color and size go. The wellies are really nice and so are the Empordanesa.

 

[wolftracks]

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I've only gotten Wellies and bantam Wellies from gamebirdsonly. Have some in the bator now and just had more sent out yesterday, but I've never had that mixture. I have mostly pure breds, but I'm ging ot be putting my Pene roo El Guapo over 2 Wellies soon. I heard the eggs are more of a brown that way with the speckles, but not sure that's accurate. If it is I would think the eggs would be similar with the Marans. I do have Marans and may try later after I hatch out more purebred chicks.

 

[dave27889]

Yea depending on the outlook of these I may try to let some grow up and mate back to a BCM rooster. I have seen where that combo makes a black sex link. Something about a white spot. I book marked the page I think. It was way early this morning when I looked it up. It was here in BYC though. I have mostly pure breeds. The only mix I have right now is an olive egger. The rest are pure. I have about 50 Maran eggs in the incubator. Hoping for a decent hatch. Thanks and take care. Gamebirdsonly has some nice birds. I may try a few Bantams later in the year not for sure. I would have to make more pens or a special cage for them.

 

[wolftracks]

These are the Bantam Wellies I just hatched out

 

[dave27889]

They look good. What was your hatch rate?

 

[wolftracks]

Had 8 eggs, 2 quiters, 2 didn't start due to broken aircells (PO's fault) they shake and smash my boxes.

So the 4 that made it to lockdown hatched.

I have a couple of older pullets that should start laying in a month or so I think. Pretty girls.