Black Copper Maran rooster X Cuckoo Maran = ????

[stevin]

would they turn out to be sex linked marans?

 

[Illia]

Yes. As a reminder, egg color will suffer.

 

[stevin]

i haven't seen the eggs yet, but i was told that these particular cuckoos laid a rather dark egg more so than a typical cuckoo.
i dunno... the eggs are being incubated as we speak and are due to hatch in a couple of weeks. i'll try to find some time to swing by his house and take a peak at the eggs to see first hand.

now what color will the pullets be when hatched?

 

[Chicky Tocks]

I have one...quite by accident this happened before I sold my cuckoo flock. I do believe it was a cuckoo roo over a black copper hen.
My pullet turned out to be solid black with a slightly wheatish ring, not quite or nearly as prominent as the red round a black copper marans hen's neck.
Her egg is darker than buff and shiny, but definitely not to the lowest standard of either a cuckoo or copper marans egg. She's out ranging now. I'll see if I can catch a pic of her...

 

[Chicky Tocks]

Oh here she is

And this top egg is hers - below are what my coppers are laying at the moment