Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[TNBielefelder]

At least you have plenty of boys to choose from

 

[goldie1234]

I have 2 roosters that we are needing to find homes

I need to see how my Ameraucana rooster to hen ratio pans out. Maybe, but I can't commit just yet. Where are you?

 

[morbius18]

Looks really similar to mine. Huge combs for a little chick. Mine are crosses with my golden cuckoo marans and my black copper. They apparently yeild black coppers and golden cuckoo. The 2 black pullets you see in the second picture looks like the black copper chick.

 

[sophxmom]

My 5wk old BCM

 

[Alaskan]

My 5wk old BCM

Looks like a girl

 

[NatureChica]

My 5wk old BCM

The pic on top is a bcm roo and the one below is a Pullet. Hope that helps. Picture taken at the same age as yours are now. Some do have delayed comb development but in a week or two the roos are really obvious and some of their combs start pinking up, compared to the peachy flesh tones of the pullets.

 

[sophxmom]

He/she was pretty late to develope a tail, it took about 4wks to start showing. Here is a body view

 

[NatureChica]

He/she was pretty late to develope a tail, it took about 4wks to start showing. Here is a body view

Some of mine were slower to develop too. The roo I have pictured above is my mangy roo. Hes behind on body size and tail feathers and comb and wattles.
I let my daughter pick who to photograph.
Some of them just grow at different times.
Mine went from looking like goofy teenagers to young adults seemingly overnight.

 

[tiffani day]

Black copper Moran, yay or nay?

 

[TNBielefelder]

I would say he is a black cooper Marans the long tail feather coming out of the back on top and the light colored hackles are different.