Black Copper Marans discussion thread

[beagleman77]

Thanks I'm going to look at green fire farms

 

[rooboo]

Thanks I'm going to look at green fire farms

I know greenfire is a little pricey, but I bought mine from them through rare breed auction at about half of their normal price last year. I haven't seen them offered on the auction site lately, so they're likely selling all they have available right from the farm. If you're not in a hurry for them you might see them at auction in the next couple months.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I want to buy some maran chicks but I want a dark egg laying maran and I'm in jacksonville fl I would like to get some chicks but I want them to lay dark eggs for a project and to add to my flock so do yall know any good breeders around my area thanks in advance

Here is a good idea there is someone selling really dark black copper maran eggs right now in the hatching eggs section

 

[happyfrenchman]

Here are a couple pictures of some black copper roos

Those are nice looking birds RooBoo....
I have never heard of lavender... I had a bird that was supposed to be a Blue Copper that was sort of lavenderish.... (is that a word?)... But I was not confident it was a pure Marans and I gave it away. It was a nice looking bird. I have seen and heard of Lavender Orpingtons... But I have never heard of a lavender colored Marans and I don't believe they are listed on the French site. There is a mention of it on the American site. http://www.maransofamericaclub.com/blue-varieties.html I had never heard of it but that doesn't mean much....

 

[sideWing]

I didn't order blue, but I'm not opposed to it, either. I'm glad to know that there needs to be a distinction made when selling if you are running both colors together. I don't like to be dishonest about my birds

IF the blue chick is a pullet I bet you can separate her when they start to lay and the egg color will be so different. Once you figure out HER egg color you could put her back in the flock with the BCM roo and hatch the eggs separate. Did that make any sense?

 

[scflock]

IF the blue chick is a pullet I bet you can separate her when they start to lay and the egg color will be so different. Once you figure out HER egg color you could put her back in the flock with the BCM roo and hatch the eggs separate. Did that make any sense?

I know exactly what you are saying, and I hope that is as easy as it sounds. It would be perfect

 

[rooboo]

Those are nice looking birds RooBoo....  
I have never heard of lavender...     I had a bird that was supposed to be a Blue Copper that was sort of lavenderish.... (is that a word?)... But I was not confident it was a pure Marans and I gave it away. It was a nice looking bird. I have seen and heard of Lavender Orpingtons... But I have never heard of a lavender colored Marans and I don't believe they are listed on the French site. There is a mention of it on the American site. http://www.maransofamericaclub.com/blue-varieties.html   I had never heard of it but that doesn't mean much....  

Here's a couple better pictures of the lavender orpington crossed to black copper marans. He's dropped pretty low in the pecking order because of all the excess roosters in this pen,and he is a bit beat up and he was trying to hide while I was taking the last picture. This weekend there are going to be some major changes out there. I think he's a great looking bird and I think I'm going to use him for a little experiment by breeding him back to some marans just to see what I get and see if the lavender gene comes back again. I'm not sure what that color actually is in his hackles and saddles so if someone more knowledgeable on the colors would like to comment, I'd love to hear from them.

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[rooboo]

 

[rooboo]

I'd also like to hear what some of you think of this blue copper marans.

 

[scflock]

IF the blue chick is a pullet I bet you can separate her when they start to lay and the egg color will be so different. Once you figure out HER egg color you could put her back in the flock with the BCM roo and hatch the eggs separate. Did that make any sense?

Just moved the 4 week olds to the grow out pen. Definitely 2 boys and 11 girls. The one I suspect is blue has sprouted a couple of copper feathers, so if she is blue, she's blue copper
If she is, I will make a trio with her and one rooster, then have the rest in a BCM pen