Black Copper Marans

[Frizzled]

I bought 16 BCM hatching eggs from a guy our Kansas who said his BCM were from the B. Davis line. None of them have any kind of bump. I did however have one from the first hatch (only 2 out of 8 eggs hatched) that is not BCM, he said they sometimes through a Wheaton, I don't know if this is true or not, seems they would have to be crossed with a Wheaton. I got 3 out of 8 on the last hatch. That are all BCM with feathered legss.

 

[tree13ag]

yeah, i emailed Bev & gave her the info & pics
this guy we got them from is a TOTAL SCAMMER, Bev said these girls are NO WAY from her line. oh well, i got them for pets anyway...i just hope they lay good colored eggs

 

[JewellFarm]

Neither one of those birds looks like BCM to me. The lighter one is wheaton and the other looks like a mix of bcm and something else. Sorry you got scammed. I hope they throw some nice eggs for you. Otherwise they are beautiful birds.

 

[ladywolfe]

Hi ya'll just thought i'd put in my 2 cents if you don't mind. I have bcm's also and some other chickens and i've never seen that bump on any of my chickens. My line orginated from Wade Jeane/Channing Grishim line sold to me by way of Jessie Bryant. I am a member of Marans of America and was told by someone high up that this line does carry a Wheaton gene and some of my marans have thrown a few Wheatons not alot just a few. Was told they are to be consider Wheatons. I have all my chickens separated by breed and am trying to better the breed. I have decided to keep my wheatons and see what happens. But i have to agree that those chickens look like a mix.
My chickens are on my web page chickenschickens.com if you want to see them. I hope I haven't stepped on any toes and apologize if I have.

 

[onthespot]

Ow, my toe hurts! (just kidding)

 

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