black copper marans

[Eggcellent Adventure]

Thinking of ordering some black copper maran chicks from Meyers Hatchery. Does anyone have any thoughts/experience regarding the breed... How often do they lay? Does the breed make good pets (kids here)? Anyone order them from Meyers before? Thanks!

 

[sophiejw]

I'm just about to start an incubator with some black and blue copper marans. I wanted them for the brown eggs. I did a bit of reading- they are meant to lay a decent amount of dark brown eggs, be good to eat and quite friendly. If you get some chicks I'd love to see some pics

 

[montanasandy]

I just got an order last night of 3 Rare Maren Mix from Meyer's. They put 2 heat packs in with them and they arrived here very fast. They are doing pretty good. From the choices I might receive, I ended up with on Golden Cuckoo, one White and one Blue Splash. I was hoping for a Black Copper!

But I love my little girls!

 

[spiffwilkie]

Sorry, no good answers here. I have one, but she's only about 7 weeks old right now. She's just now getting some very nice feathers with an almost iridescent sheen on them. So far she's also very friendly. She's the next-to-least flighty out of all my chicks (that order would go - least to most flighty - RIR, BCM, Buff Orpingtons, Black Giants).

So far, so good!

 

[eddie w]

i have a black cooper maran roo that is a very frendly bird but big and is really tough on the girls