blue copper maran question

[liv4fun]

how do you tell a Blue Copper Maran Hen from a Blue Giant or Blue Orpington?

 

[hdowden]

overall color and body shape will get pics from feathersite up in a few mins

also the marans WILL have copper colored hackles while the other two breeds will have the dark blue/black hackles

 

[hdowden]

marans

giant

orp.

 

[farmerChef]

The Marans will most likey have lightly feathered legs too, most BBS copper marans I have seen have the feathered legs.
They should also lay dark brown eggs.