BlueTheBrahma
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Bl is the allele abbreviation as well so Bl always makes sense to me to mean blue (even though B isn’t the allele for black, bl is).For clarity, it really helps if you state the name in full at least once in your post, so it is clear what you mean. There are always new people that don't know the abbreviations yet, that make up ones that seem perfectly logical on the instant.
Using Bl for Blue would be logical, but I have seen too many cases when B is clearly Blue. An obvious example is BBS for Black Blue Splash. And there is someone on the site who has Blue Australorps (commonly BA in their posts), while many other people have Black Australorps (BA). So at least for me personally, I do not trust "B" unless it is explained.
I think the BCM thread’s general consensus is:
BCM= black copper marans
BlCM= blue copper marans
SCM= splash copper marans ???
(B/Bl)SBM= (black/blue) silver birchen marans
(D)CM= (dark) cuckoo marans
SCM= silver cuckoo marans
GCM= golden cuckoo marans
BM= black marans
WM= white marans ???
But these are all specific to one thread, not universal. Like you all say, abbreviations are helpful but beginners need to understand them. I actually think there is an article full of abbreviations.