Griffith23
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- Feb 20, 2022
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Just curious to how a blue copper Maran is made, is it made by crossing a black copper Maran with any blue hen, or blue wyndotte? Any info would be greatly appreciated thank you.
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So with that being said, if I were to take my Black Copper Maran roo, and breed black australap hens for example, they would produce a 50/50 mix. If I were to take the50/50 mix chicks And bred them to 100% copper Maran roo. Would that give me a 3/4 blood copper Maran? I’m just curious to how the genetics would work.BBBS Copper Marans are a variety. You wouldn't get pure Blue Copper Marans by breeding a Black Copper to a random hen carrying Blue. You'd dilute the egg color and also have to deal with other unwanted traits. It would be best to purchase birds from a BBS flock. The Andalusian blue gene behaves with Marans just like any other breed so a Black Copper x Splash Copper would yield all Blue Copper offspring.
At the most basal understanding, yes. Just like if I took a Brahma bull and crossed him over an Angus cow, their offspring would be 50% Brahman and 50% Angus. Technically, Brangus are 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman, but I’d have to check. Another similar cross would be the Charbray a Charolais x Brahman cross. I think the percentage for these is 3/4 Charolais and 1/4 Brahman, but there’s something I’m not remembering.
That makes sense I didn’t know if the genetics worked the same as cattle. Reason being is to make more chickens and didn’t know if I could eventually get back more towards the Black copper Maran Characteristics the more I breed out the Australap. More curiosity than anything. Thank you for the feedbackAt the most basal understanding, yes. Just like if I took a Brahma bull and crossed him over an Angus cow, their offspring would be 50% Brahman and 50% Angus. Technically, Brangus are 5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman, but I’d have to check. Another similar cross would be the Charbray a Charolais x Brahman cross. I think the percentage for these is 3/4 Charolais and 1/4 Brahman, but there’s something I’m not remembering.
So If you bred a Black Copper Marans male to Black Australorp females, your offspring would get 50% of their DNA from each parent, thus making them, technically, 50% Black Copper Marans and 50% Black Australorp.
I'm not sure what the purpose would be for that cross unless you were just wanting to make more chickens. The egg color would be lighter than the Marans. The body shape would be somewhere in between the two breeds and the color would be black with red leakage.