Copper Maran Breeding

[ColtHandorf]

Here's some serious breeder talk on outcrossing different bloodlines of the same breed/variety together.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-bad-to-outcross-without-good-reason.1511934/

 

[Maryb Heisner]

• black (BB) X black (BB): 100 percent black (BB) chicks
• black (BB) X blue (Bb): 50 percent black (BB) chicks, 50 percent blue (Bb) chicks
• black (BB) X splash (bb): 100 percent blue (Bb) chicks
• blue (Bb) X blue (Bb): 50 percent blue (Bb) chicks, 25 percent black (BB) chicks, 25 percent splash (bb) chicks
• blue (Bb) X splash (bb): 50 percent blue (Bb) chicks, 50 percent splash (bb) chicks
• splash (bb) X splash (bb): 100 percent splash (bb) splash