International Black Copper Marans Thread - Breeding to the SOP

[thistlewick]

Those combs are 3x as big as my 10 week old pullets' combs :O afraid those are cockerels haha

 

[Bantambird]

I'm going to agree, both are definitely male. Very very male.

 

[Bantambird]

Chicks for the thread. A birchen( black silver) and a recessive white.
So what do you guys think happened genetically with the hen that started out birchen, started mottling, then became pure white... was she recessive white, but didn't express it right away? I had to keep her. She's a very pretty hen.

I do need to get some good spring pictures. She's the foreground hen.

 

[Kytera]

@Bantambird @thistlewick thank you for that confirmation. Honestly, at 2 wks old they were both giving off some big Roo vibes, but I was hoping I was just reading it wrong as a newbie one is more friendly than the other, so I was really hoping against hope it was one of each. But they definitely act like Roos!

My female chicks are RIR mixes, buff orps, and choc orps. How ridiculous would BCM mixes be with those breeds? I probably won't be getting more chickies until fall/next spring. But the one with the eyebrows and one of the chocolate orps are already standing out as top contenders for being my resident Roos.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

I found a BCM breeder with egg color 7-9. She won't ship eggs anymore but sells chicks for $60 each. Is this reasonable or ridiculous? I want some very dark eggs but I'm not sure what a reasonable price should be.

 

[TexasBlues]

Seems high for chicks. What age?
Here’s some of the BCM chicks under the broody Easter egger.

 

[SweetieChicken234]

Seems high for chicks. What age?
Here’s some of the BCM chicks under the broody Easter egger.
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https://sageacresfarm.com/pages/black-copper-marans

Does this look like a reasonably breeder? It says $60 each and tells about shipping. I would love some dark eggs but I don't know if this is worth it. This is a screen shot from Facebook.

 

[TexasBlues]

60 each, 6 minimum plus $115 shipping.
That’s $475. Comes to about $80 a chick

 

[SweetieChicken234]

60 each, 6 minimum plus $115 shipping.
That’s $475. Comes to about $80 a chick

Is this reasonable for this dark of eggs or not so much? Pass?

 

[TexasBlues]

if you can find eggs locally for about $60 a dozen... You could get an incubator and about 5 dozen eggs with the same $475.