Can you folks take a look at one of my hens? I just picked her up last night from a woman who had 3 of these. She says they are BCM. I have 2 BCM pullets at home but they look quite a bit different from her. I am mostly wondering about the copper lacing on her chest and the SUPER feathery feet. I tracked down where she came from this morning and talked to the woman on the phone for a bit. She says she ordered BCM hatching eggs from someone in Virginia and then crossed those birds with a BCM roo she bought up in Boise. I'm just wondering as far as breed standard goes, does this girl fit the criteria? She almost looks like a Black Sex Link hen, but those don't have feathered feet. Opinions anyone?
This happens sometimes in some lines of Marans and IMO, is caused from perhaps Wheatens genetics or possibly another variety of Marans genetics in the background.
IMO and please understand this is only my personal opinion, I would not use this female for breeding purposes if breeding to SOP as it will breed forward and will be a hardy chore to try and breed out. Hope this helps and hope others will also comment.
