I crossed a FBCM roo with a blk/split Lav Orp hen. The result is a black pullet with feathered shanks and just a touch of copper hackle. She lays at least a #4 speckled egg. She could pass for a dark Marans pullet if one didn't know better. I think her body is more Orp shaped than Marans but she is not going to be as large as an Orp.
I have a good feather legged BCM roo x bl ameraucana hen. There were 2 chicks. The first chick (#1) a male looks like a black ameraucana (muffs,beard, peacomb) but does have feathered legs and a copper hackle. No other coppering.
#2 was a pullet shaped like a Marans. Black body, does have a peacomb, but no muffs, no beard, no feathered legs. She has her coppering on backwards lol like a V shape on her breast instead of her hackle. Still awaiting her Olive Egg.
I have a good feather legged BCM roo x bl ameraucana hen. There were 2 chicks. The first chick (#1) a male looks like a black ameraucana (muffs,beard, peacomb) but does have feathered legs and a copper hackle. No other coppering.
#2 was a pullet shaped like a Marans. Black body, does have a peacomb, but no muffs, no beard, no feathered legs. She has her coppering on backwards lol like a V shape on her breast instead of her hackle. Still awaiting her Olive Egg.
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