Okay, photos at last. This isn't all of them though, just the ones I've pulled out of the freezer so far.
These are Black Copper Marans given to me by another breeder as culls. They've got some severe to moderate defects, but provided a lot of meat for being under a year old.
One thing to think about with Black Coppers is that there are a handful of well known lines, each often having certain meat traits. For example, I find Bev Davis BC's to be much bigger and have more breast meat, while Wade Jean lines are smaller, but have very sizeable drumsticks. And I mean BIG drumsticks! - But not much breastmeat.
As a last note, I used these roosters to feed my dogs, so they're skinned, not plucked, and a they aren't market-beautiful.
Bird # 1, younger and of wade lines
Bird # 1 after
Bird # 2, Bev Davis lines
Bird # 2, after
Bird #3, a huge guy!
Bird #3, after. Look at that! 10 months old!
As a last to add, this is an Ameraucana I culled. He was much younger and pretty small, but still had a decent amount of meat for just 6 months old.
After
Wish I had photos of my Araucanas - Those guys, despite their smaller size, packed some good meat on their bones!
I'll have a thread later on of all 12 Marans I culled, to show comparisons - And to compare them with hatchery Wyandottes as well as a couple purebred Ameraucanas.