Okay...so I have a Blue Birchen Maran that layed the most beautiful eggs but just stopped completely. She is only 16 months old. No mites, no sickness. Thinking maybe she started an early molt as she quit laying 1st part of August.
So very disappointed but I found some young Black Copper Maran hens at a swap meet that literally just started laying. Nice color but nothing like my Blue Birchen eggs.
My question is that I have two Blue Birchen Roos. If I breed them to my Black Copper hens, will the eggs be darker with the hatching chicks from this crossbreed. Attached is the pic with my Blue Birchen egg which you can see is the true chocolate color compared to the Black Copper eggs which are dark but no where close to my Blue Birchen egg. I know nothing about breeding so I’m pretty ignorant on this subject.
So very disappointed but I found some young Black Copper Maran hens at a swap meet that literally just started laying. Nice color but nothing like my Blue Birchen eggs.
My question is that I have two Blue Birchen Roos. If I breed them to my Black Copper hens, will the eggs be darker with the hatching chicks from this crossbreed. Attached is the pic with my Blue Birchen egg which you can see is the true chocolate color compared to the Black Copper eggs which are dark but no where close to my Blue Birchen egg. I know nothing about breeding so I’m pretty ignorant on this subject.