Silver Salmon Marans x Black Copper Marans

[alogue1972]

I bought some Silver Salmon Marans hatching eggs last year and unfortunately I only had 1 to hatch and luckily it was a hen. She is in my Marans pen with my Black Copper Marans Roo and I was wondering what the offspring would look like. Does anyone know? I'm guessing that they would probably look like a Black Copper but with more rust color on the chest?

 

[Mrs.Megan]

I’d post on the sop Black Copper Marans board~ lots of knowledgeable breeders of all marans there. Can’t wait to see what they say!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-to-the-sop.1122465/page-1166#post-21055349

 

[nicalandia]

I bought some Silver Salmon Marans hatching eggs last year and unfortunately I only had 1 to hatch and luckily it was a hen. She is in my Marans pen with my Black Copper Marans Roo and I was wondering what the offspring would look like. Does anyone know? I'm guessing that they would probably look like a Black Copper but with more rust color on the chest?

If he is pure for the Birchen gene(ER/ER) all of the chicks and adults will have the Black Copper Maran looks, if he is heterozygous for the ER allele(ER/eWh as is often the case) you will get 50% ER/eWh(can't tell them appart from pure ER/ER BCM chicks, dark chick down) and 50% eWh/eWh Wheaten chicks(yellow down)