What am I?

[Kessalou]

I bought these roosters back in the spring and now are mystery chickens. The the first one is this large black rooster is he a french black copper maran? Asia? The rooster behind him is supposed to be a french blue copper maran and he has a beard and cheeks. Could he be crossed with a easter egger?

 

[sylviethecochin]

I think there's Marans in both of them—they're supposed to have short tails and long backs, and are shaped much like your boys are—but a French Marans should have lightly feathered legs, and those aren't quite the right markings for black copper.

I'd say someone crossed an Ameraucana or an EE to get blue boy, and black boy maybe has some Australorp in him?

 

[Kdlevesque]

They are beautiful!

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

They're both marans crosses. The one with a beard is probably an olive egger (Easter egger x marans).

 

[Kessalou]

Wow thank you for helping me out I am so glad I joined this group!!

 

[HennyPenny2019]

I bought these roosters back in the spring and now are mystery chickens. The the first one is this large black rooster is he a french black copper maran? Asia? The rooster behind him is supposed to be a french blue copper maran and he has a beard and cheeks. Could he be crossed with a easter egger?

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Wow ... handsome boys whatever they are.

 

[cstephens1987]

The one appears to be an olive egger aka marans x EE. The other almost has the coloration of an Australorp x barnevelder but the leg color is all wrong. No idea with that one

 

[Kessalou]

The leg color is weird isn't it! I bought tractor 4 tractor supply Asia and I thought he could be one but I think the size is wrong as they are supposed to be a smaller bird. But then at the same time I bought 6 French Blue Copper Marans from a guy I found on craigslist as I just love the blue color. So out of the 6, 1 was a Blue hen and 2 are the easter egger cross Maran and 1 rooster looks like a French Blue and another looks like a text book Black copper maran. Then there's this guy really friendly lets me pick him up and pet him.