White Marans chick

[JoeyCurrin]

My Black Copper Marans hen hatched a WHITE chick last week. My second setting Black Copper Marans hen is hatching her chicks. Three so far. TWO MORE WHITE ONES! Now I have three white ones. When the hatch is complete, I will be taking pictures of all of them. I have a total of 7 hens and three decided to set, so next week the last setting hen should start her hatch.

 

[Kiki]

Where did you get your hen and who is the daddy?
Is he a BCM too for sure? Or do you have other males running around?

 

[JoeyCurrin]

I bought my BCM from a breeder back east who sells eggs or charges for hatching. The chicks from her were beautiful. They are a combination of Little Peddler, Davis, and another famous line Jean something. It is her line that carries the recessive gene for whites. My roo came from the same lady. I only have BCM. I am going to try and create a flock of white Marans with the chicks that I have. I feel so very lucky.