Thank you. What’s interesting to me is the breeder calls them BBS but also copper as if the terms are synonymous. I hatched Marans from same breeder and two black chicks have blk/white like blk copper Marans and one male has very heavy leg feathering.
When you say ‘genetically solid black’ can...
Interesting. I purchased hatching eggs from the same breeder and hatched six (2 black mmale & fem, 3 blue with one def a male).
The male blue is much lighter than the other 2 blues so my suspicion is the genetic kinks have not been worked out in the parent stock.
It will be interesting to see...
I am confused about blue coloring in Marans.
I have a 1 yr old BBS Marans hen. She is blue with blue hackles. The breeder tells me she is a Blue Copper Marans.
BBS I black/blue/ splash- easy enough.
So- where’s the copper part come in? Is there such a thing as black or blue Marans or are...