Mixing blue copper marans with barred rocks?

fuzzymonkeez101

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I have a pair of blue copper maran roosters with my barred rock hens right now, does anyone else on here have an idea of what the babies feather patterns/colors will look like? I know there is a high chance of barring and auto-sexing but that's about it and I'm curious how the blue feathering will mix.

I've been collecting eggs for next hatch and I wanted to add some more production layers. These are the eggs I have collected so far for this group.
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This is one of the blue copper maran roosters.
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My barred rocks are also some of my most curious hens in the flock. They like to follow me everywhere and I hope their babies share that trait. This is Dotty.
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They will be sex linked. Males will have barring and females won't.
They'll average 50% being black and 50% being blue. Both sexes.
I'd expect some color leakage especially on the males.
 

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