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collage of blue and black copper marans chickens. Blue copper marans hen top left, black copper marans rooster top right, black copper marans hen bottom left, blue copper marans rooster bottom right, and a clutch of six dark brown eggs,
A tray of dark brown chocolate eggs and purplish brown eggs with a heavy bloom arranged in rows.

Blue Copper, Black Copper, Splash Copper Marans

We sourced our Marans from breeders who have been selecting for deep, rich egg color as well as the American Poultry Association (APA) Standard of Perfection (SOP). We select for heavy speckling and heavy blooms on the eggs, as well as for temperament. We only use roosters who are perfect gentlemen.

Quick Facts:

  • Purpose: Dual-Purpose

  • Production: 200 Large Medium/Dark Brown Eggs per Year

  • Egg Size: Extra Large

  • Egg Color: Medium/Dark Brown. Speckles and heavy bloom possible.

  • Temperament: Docile, Friendly, Easy to Handle

  • Point of Lay: 22-24 weeks

  • Mature Weight: 6-7 lbs.

  • Hardiness: Cold and Heat Hardy

  • Broodiness: Likely

  • Comb Type: Single Comb

If you’re planning to show, only the Black Copper variety is recognized by the APA. Common things to watch for as your chicks develop: feather stubs on the middle toes, incorrect number of points on combs. The darkest eggs tend to hatch male chicks with some copper leakage in their chest and pullets without enough copper in their hackles. Select your best matched pair of pullets who complement your best cockerel for breeding pen exhibitions.

Eighteen pastel blue eggs in a plastic carton, with some unopened flower buds in the background.
collage of Legbar chicks and adults in cream and opal to show autosexing traits. Top left three is cream legbar rooster, Top right is opal legbar rooster, bottom left is opal legbar hen, bottom right is cream legbar hen

We have blood tested our Legbar flock to be homozygous for the blue egg gene. This ensures all offspring will lay shades of blue eggs. We select for vivid egg color in our Legbars, as well as the proposed SOP. We have a couple of hens who also have speckles and heavy blooms. Our breeding pen consists of Opal and Cream split to opal hens and an Opal rooster. The Opal gene is the same as other lavender (Self Blue) feather colors and is recessive. Chicks could be Opal or Cream splits.

Quick Facts:

  • Purpose: Egg production

  • Production: 260 eggs per Year

  • Egg Size: Large

  • Egg Color: Blue. Speckles and heavy bloom possible.

  • Temperament: Active, Independent

  • Point of Lay: 22-24 weeks

  • Mature Weight: 4-6 lbs.

  • Hardiness: Cold and Heat Hardy

  • Broodiness: Rarely

  • Comb Type: Single Comb

Legbars are an autosexing breed. This means you can tell roosters and hens apart at the time of hatch, generation after generation.

Cream and Opal Legbars

collage of Silver and Standard Barnavelder chickens. Silver hen top left, silver cock bottom left, silver chick middle left, standard cock top right, standard hen bottom right, standard chick right middle, pale brown blush eggs in a bowl.

Standard and Silver Barnavelders

We select for egg color, focusing on darker shades, speckles and heavy blooms, as well as the SOP. Barnavelders are a very friendly, docile breed that takes to foraging easily. Their striking double laced pattern makes them stand out in the flock. Barnevelders are medium heavy, dual-purpose birds that are very cold hardy.

Quick Facts:

  • Purpose: Dual-Purpose

  • Production: 160 eggs per Year

  • Egg Size: Large

  • Egg Color: Medium Brown. Speckles and heavy bloom possible.

  • Temperament: Docile, Curious, Active, Gentle

  • Mature Weight: 5-7 lbs.

  • Point of Lay: 32-36 weeks

  • Hardiness: Cold and Heat Hardy

  • Broodiness: Occasionally

  • Comb Type: Single Comb

If you’re planning to show, only the Standard variety is recognized by the APA. Lacing is extremely difficult to establish and keep clean. It’s easy for the feathers in the tails on hens and chests on roosters to start looking messy if not strictly selected for. You’ll want to grow out a significant number of chicks to ensure there are a few with high quality lacing. Select your best matched pair of pullets who complement your best cockerel for breeding pen exhibitions.

A plastic egg carton containing a variety of chicken eggs, arranged by shades from pistachio, walnut, army, dark olive, pesto, green yellow, tea, mint, sea green, khaki, moss, grey with heavy bloom on a wooden surface.
A free range grey and black barred olive egger chicken with a crest standing on a dirt floor with dry leaves and small branches, with other chickens in the background.
black copper olive egger hen with a crest inside a fenced enclosure, with some ground feed scattered on the ground.
A group of easter egger roosters standing on dirt ground inside a fenced area, with three chickens visible in the foreground and two in the background, featuring various colors and feather patterns.
A fibro olive egger rooster with long black tail feathers, tan and black striped neck feathers, and brown and black body feathers inside a wire enclosure with wooden framing.

We use a variety of breeds to achieve various rich, vivid egg colors ranging from sage, pistachio, olive, moss, pesto etc. We select for speckles and heavy blooms on our olive eggers. Our birds can be a variety of feather colors and have a combination of any of the following: pea comb, single comb, feathered shanks, extra toes, barring, lacing, fluffy cheeks, beards, and crests. Our back cross pen has a Black Copper Marans rooster over hens who have at least one copy of the blue egg gene, so offspring have a 50/50 chance of laying shades of brown or olive.

Quick Facts:

  • Purpose: Dual-Purpose

  • Production: 200 Eggs per Year

  • Egg Size: Large

  • Egg Color: Shades of Olive or Medium/Dark Brown. Speckles and heavy bloom possible.

  • Temperament: Docile, Curious, Active

  • Mature Weight: 5-7 lbs.

  • Point of Lay: 26-28 weeks

  • Hardiness: Cold and Heat Hardy

  • Broodiness: Often

  • Comb Type: Single Comb or Pea comb

Multigenerational Easter and Olive Eggers

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