black copper maran hens for sale
Black Copper Marans go broody quite frequently and are good mothers. This is ideal for breeders and homesteaders interested in natural brooding. The chicks are mostly black and grey with slight yellowing to the underbelly the Black Copper Maran breed is quite sociable and rather peaceful and calm it does not fly very high in general they are docile and never nervous. Behavior that is too lively or wild would be a fault for the breed. They are excellent foragers and well suited to free-range and pasture-based systems.
Black Copper Marans lay around 150 to 200 large dark brown eggs each year they are the darkest colored eggs of any of the chicken breeds with colors ranging from mahogany to dark chocolate brown. Black Copper Marans were considered exotic and hard to find in North America, but the popularity of their dark-colored eggs has made them readily available.
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