Black Copper Marans

We have a highly diverse and high quality French Black Copper Marans breeding stock that originated from different experienced breeders we reached out through our membership in the Maran Club. Our foundational flock include lines from Green Fire Farms (2018), The Alchemist Farm (2020), B Marans (2022, 2023, and 2026) and David Uribe (2024) We breed primarily for health (that’s my number one goal with this breed other than egg color). In my experience, I found that birds bred for egg color were more prone to disease and early death. I wanted to build a line of resilient, robust, yet conforming birds. I do not help chicks that struggle to come out of the shell or select birds that have displayed any signs of distress during their juvenile stage. For my breeding program, I choose birds that have good conformation, as close to the SOP as possible. My second goal for this breed is the SOP. Again, I find that a lot of people are breeding for egg color these days, but their birds have low quality conformation. Egg color takes generations upon generations of breeding and lots and lots of patience on the part of the breeder. We are currently a 6-8 on the Maran color chart. That comes in with a cost. Our straight run day old chicks start at $18. Once they can be sexed at 3-4 weeks, females are $35. Before 4 weeks, they are sold unsexed and in quantities of 5 or more per person. Egg color also varies throughout the season. Maran eggs are used by many world-renowned chefs. They are know for exquisite taste and bright yolk. The French Black Copper Marans lay the darkest brown eggs of any variety of chicken, though my Wheaten Marans are now laying just as dark!. We have great egg color on the Marans Egg Color Chart. We sell Black Copper Marans chicks, hatching eggs, and occasionally young started pullets, cockerels, and roosters. French Black Copper Marans were developed in France and are famous for their chocolate brown eggs. The English standard calls for clean legs, we breed to the French standard of feathered legs. French Black Copper Marans are bred for egg color not for high egg production. The slower the egg is passed the more the egg is colored. However, Marans are good on egg production.