Copper Marans
Pure breed
Black and Blue Copper Marans, kept for their dark brown eggs and steady temperament.
Marpington
Cross
A named cross offered mainly as chicks, from a mating chosen so pullets can be identified at hatch when the markings are clear.
- Temperament
- Expected to be calm, like both parent breeds; individual birds vary
- Size
- Large
- Eggs
- Brown; shade varies
- Sexing at hatch
- Chicks from this mating are sexed from their down markings at hatch when the markings are clear. If a chick's markings aren't clear, it's sold unsexed.
- Breeding note
- The name describes this particular pairing, not a breed. Adult appearance and egg shade vary.
- Parents
- Buff Orpington rooster × Cuckoo Marans hen
Other birds
All birds
Buff Orpington
Pure breed
Calm, substantial backyard birds from our current standard Orpington line.
Vorwerk
Pure breed
Gold-and-black heritage birds with real presence in the paddock.
Opal Legbar project
CrossProject line
Opal Legbar × Barnevelder cross · project line.
Birds that mostly look like Opal Legbars, with Barnevelder in their ancestry.
Laced Wyandotte
Pure breed
A colourful laced pen: gold, silver, splash laced red and black laced buff hens with a Gold Laced rooster.