than touted or have a poor hatch rate. Their eggs should be a number 4 on the scale of Marans eggs (or darker) to qualify them as quality laying birds. Our dark black copper maran hatching eggs are from hens laying between grade 6-7 color eggs on the Marans of America color chart. FBCMS are $6.00/each! The gamecocks were traded by them for fresh food and water and so were ofte… Congratulations on raising them to point of lay. Our new 2020 season breeding program rooster ought to boost the dark eggs with his show-line mahogany egg heritage. Black Marans eggs or chicks NEW by: Rhonda I am 30 minutes from Chattanooga, TN and if you have fertile black copper marans eggs to sell or live chicks I would love to buy either. One laid a ho-hum grocery store brown who will be dinner.] The French national Marans show fosters the greatest competition among that nation’s top Marans breeders. Birchen $12 Sold Out! Julia Child was said to cook only with them, and James Bond famously preferred them! Black Copper Marans. We are not offering hatching eggs from any of our chicken breeds. All other layers are #6-7’s. The Blue Copper eggs from Beverly are often darker than those from my Black Coppers. 10 + Pure French Black Copper Marans Hatching Eggs. There’s just something about their color that makes them so much more appealing. You can click on any of the breeds below to find more specific breed information and availability. All chicks are sold as straight run. We do NOT show our animals here and do not breed for standards. The French Copper Marans lay dark brown eggs. As a new breeder, I wanted the very best birds I could find. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail Medium Flat Rate Box. I don’t offer eggs very often as I don’t normally need to make money this way. The French Marans was born. Blue Copper $12 Sold Out! The breed was created with the local feral chickens descended from fighting game chickens carried from Indonesia and India. Dark eggs on eBay from private breeders in the US have been hit-and-miss in our experience. It's just not cool. [Update: Spring 2018 layers gave us all #6-7, even the expensive imported lines from a Texas show line that had a #8 shell color ended up laying #7’s. The hens are from Bev Davis and Wade Jeane lines. Our flock has been bred here for years but once in a blue moon do they grow out to lay a lighter egg than hoped for. Be the first to review “French Black Copper Marans Hatching Eggs”. The local chickens were known as ‘swamp chickens’ because the countryside is low and marshy.These original landrace birds were crossed with the local barnyard hens and game cocks from India and Indonesia that were brought in by the sailors. Hens seem to get a better hatch rate than incubators with these eggs. Deer Run Farm raises both Black Copper Marans and Blue Copper Marans. I’m anxious to see what our new pullets from spring 2018 hatches will produce after purchasing #8’s to hatch! 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