(F1) Maran Cross

Rooster (Father): French Black Copper Maran Hen (Mother): Rhode Island Red or Golden Laced Wyandotte Appearance: A classic "penguin-patterned" chick with a solid dark-charcoal back, a soft grey throat and chest, light facial accents around the eyes, dark slate-colored legs with pale-yellow soles, and a light dusting of feathers running down the outer sides of the legs. Expected Egg Color: A beautiful, rich shade of medium-to-dark chocolate brown (small chance for speckles)! *Because our breeding flock enjoys a free-range lifestyle with multiple heritage roosters and hens, we determine the parents of our chicks by carefully tracking egg traits, chick down colors, leg traits, and genetic inheritance patterns. While we are highly confident in our parentage matches, they are educated determinations rather than DNA-tested guarantees. However, we do guarantee that these crosses carry the genetics to lay a beautiful rainbow basket!

Photo gallery