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The Marans have a long history. The earliest Marans date back to the 12th and 13th centuries. During this time they were thought to be produced from wild “swamp hens” and victorious game birds brought to the French ports on English ships. After many years farmers started to take an interest in the Marans and formed standards in the 19th century. The interest of the Marans took a steep decline during WWII. Luckily individuals kept the breed going. Sometime around 1990, the standards were set for the Black Copper Marans and they now have a worldwide interest. This breed is the rarest dark brown egg layer in the United States. The Black Copper Marans were admitted into the American Standard of Perfection in 2010.
The Black Copper Maran is a lightly feather legged bird. They lay the darkest chocolate brown egg. You will get on average 150-200 large eggs per year. The hen will weigh around 6punds and the rooster will be around 8 pounds. This breed is also a good dual-purpose bird.
The Black Copper Maran is a friendly, beautiful bird that will make a good pet. This breed is active and foragers, but also does well in confinement.
Live Chick Guarantee
We guarantee your ordered number of birds arrive healthy and true to breed. Please contact us immediately should any losses or variances to your order occur, this guarantee is only for the safe and live delivery of your poultry. Any loss must be reported to Chickens for Backyards within 3 days of receipt for any adjustment to be made. Reshipments are subject to availability and minimum shipping requirements. If eligible, we will reship only once. Reimbursements are limited to the cost of the birds and will not include shipping charges.
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Tina in MA –
Excellent Care
On 7/8/15 I received my order of Black Copper Maran chicks. I am so pleased and impressed with the care that was taken into the shipping for the well being and comfort of the chicks that I had to email this company and say wonderful job done! I will spread the good word and defiantly order from this company in the future again. Tina in MA
Donna Evans –
Friendly breed
I ordered 3 Black Copper Marans and recieved them in March. Love them! They have all turned out to be beautiful, healthy birds. Customer service has been great. Will definitely order from again!
Brandon Sanders –
Gabby the Chicken is the favorite
Despite my wife and I agreeing that we wouldn’t name our chickens we received “Gabby” promptly on April 1st, 2015. We received Gabby with 8 other chickens from http://www.chickensforbackyards.com of various large “dual purpose” breeds. We had recently moved in to our new house outside of town and this was our first adventure of moving to the country. We also think it will become our new Easter family tradition now that we have a kid on the way (next year… Ducks?). Gabby has her own traditions which includes following me around and well “gabbing” my ear off. I was certain she was a rooster and that chickensforbackyards.com had gotten it wrong. Well turns out all 9 chickens we ordered were truly hens and Gabby just has the urge to talk to me and only me. It must be the tomatoes. She is a beautiful bird and is already a great layer for us. Thank you for great customer service all my individual breed selections, for fast turnaround and most importantly healthy friends… I mean chickens!
Juliana Meyer –
My Favorite Chicken!
From the first day our four chicks arrived in the mail, Pepper (our BCM) has been the bravest, sweetest, and most curious chicken. For the first several months of her life, I was almost certain that she was a roo because she was so much bigger than the other chickens, and she definitely took charge as the leader, chasing crows out of the yard and alerting the other pullets when she thought there was danger. It turns out, she is in fact a girl, and she now lays gorgeous dark chocolate eggs just as regularly as our Rhode Island Red, which is almost daily. She started laying around 6 months (about 2 months after the other 3). She has beautiful coloring – dark black feathers with a green sheen in the sun, and a tiny bit of copper on her neck near her head. As the leader, she does tend to be a little territorial of the nest boxes sometimes, and she does have a tendency to put the other chickens in their place, especially when they are confined to the run. Overall, she is a wonderful hen!
Kaylyne Player –
I chose 02/15/23 ship date and they arrived on 02/17/23. I ordered 3 female French Copper Maran chicks and received a 4th! All in very good health, and the packaging was secure. This is my first time having chickens/ordering chicks, and so far so good. I will update as my chicks grow, and plan to do future business with CFBY!
Jeffrey Schmidt –
I ordered 5 French Black Copper Maran chicks. and received 6!!! Thanks, all healthy and looking good packaging was great and shipping was fast…. Thanks would buy again