Black Copper Marans
The highly sought-after dark egg layers
Our History With The Breed
Like many Marans admirers, our journey with this breed began with an attraction to egg color. In the process of getting familiar with the breed, we learned that while our egg color was respectable, we had a challenging gap to close on conformation and plumage color. Our breeding philosophy for our APA accepted breeds demands we produce to the best of our ability. Whether your goals are a rainbow egg basket, a breeding flock of your own, or a potential show champion - they all cost the same to raise. Why not raise the best we can find?
Sourcing Quality Black Copper Marans
So in spring of 2024, our interest in Black Copper Marans shifted from egg color to APA breed standard. All of our original Black Copper Marans were dispersed. We spent 2024 growing out and selecting our future breeders from a brood of day-old chicks hatched by Master Exhibitor, Skip Bittner. We also saw some success in the show halls, with numerous Best of Breed and Reserve Continental titles, and one Champion Large Fowl title, In 2025, we grew out and selected a few more pullets directly from Skip, as well as one cockerel.
We are currently working with three breeding pens. Two of the cocks are directly from Skip, and one of the cocks is from our own breeding from Skip's lines. We have three very nice hens from Frank May in one of pens, but the rest of our females are either directly from Skip or from our own breeding. Egg color varies, but in general is very respectable.
As always, we will be hatching for ourselves as priority, but we will have chicks and eggs to offer. Reservations are highly encouraged. Contact us directly for availability.