Our Mar-Bars have been an extremely popular cross. This cross is a Black Copper Marans rooster over Cream Legbar hens. The outcome is pretty colored eggs from birds that lay well. The neat thing about this cross is you are able to determine the sex of the chick at hatch. Females will be solid black and the males will have a dot on their head. Both males and females grow into good sized birds making them a nice dual purpose bird. 

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The females of this cross mature into black birds and many have hints of copper in the hackles. All of our girls have also sported modest little crests. The cross into the Marans would lend one to believe we should get olive eggs. But, we are getting some neat sea to sage colored eggs from the cross I find gorgeous.  If you want something a little different then you need to get a few of these for your flock. It always amazes me the different shades of green you can get in eggs and we think people should experience those as well as the olive many seek.

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The cockerels of this cross are barred. Some show copper in the hackles as well. They become good sized birds and make excellent protectors of a back yard flock. If you decide to process these birds they mature to a good weight for the freezer.

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Check out the photos to see examples of these birds and their egg color.

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