Overview
The French Black Copper Marans (BCMs) is a heritage breed admired for its stunning dark chocolate eggs and exceptional qualities. Whether you're starting a backyard flock or pursuing premium breeding, we have the perfect options for you.
Quick Stats
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Egg Production: Approximately 150–200 eggs per year.
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Egg Color: Dark brown
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Mature Weight: Hens average 6.5 lbs; roosters average 8 lbs.
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Temperament: Docile and friendly, suitable for families.
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Climate Tolerance: Hardy in both cold and warm climates.
Why Choose Our Marans?
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Egg Color Quality: Standard chicks provide reliable production, while elite flock birds lay striking dark chocolate eggs.
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Flexible Options: Start with chicks or elevate your flock with ready-to-breed adults.
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Commitment to Excellence: As members of The Marans Club, we follow strict breeding standards, ensuring top-quality genetics.
Care Tips for BCMs
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Feed: High-protein diet enhances egg production and feather quality.
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Environment: Provide a clean, spacious coop with ample foraging areas.
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Health: Routine health checks and predator-proof housing ensure flock safety and well-being.
Important Note on Egg Color
Please be aware that these Hens are not hatched from our premier egg color lines. These hens typically lay eggs scoring 4–6 on the Marans egg color scale. For those seeking the darkest egg shades (6–7 regulary, 8 rare but we're tough on the scale), we recommend our juveniles, adults, or hatching eggs from our elite flocks, which are selectively bred for superior egg coloration.
Elite Juveniles and Adults (Premier Flock)
For those seeking the darkest, most vibrant egg colors, our juveniles, adults, and breeder groups are the perfect and recommended choice. These birds come from our premier flock, selected for egg color quality and genetic excellence.
👉 Explore Juveniles and Adults from Our Premier Flock
Limited Hatching Eggs
From our premier flock, we offer very limited hatching eggs this year, ensuring the highest potential for superior dark egg color. Ideal for breeding enthusiasts.
👉 Shop Black Copper Marans Hatching Eggs
Reserve Your Hens Today
Elevate your poultry experience with French Black Copper Marans. Whether you're aiming for reliable egg layers or show-quality birds, we have the perfect solution.
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This breed will be 6 -10 weeks old when they come home, unless otherwise stated in the options available. At this age the hens are sexed, fully feathered and already enjoying the nature & the outdoors at this age. The month selected, pickup is usually the middle of that month. We will reach out to schedule the pick up with you.
Our commitment ensures that your hen is correctly sexed, with a money-back guarantee if that hen is not. This breed will be 8-10 weeks old when you bring it home, unless the available options state differently. At this age, they're already fully feathered and accustomed to being outside, embracing the adventure of being outside while they eagerly await their new coop. The selected date indicates the week the hens will be ready to come home to their new coop.
We strive to provide a thriving and well cared for chickens to you. We provide Non-GMO feed, yogurt, raw milk, and tested regularly by state and veterinarians for healthy birds. We go the extra miles for your peace of mind!
What do hens grow in their garden?
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FAQs - Juveniles & Adults
Our website is up to date. You may find some hens available to come home now and others may be pre-ordered for a specific month or timeframe. If you need help let us know. We're glad to help!
The timeframes listed are 98% of the time up to date. Juvenile and adult orders are generally pre-ordered. We grow all our juvenile/adult orders from the month and raise all of them at one time. This reduces our costs and in turn your costs for them. If you need a specific timeframe for your birds to ship, reach out to us and we can often arrange that with you.
Our juveniles and adults ship free via express shipping by USPS. The fastest way we can get your birds to you. On average we spend $75-120 per bird to ship to you. We enjoy sharing them with you!
We gladly offer local pick up for your order. We have strict biosecurity measures for both our flocks safety. Once your order has been placed and notified your order is ready to come home, we pre-arrange a pick up time and date with you to come to our pick up drive-thru. Very simple, we have your order boxed and ready to travel home for you. You will not need to bring any boxes, cartons or crates. Local pick up orders are considered sale is final.
No, we do not vaccinate our flock or baby chicks. We constantly monitor this with our poultry vet to ensure our birds are healthy and robust. We are tested yearly for disease as NPIP participants and customers can be confident that they are receiving healthy, happy chicks from our farms.
Let customers speak for us
Happy and Healthy White Leghorn Chicks!
Thank you for the wonderful service. Our white leghorn chicks were received happy and healthy and active. They arrived in CA one day after shipment and were safely packaged. We gave food, water, and heat immediately and 1.5 weeks later, they are super active, always hungry, and trying out their sprouting wing feathers. They're also doing great with our other chick breeds of similar ages. Thank you!!! Your service when I made an initial order error was much appreciated.
Teina Tahauri
White Leghorn Chicks
Hemp bedding vs straw: hemp wins
Between straw or hemp bedding, we find hemp to be the best. First of all, it’s tidier than straw. Since we have a small area for our coop, that is a nice thing. For the chickens it’s a nice thing, I’d imagine, as the claims that hemp helps controls odor must be true, as there just isn’t any to speak of! The 33lb bale of hemp bedding is conveniently delivered to our door.
Recommend!
Carol Cavena
33lb Bale - Hemp Bedding
I always have good experiences with Az Chickens. We buy Bresse chickens and quail chicks. We have averaged only one death per shipment, otherwise
they arrive healthy. We will continue to use Az Chickens to resupply our flock.
Rick Feller
White Bresse Chicks (unsexed)