I had 2 Isa Browns. Their eggs were average brown. I want a dark egg like the kind Welsummers and Morans lay which is pretty dark. The Welsummer is a better layer than the Moran but they are not available so thinking of subbing the Moran for it.
I agree, Thistle. The rooster that constantly attacked me was a black copper Maran. I had two hens but only got about an egg per day from them together. The hens weren't particularly mean, but they sure weren't friendly.
We'll see which of the two catch my eye. He has no Welsummers.
Beekissed, that anecdote gave me a good ROTFL moment; been there,seen similar as he goes chucklin' and snickerin' off into the kitchen with coffee mug in hand....Had a copper maran cockerel here once I had picked up with various roosters for free to can up, kept him around a bit to get some size on him. The only rooster in my whole life that dared to lay a beak on me...bit me in the leg as I was walking away.
Two can play at that game, so the next time he came around the corner of the coop I laid him OUT. Thought I had killed him, so threw him over in the woods with a big ol' heave. Later on that evening I saw a bird come walking up the yard all crooked necked and staggering a little. From then on he was referred to as the undead rooster...and he kept a wide space between he and I until the day he was big enough for eating. Never offered to make fight at any human after that, so it does show that a mean rooster can be converted to a plain ol' human fearing rooster in one training session if one is firm enough.
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