Hens or roosters...and what colour?!

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arr36

arr36

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Mar 13, 2016
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I've hatched some French Copper Black Marans eggs I bought online. 3 hatched - one mostly black chick and two which were yellow. The breeder told me this was a "wheatens throwback". The birds are now 20 weeks old and I can't work out a) what sex they are yet or b) what colour way the two brown ones are - they look too dark for wheatens. The black chick had the earliest comb development. Any help appreciated! No signs of eggs or crowing yet from anyone.
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They are all female. The supposed wheaten ones don't look wheaten to me. They look more like a mixed color.
 
Thanks! Gosh I was thinking at best 1 female and 2 males (their combs are all more developed than the Buff Orpingtons they hatched with - and I think those guys are 2 females and 1 male). We were planning to start a breeding programme at some point so I guess we may need to add the brown ones to the general laying flock and find a copper black rooster from elsewhere to pair up with the black girl. I'm surprised, the black one had a comb visible super young.
 
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One is noticeably darker and a bit speckled, the other is uniform in colour
 
arr36 said:
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One is noticeably darker and a bit speckled, the other is uniform in colour
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Wow those are really nice! Thanks so much for taking the time. I hAve 24 bcm's in the brooder and I can't wait for eggs of my own from them so I just had to see yours. Again, thanks for the time
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I'm pleased! Good luck with yours! Next week we're going to get a rooster for our girls, and hopefully can get some more chicks. I haven't figured out who is laying which eggs yet, and I'm interested to see what the third one produces. Enjoy your babies :)
 

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