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Black copper marans roos?

post #1 of 8
4/5/12 at 10:43am
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The black copper marans are approximately 8-9 weeks old.  We have 4.  The first shot is of 2 hens, I think.  The one in the front

has always been very small.  She is about 1/4 of the others, and yet the same age.  The second picture (with the buff silkie) has the other 2 (and the small one to the right.)  The 3rd shot has a side/back view of one of what may be a roo/and no leg feathers like the others.

 

Do the roos have the bluish green color on their tails like other roos?

 

 

 

 

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Anne
http://echochickens.blogspot.com/

20 chickens - 6 BPR, 6 RIR, 4 EE, 2 Polish, 1 black copper marans, 1 silkie

No more roosters.

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Anne
http://echochickens.blogspot.com/

20 chickens - 6 BPR, 6 RIR, 4 EE, 2 Polish, 1 black copper marans, 1 silkie

No more roosters.

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post #2 of 8
4/5/12 at 10:52am

The only girl I see is the 1st pic, the tall one in the back....

But I am in no means an expert.

Proud member of APA, ABA, ASBC, MCCA, JBBA, LIPS.

Winner, Marans Chicken Club USA Egg contest Jan. 2013 Northeast Poultry Congress. My girls rock!

 

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Proud member of APA, ABA, ASBC, MCCA, JBBA, LIPS.

Winner, Marans Chicken Club USA Egg contest Jan. 2013 Northeast Poultry Congress. My girls rock!

 

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post #3 of 8
4/5/12 at 12:29pm

I think the one that standing tallest in pic 2-3 is a cockerel. The first one I'm guessing is a pullet. 

 

It's the shape that makes the breed, and the color that makes the variety.

 

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It's the shape that makes the breed, and the color that makes the variety.

 

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post #4 of 8
4/5/12 at 12:39pm

The first pic are pullets. The second and third are little roos. I can't see the 4th pic well enough to judge. Your last one seems to have nice shank feathering btw.

Tropical Plant Freak with Marans: Bcm,wheaten,golden cuckoo, BBS, blue copper,barred blk tailed buff, blk tailed buff, blue/blk birchen. Lavender, white, buff, and black Orps, Silkies, Key West aka Gypsy chickens, Ameraucanas, Muscovies, Sebastapol Geese, Guineas,Gobblers, Parrots. Currently working on some exciting Key West and Marans projects. 

~Not selling eggs or chicks at this time~

 

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Tropical Plant Freak with Marans: Bcm,wheaten,golden cuckoo, BBS, blue copper,barred blk tailed buff, blk tailed buff, blue/blk birchen. Lavender, white, buff, and black Orps, Silkies, Key West aka Gypsy chickens, Ameraucanas, Muscovies, Sebastapol Geese, Guineas,Gobblers, Parrots. Currently working on some exciting Key West and Marans projects. 

~Not selling eggs or chicks at this time~

 

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post #5 of 8
4/6/12 at 9:50am
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Thanks - the last one is one of the possible roos.  I took that angle to show the greenish feathers.  I just wondered if they had greenish feathers regardless of pullet or cockerel.  Wishful thinking...guess it may be time to find them homes.  They are heritage chickens - Cottage Hill, Wade Jeane, and Bev Davis lines.

Anne
http://echochickens.blogspot.com/

20 chickens - 6 BPR, 6 RIR, 4 EE, 2 Polish, 1 black copper marans, 1 silkie

No more roosters.

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Anne
http://echochickens.blogspot.com/

20 chickens - 6 BPR, 6 RIR, 4 EE, 2 Polish, 1 black copper marans, 1 silkie

No more roosters.

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post #6 of 8
9/30/12 at 6:02pm

Could you update on this:  did these turn out to be boys or girls?  :)  I have a BCM I'm hoping is a pullet and looks very much like your first picture. 

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post #7 of 8
10/2/12 at 6:07am

Here is a pic of my FBCM at about 7 weeks old.  She is 24 weeks now and 100% pullet! Based on her comb I thought for sure it would be a roo...so sometimes this breed throws you for a loop.  Im guessing though that what everyone else is saying is right...but also just saying that you never know until they crow ;)


 

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post #8 of 8
10/2/12 at 11:48am

the one standing tall in the top photos is definitely a pullet... i just got to week 14 of a straight run lot of FBCM, and it's been nerve wrecking! I also had one that looked like the bottom bird in the first photo and didn't grow a tail until week 9-10, and that was also a female for me! The boys got big, pink wattles pretty early on, by week 8. That was a better sign in my lot than tail or just crest size.

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