Blue Copper Maran x Olive egger... Help me sex this one. (6 weeks old)

[Lacey Gardner]

Do you think this is a he or she? 6 weeks old. Dad was a blue copper Maran. Mom was an olive egger.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

What did the Olive egger look like?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

If she was barred, you have a pullet. Not, then....no guarantees.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Cockerel

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Cockerel

That’s what I thought, but the lack of color AND male colored feathering are getting to me.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

What an adorable little cockerel!!

 

[The Moonshiner]

That’s what I thought, but the lack of color AND male colored feathering are getting to me.

I'm an amateur expert so you can believe me.
I see a little bit of color in the hackles. Gold/red tones take a little bit of time to come in so I'd say its right on schedule and in a couple more months he'll have quite a bit of color.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I'm an amateur expert so you can believe me.
I see a little bit of color in the hackles. Gold/red tones take a little bit of time to come in so I'd say its right on schedule and in a couple more months he'll have quite a bit of color.

Blue copper Marans hens have the gold hackles too. You’re probably right tho.

 

[Lacey Gardner]

What did the Olive egger look like?

Here is dad... the mom could be any of these ladies. I also included pic of eggs before they hatched

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Male, then.