Hen or Rooster? What breed??

[WitchyWomen]

I do agree with @HappyClucker7 that he's a Cuckoo Maran.

Thank you!!

 

[WitchyWomen]

Male, Barred Rock.

Thank you

 

[HappyClucker7]

Ohhhhhhh ok! I didn’t think they did. Well I guess my little sex link pullet ended up in the wrong bin at our feed store.

That happened to a friend of mine a few weeks ago. She got 12 BSLs and one of them ended up being an Old English Game Bantam cockerel, lol.

 

[NatJ]

Male, Barred Rock.

Not a Barred Rock, because the chick has feathered feet and Rocks have clean feet.

 

[WitchyWomen]

That happened to a friend of mine a few weeks ago. She got 12 BSLs and one of them ended up being an Old English Game Bantam cockerel, lol.

Omg!!! Yes you pick 6 chicks from a bin that says they are all the same breed and all pullets and then you end up with a rooster. Guess he jumped in with the girls when he had the chance.

 

[Party_Chicken]

Cuckoo marans cockerel

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

He’s a “midnight majesty marans” (or a mystic marans) cockerel, which is a sex-linked marans cross produced by hatcheries. He’s not a cuckoo marans because a cuckoo would be lighter due to being pure for the barring gene (he is impure for the barring gene, causing him to be darker like a barred hen). Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/roo-midnight-majesty-maran.1420911/.

 

[WitchyWomen]

He’s a “midnight majesty marans” (or a mystic marans) cockerel, which is a sex-linked marans cross produced by hatcheries. He’s not a cuckoo marans because a cuckoo would be lighter due to being pure for the barring gene (he is impure for the barring gene, causing him to be darker like a barred hen). Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/roo-midnight-majesty-maran.1420911/.

Wow that’s interesting!!! They said they were all sex links pullets. However this one was black with a white dot on its head and I read that meant it’s a male but I was hoping I was wrong. Well he’s turning out to be beautiful so I might have to keep him. Thanks so much for the info!!!!