The chicky in question is a black tailed red french maran from cackle. (First 3 pictures). Hatch date was 3/17 for all of these examples. Second picture is my cuckoo maran rooster same age, and third picture is a hen same sex and age for comparison.
I am suspicious of chicken #1 because shes...
I got 10 choco egg layer surplus, from cackle and 2 or them have feathered out in a brown speckle pattern that doesnt look like any of the advertised options! 3 day old babies were mostly black with some brown on wings. Now they are 4 weeks and almost a barred brown color.
Could they be french...