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  1. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    Thank you :-) I think both my boys are turning out well, I love my cuckoo! Hoping i can find a home for them as they're purebreeds, would be a shame to put them in the pot!
  2. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    Heres some updated pics at 9 1/2 weeks. Pretty sure its a boy based on comb and colour of feathers (as females are supposed to be virtually all black). Dont really get what im looking for feather wise... Hoping you lovely people can confirm :)
  3. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    So chick is 6 weeks old today, im still holding onto a thread of hope that it might miraculously be a girl mainly because the comb is still pale... Its got very slightly pink wattles but nothing like my cuckoo boy. I think it's gonna be a few more weeks yet as it's taking forever to feather but...
  4. littlelou16

    Is this chick developing OK?

    Yeah it's odd, my other chick is also a cockeral but way ahead of this one. All the pics I see of 5-6 week old chicks they are all pretty much fully feathered...:/
  5. littlelou16

    Is this chick developing OK?

    Ive hatched a French Copper Marans chick which is now 5 1/2 weeks old. Im a bit confused as it's about half the size of the other chick I hatched (a cuckoo marans) and it's still 50% covered in down whereas my cuckoo is now completely feathered. Do you get runts in the chicken world?! Im new to...
  6. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    Thats good to know thanks. Dont think my last post was clear, i had 8 eggs but only 2 actually hatched and both are cockerals... No lovely dark brown eggs for me this time! ;-)
  7. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    Yeah I asked the breeder to look at a couple of pics and she's come back thinking it's a roo too... Out of 8 eggs I've ended up with 2 cockerals, not the best results! Oh well better luck next time. In the meantime I will be keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I have a very masculine...
  8. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    Here are week 4 tomorrow pics. My cuckoo is def a roo, his comb has gone red. My French Copper is confusing me so if anyone can shed any light please please do. Things going for it in the male camp are very slow feathering, reasonable largish comb and no tail feathers. Female camp :fl is that...
  9. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    Well another week on I'm about 95% sure my cuckoo marans is a boy. Ive trawled through a ton of posts and pics on here to compare and he's got the male barring on his feathers, plus comb and big legs. My French copper (which i dont think is actually 'French' as there is no feathering to the...
  10. littlelou16

    Will chicks be OK with the odd bit of layers mash??!

    Thank you everyone. I'm due a delivery of the grower feed today or tomorrow so I'll swap the flock onto that. I think it'll be a couple of weeks by the time the chicks can reach the flock feeder by which time they'll be having that anyway. I have oyster shell in separate raised containers...
  11. littlelou16

    Will chicks be OK with the odd bit of layers mash??!

    My mum hen keeps flying out of her sectioned off area in our run and encouraging the chicks to come through the wire (they are small enough to fit) The chicks can still access their chick food and water but the main flock is on layers mash which is raised so the chicks cant reach it directly...
  12. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    Thank you. Bit worried the bottom one is a boy too, as its feathering so slowly. I'll post more picks next week and maybe we might b able to get a better idea :) really hoping i get one girl!
  13. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo marans and French copper marans chicks??

    Hi I've managed to hatch my first ever chicks (well my broody did :)) one is a french copper marans the other a cuckoo marans. Only prob as i have only one of each i cant compare them in order to work out sex! The cuckoo has a medium sized head spot and id say dark grey in colour so seems to sit...
  14. littlelou16

    Can anyone help sex my cuckoo maran and French copper maran chicks??

    New to this so no idea if ive done this thread right! First three images are the French copper and the last ones are the cuckoo marans. This is my first hatch and have ended up with just one of each so I have nothing to compare them too! They will be two weeks tomorrow, the cuckoo has masses...
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