One of my black/copper marans just started laying, she's 24 weeks old.
To me, it seems like a pretty big one - 75g.
Is it normal for size for a pullet?
It's very hard to say from the picutes, but from what i can see, only a roo in picture 3.
I don't have any pictures of mine light sussex at 5 weeks. But i have this picture of a roo & a pullet at 6 weeks, hope it can help you.
I don't know, if you can sex them by the wings.
But when cuckoo maran hatch, the boys have one white headspot, and the girls have two white headspots.
When they start to feather, the girl will be darker than the boy.
When they hatch, the boys have one white headspot, and the girls have two white headspots.
When they start to feather, the boy will be lighter than the girl.
I didn't post a picture of the Light Sussex at 4,5 weeks, because those I can spot among the others.
But here is a picture of one of the Light Sussex
If you look at my first picture, with all 3 color chickens. All the white one turned to be Light Sussex.
The reds, I have postet one of the...
And here comes the black one, also 4½ weeks.
Fist picture shows the fethering. I don't think it looks barred, but black.
And a picture of the legs of the black one
I just went out, to take some more pictures of the red ones.
They are now 4½ week, here is one of the most red ones
And a more light red, with a clear mix with the Light Sussex
I ordered some Light Sussex chickens, dayold, from a private person. But When I picked them up, she told me, that she couldn't provide herself, so she had bourght the eggs from a friend. This friend had both Light Sussex and some red hens, but she didn't no what breed the red ones are.
So could...