You could be onto something. It could be a Maran of some type. At this age wouldn't a Cuckoo Maran have white and black checker pattern by now? I found some photos of some Black Copper Marans that look very much like what this is. But if this is a Black Copper Maran then that would raise...
Its pretty small, chick is about 12 days old right now. I can post more photos weekly as it grows. It sure gets to me when I don't know what I got here.
It is a pretty chick, thank you. Here is an updated pic that is 2 days newer. Hope that helps all you geniuses out with that it might be and any help will be appreciated. Thanks!!!
I got an order of chicks from McMurray and I can't figure out what my free rare bird is. When they arrived the chicks all looked alike. But then this one started to produce a dark brown band on its wings. Thank You!!!
We are new to the chicken world. We just built our first coop about 4 weeks ago and the chicks are about 10 weeks old now. I built a sand box below there perch and it works so good. I bet it takes 2 minutes or less for me to clean everyday with no odors and the dust level is really low. I...
We just built this last weekend.... the shed is 4x8 with 2 perches and a sandbox under that. The outside run is about 6x14. We insulated the walls as we live in cold Wisconsin. We found a door at the second hand store for 20 dollars with a big insulated window in it. We got to put a frame on...