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  1. Choook

    Wheaten Marans 6wks - pullet or roo?

    Sigh - I think the rule is, if I have to ask, it's a roo and I'm in denial! Anyone in Melbourne want a free off-colour rooster???
  2. Choook

    Wheaten Marans 6wks - pullet or roo?

    I don't have any experience with wheaten marans so I'd greatly appreciate the advice of someone with more experience in sexing my 6-wk old wheaten marans. The shoulder, chest and leg feathers are a reddy clay colour - which is darker than the wheat colour I'd expect for a pullet, but not black...
  3. Choook

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    No worries - if someone here is looking to buy them, I'm happy for them to direct contact me for advice on my experience because I wish I'd had some feedback first! When I get some replacement BCMs in future they will have to be pullets I have thoroughly inspected, but that's presently not...
  4. Choook

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Locally for me is Melbourne, Australia, so I think most of you are safe ;) (I don't want to name and shame, particularly without giving them a chance to comment back - but there are not a lot of options here, so even that probably narrows it down considerably!)
  5. Choook

    Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

    @Tiana's chickens Yes, the wheatens marans is definitely a rooster (absolutely enormous and super ugly too - the kids call it the Tofurkey - but so sweet natured). The other two have yellow combs still but jury is still out.
  6. Choook

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    @Chooks man - thanks for your advice. They look even less like BCMs now as they are growing (mossy all over), so I will mention your suggestion to the breeder, since if they keep selling these as pure BCMs I imagine the problem could spread to others. The little one is still a dwarf, so I think...
  7. Choook

    Causes of stunted chick growth?

    @blasterssen Here's a comparison pic - both of the chooks in this pic are supposed to be black copper marans (although supposedly purebred they obviously aren't - a helpful expert on another thread said likely crossed with golden salmon) and both are the same age (a couple of months now) - but...
  8. Choook

    Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

    @Fairview01 - your roos are very pretty. I don't think mine are going to turn out looking pretty at all since they seem to be a grab bag of genetics rather than the purebreds that were advertised! In any case, it's against the law to keep them where I live, so as soon as they start crowing...
  9. Choook

    Causes of stunted chick growth?

    I'll keep hoping, but we're several months in, and our dwarf chook still only looks a couple of weeks old - only the wings have feathered at this stage, and even those not fully. It's about a quarter of the size of the other pullets in the clutch (and can literally run underneath the legs of the...
  10. Choook

    Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

    Yes, the crop emptied out on its own eventually. The chicks were all day olds when we bought them, so they're definitely the same age. That little one still only looks a couple of weeks old though, even though they are several months now (it's maybe a quarter of the size of the others).
  11. Choook

    Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

    Not sure if anyone keeps following these old posts, but since I know I did a review of them when I was trying to sex the chicks, I thought I'd post a final update - the wheaten marans was indeed a rooster, the mossy BCM a pullet, and the jury is still out on the little BCM with the stumpy wings...
  12. Choook

    Causes of stunted chick growth?

    Thanks for posting this thread. If you are still on the boards, can you give an update on whether the chook was able to lay or not in the end? I have one with the same issue (interestingly, also a maran - although supposedly a black copper maran*) - the clutch is a few months old now and the...
  13. Choook

    Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

    Here's an update with everyone at 4 weeks old (starting the ugly teenage years) The supposedly-wheaten-maran (with a mix of colours that do not seem to adhere to breed) - most likely rooster with that very visible comb and thick legs. The supposedly- black copper marans with copper all over...
  14. Choook

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Thanks - I'll be doing a bit more due diligence on the breeder next time! Tiegrsi - yes, they are exactly the same age. The smaller one was smaller even on day one, and is generally more timid than the other one. S/he seems to be healthy otherwise though. That's part of why I posted - they look...
  15. Choook

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Thanks so much for all your comments - if they are crosses then it helps explain why I am having such trouble trawling through all the old posts and trying to match up the details with my chicks! On my other thread, a wheaten marans owner posted pics of her wheatens which *also* look nothing...
  16. Choook

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    Thanks - they were sold as BCM, but they don't seem to look like the chick photos I've seen - but on the plus side, maybe that means I have hope for a hen yet...
  17. Choook

    Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

    Ah, I'd love to give my roosters away to someone who wants them (sadly my council won't let me keep them), and I'd very happily donate him to you but unfortunately I'm in Australia, so I don't think I can get them to Texas... Although, if you're right, it's not even a purebred? That's pretty...
  18. Choook

    Black Copper Marans discussion thread

    I am a newbie Marans person :) I started a thread under the "what gender is this" but am hoping it is not bad etiquette to also ask the question here from the marans experts? I bought two "sexed" BCM babies but they have a lot of colour already at three weeks old, and from everything I have read...
  19. Choook

    Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

    Okay, for folks playing along at home, here are the chicks at 3 weeks old. The wheaten seems to be fulfilling predictions of rooster-hood. But the two black copper marans are so wildly different I don't know. They both have quite obvious colour - which in this breed probably means roo. But they...
  20. Choook

    Sexing marans chicks (wheaten & black copper)

    Thanks all. I will post more pics as they get older. I had read you could sex marans much younger than some others due to the colouring - I guess it will be interesting to see if that is correct with these ones! (Although I very sincerely hope I'm wrong and the breeder was right o_O)
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