So, just to confirm...
These birds are about 8-10 weeks old and after looking at cuckoo photos they look identical to them. My friend swears that the legbar(non crested) had no access to the Maran pen.
I should have confirmed in my last post that they are much older.
So thoughts still???
:UPDATE:
I just spent the last hour trying to get photos and this is all I could muster. Due to the sunlight, I couldn't really double check the quality and I lost track of who I did capture.
After watching this group grow up, I am sure that they are just Maran crosses. I've heard that the...
Ok, here are some updated images of the Legbar/Maran crosses.
I think their comb look pretty similar, but one is slightly pinker and has pink wattles.
Thoughts?
Sorry about the creepy blurry head!
These were all given to me by a friend, he has no barred birds except a Legbar Roo, which he SWEARS was penned. Looks like somebody got in at the right time... What do you think? Also, boy and a girl? I'm not sure of the ages, maybe 4/5 weeks.
He also gave me these. It was a whirlwind of...