5 weeks old black copper and blue copper marans sexing

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hi, I’m a new member and here is my gang! I know it’s still early, but does anyone want to try and guess their gender?
they were 10 days old when they arrived, they are 5 weeks old now (pictures are from today).


number 4 and 5 developed earlier than others, they already had some tails when they arrived and I guess they could be female, as they are also more quiet. number 2 and 3 stand usually more “vertical” and are more naughty. they were smaller at the beginning, but now are growing fast and number 2 is already almost bigger thant 4 and 5.
combs are still yellow in all of them and I defintely saw bigger combs at this age in other threads, but maybe mine are just slower?
I think 1, 2 and 3 could be males, because they were so slow with feathering, still combs seems small, what do you think?
they are going to be pets, so gender is not really important, I’m just afraid that if they were 3 roosters and 2 hens they would be fighting a lot.


I don’t have any experiences with chickens, any opinion is welcome.
thank you!

p.s. not sure about the breed either!
 

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thank you! would it be possible that they were growing at such different speeds if they were of the same gender? during the first two weeks number 4 and 5 had so much more feathers and were so much bigger that I almost believed they were from a previous hatching!
then I started thinking the three smaller ones were males, but these are my first chickens, so I have no idea!
 
thank you! will they be fine without a rooster? I realize now that I was worried I could have too many roosters and I never considered that they could be all girls!
 
hi, I just wanted to update this thread.
when I joined this forum my chickens were 5 weeks old and I was desperately searching for pictures showing marans in all stages of growth... maybe someone is searching for that in this moment, so here they are (you are welcome :D):
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two weeks old
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4 weeks old (don't ask me why they were in the bathtub! 😳)
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6 weeks old
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7 weeks old
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9 weeks old
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11 weeks old
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12 weeks old
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and 5 months old. they are still 5, they just have become more independent from each other and became more difficult to take group pictures!
as people guessed, they were all pullets and they started laying between fifth and sixth month.
at the end of the month they will be one year old and they are beautiful right now!
I love them all ♥
 
hi, I just wanted to update this thread.
when I joined this forum my chickens were 5 weeks old and I was desperately searching for pictures showing marans in all stages of growth... maybe someone is searching for that in this moment, so here they are (you are welcome :D):
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two weeks old
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4 weeks old (don't ask me why they were in the bathtub! 😳)
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6 weeks old
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7 weeks old
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9 weeks old
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11 weeks old
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12 weeks old
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and 5 months old. they are still 5, they just have become more independent from each other and became more difficult to take group pictures!
as people guessed, they were all pullets and they started laying between fifth and sixth month.
at the end of the month they will be one year old and they are beautiful right now!
I love them all ♥
THANK YOU for posting the update!
Marans new to me as I purchased what I was told were 5 BBS Orpingtons that turned out to be Marans instead, so been trying to learn as much as I can & these pictures have been helpful! 🤗
 

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