7 week old BCM, hens or roos?

[Brownnikkid]

I have 2 7 week old BCM any guesses on hen or roos?

 

[JedJackson]

Normally I'd say both were males with that amount of comb/wattle development at 7 weeks, but Marans are known for early development in those areas. I think they are probably males but I would give it a couple of more weeks to be sure.

 

[Brownnikkid]

Normally I'd say both were males with that amount of comb/wattle development at 7 weeks, but Marans are known for early development in those areas. I think they are probably males but I would give it a couple of more weeks to be sure.

Thank you

 

[JedJackson]

Thank you

You're welcome.

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

My marans actually developed wattles much later than any other breed or mix I have had.

I’d need to see more full body pics, are you sure on the age? They don’t really give roo vibes to me but the wattles seem early to my personally.

I attached a pic of one of my marans hens at about 10-12 weeks old so you can see the lack of comb/wattles.

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

My marans actually developed wattles much later than any other breed or mix I have had.

I’d need to see more full body pics, are you sure on the age? They don’t really give roo vibes to me but the wattles seem early to my personally.

I attached a pic of one of my marans hens at about 10-12 weeks old so you can see the lack of comb/wattles.

For reference this is her a few months later when they developed. Same hen. Her wattles just appeared right before she began to lay.

 

[Brownnikkid]

My marans actually developed wattles much later than any other breed or mix I have had.

I’d need to see more full body pics, are you sure on the age? They don’t really give roo vibes to me but the wattles seem early to my personally.

I attached a pic of one of my marans hens at about 10-12 weeks old so you can see the lack of comb/wattles.

They hatched Dec 8th

 

[Brownnikkid]

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For reference this is her a few months later when they developed. Same hen. Her wattles just appeared right before she began to lay.

She is beautiful

 

[Ilovechickens2525]

She is beautiful

One does have smaller comb and wattles than the other, you might have a pair there, one hen and one roo. Watch for any copper flecks popping up, I also had a marans roo as well that I had to rehome. His copper flecks showed up much earlier and over more of his body, on his back and wings as well.

 

[Brownnikkid]

One does have smaller comb and wattles than the other, you might have a pair there, one hen and one roo. Watch for any copper flecks popping up, I also had a marans roo as well that I had to rehome. His copper flecks showed up much earlier and over more of his body, on his back and wings as well.

Thank you, the one with the larger comb does have a small amount of copper showing up on back of neck and the one with smaller comb does not