Any idea what breeds?

lilwanderer

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Now i believe they are most likely mixed but I'm tryna get an idea of what they might have. originally i though bcm, but all this white im seeing instead of copper on the ones i think are roosters is making me think otherwise. The hen is so far completely black with feathers.
The ones I believe are roosters look like this one i took a picture of, see the leakage on the chest? It is also on his legs and shoulders. I also noticed his feet are grey. Same with the other rooster:
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Another picture of the roo, also notice slight feathering on the shanks.
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Now the hen, notice no white, yellow on the feet, and more feathering on the shanks:
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It is pretty tough to guess what is in a mix unless you have a list of possibilities. The biggest hints you have is feathered legs and dark colors so some type of marans is possible.
 
Now i believe they are most likely mixed but I'm tryna get an idea of what they might have. originally i though bcm, but all this white im seeing instead of copper on the ones i think are roosters is making me think otherwise. The hen is so far completely black with feathers.
The ones I believe are roosters look like this one i took a picture of, see the leakage on the chest? It is also on his legs and shoulders. I also noticed his feet are grey. Same with the other rooster:
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Another picture of the roo, also notice slight feathering on the shanks.
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Now the hen, notice no white, yellow on the feet, and more feathering on the shanks:
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All my black copper marans, start off with white on them, then it turns black later. Cuckoo Marans are barred, so if the whole body becomes barred, you might have cuckoo marans. Also Marans telecast early, so I never go by comb to determine gender. They’re beautiful!
 

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they are fully feathered pretty much now, lost the white tips but have even more white everywhere else then shown here. Breast has white, hackles have white, saddle feathers have white, and shoulder wings have white.
Can you get more photos
Looks like the marans could be bichern
 

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