Are these all Cuckoo Marans?

[Laurie4]

We bought 4 day-old chicks as cuckoo marans. One has a lot of speckling, and another one has quite developed comb and wattle at only 17 weeks old and doing a lot of nesting activities. Can she really be a cuckoo maran? They lay at 6-7 months old, from what I've read. See how underdeveloped the speckled one's comb and wattle is? Is she a different breed like barred rock? I'm having trouble loading the pictures.

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome!
Waiting for photos!
Mary

 

[Buffbrahmasforever]

Do they have pink/white legs? Cuckoo Marans look like this.

This is Lizy(Elizabeth) she started laying at about five months old. So yours could be a Marans.

 

[Folly's place]

And French Marans will have some feathering on their legs.
Mary

 

[Laurie4]

Do they have pink/white legs? Cuckoo Marans look like this.View attachment 2288713
This is Lizy(Elizabeth) she started laying at about five months old. So yours could be a Marans.

Thanks, I'll check on the legs!

 

[Laurie4]

And French Marans will have some feathering on their legs.
Mary

Don't know if they're French. "Cuckoo Marans" was all they said.

 

[Folly's place]

Usually cuckoo Marans are the clean legged smaller variety, sold by more hatcheries, who produce slightly darker tan eggs than most brown egg layers.
French Marans come in several colors, including cuckoo, have lightly feathered legs, and produce eggs more or less 'chocolate' colored, much darker than the clean legged type.
Mary

 

[Buffbrahmasforever]

The pictures uploaded. Those do look like Marans. All except the one with the light head, she doesn't look like a cuckoo Marans, or at least a full breed one. But if they are hatchery stock that might just be the poor quality.

 

[Laurie4]

Usually cuckoo Marans are the clean legged smaller variety, sold by more hatcheries, who produce slightly darker tan eggs than most brown egg layers.
French Marans come in several colors, including cuckoo, have lightly feathered legs, and produce eggs more or less 'chocolate' colored, much darker than the clean legged type.
Mary

These are clean-legged. Thanks for the info!

 

[Laurie4]

The pictures uploaded. Those do look like Marans. All except the one with the light head, she doesn't look like a cuckoo Marans, or at least a full breed one. But if they are hatchery stock that might just be the poor quality.

I bought through a local feed store. Is that "hatchery stock" do you think?