Barred rock vs cuckoo maran

[HenThymes]

If the marans your cockerel came from where cuckoo with some gold cuckoo mixed in that would explain your white boy. There is still soo much mixed in the gold's that you do get some strange colors. I had one that looked very much like your boy and he was 100% marans. He is a very handsome young man.

 

[stormylady]

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Depending on where you got them, some hatchery Marans and the Barred Rocks have the wrong leg color. One of mine did.

 

[HenThymes]

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Depending on where you got them, some hatchery Marans and the Barred Rocks have the wrong leg color. One of mine did.

Yeah, I saw that leg color had been discussed and they were asking about the white cockerel now so I changed my posting.

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If your bird from the hatchery had the wrong leg color I can only assume it was not pure to that particular breed as many hatchery are known for crossing. They probably mixed there marans and rocks together.

 

[stormylady]

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Depending on where you got them, some hatchery Marans and the Barred Rocks have the wrong leg color. One of mine did.

Yeah, I saw that leg color had been discussed and they were asking about the white cockerel now so I changed my posting.

Your boy is very pretty!

 

[HenThymes]

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Yeah, I saw that leg color had been discussed and they were asking about the white cockerel now so I changed my posting.

Your boy is very pretty!

Thank you. I didn't keep him though as I was going for just the gold's from the hatch to continue with. Taking him out of the flock when I hatched no other offspring came out that color.

 

[presley]

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Wow yours does look alot like mine! It doesn't really matter to me if mine is full marans or not, its means more to me that I have 2 more marans hens than I thought I did

Thank you all so much!

 

[JakRat]

What about light yellow legs? I thought I had two marans, but they are laying light brown eggs (huge disappointment right) they are also mean.

can young marans lay light brown eggs and eventually lay dark brown????

 

[presley]

Are those current photos? Their combs are not very developed at all to already be laying. My marans have the full bright red combs, and they started out with dark eggs.

 

[bluesuedepoultry]

It is a cuckoo maran

 

[HenThymes]

That is not a cuckoo marans, or at least not a pure breed. If the pic is of the marans in question that is already laying the comb should be much larger by now. True Marans do not have yellow legs I would guess cross breed, possible dominecker cross???

Most marans may have their first egg or two a tad lighter than they will be on average but no, if they are light brown they will never get dark dark sorry.