Black copper marans roos?

[stcroixusvi]

The black copper marans are approximately 8-9 weeks old. We have 4. The first shot is of 2 hens, I think. The one in the front
has always been very small. She is about 1/4 of the others, and yet the same age. The second picture (with the buff silkie) has the other 2 (and the small one to the right.) The 3rd shot has a side/back view of one of what may be a roo/and no leg feathers like the others.

Do the roos have the bluish green color on their tails like other roos?

 

[stoopid]

The only girl I see is the 1st pic, the tall one in the back....
But I am in no means an expert.

 

[JerseyGiantfolk]

I think the one that standing tallest in pic 2-3 is a cockerel. The first one I'm guessing is a pullet.

 

[flgardengirl]

The first pic are pullets. The second and third are little roos. I can't see the 4th pic well enough to judge. Your last one seems to have nice shank feathering btw.

 

[stcroixusvi]

Thanks - the last one is one of the possible roos. I took that angle to show the greenish feathers. I just wondered if they had greenish feathers regardless of pullet or cockerel. Wishful thinking...guess it may be time to find them homes. They are heritage chickens - Cottage Hill, Wade Jeane, and Bev Davis lines.

 

[dannifer]

Could you update on this: did these turn out to be boys or girls? I have a BCM I'm hoping is a pullet and looks very much like your first picture.

 

[Jenikate]

Here is a pic of my FBCM at about 7 weeks old. She is 24 weeks now and 100% pullet! Based on her comb I thought for sure it would be a roo...so sometimes this breed throws you for a loop. Im guessing though that what everyone else is saying is right...but also just saying that you never know until they crow

 

[soler]

the one standing tall in the top photos is definitely a pullet... i just got to week 14 of a straight run lot of FBCM, and it's been nerve wrecking! I also had one that looked like the bottom bird in the first photo and didn't grow a tail until week 9-10, and that was also a female for me! The boys got big, pink wattles pretty early on, by week 8. That was a better sign in my lot than tail or just crest size.