Black maran 3 weeks. Trying to sex

[ScottyGill]

I’m watching my 3 closely, a crested cream legbar cockerel and pullet, the third is a maran/Legbar cross. So far the cockerel is bigger of the 3. His comb is bigger, his legs are chunkier. The black one has long tail feathers and is much more timid than the other two. It joins in eventually but always hangs back. It’s harder as nothing to compare but reading suggests these signs may mean it’s a pullet.? Also my awesome labradoodle watching them have a play tonight!

 

[Alexandra33]

If you're referring to the baby in the middle, I'm currently leaning heavily towards pullet. Dark barring is a female trait.

~Alex

 

[ScottyGill]

If you're referring to the baby in the middle, I'm currently leaning heavily towards pullet. Dark barring is a female trait.

~Alex

Yes the middle, thanks for replying.

 

[Gray Farms]

I'm not seeing a Black Marans

 

[ScottyGill]

It’s a cream crested legbar crossed with black maran. Well that’s what the supplier told me when I sent him the photo. It’s the middle one. What do you see? When I look at female black marans they are black and white. This chick is black with white flecks

 

[Alexandra33]

She would be considered an Olive Egger. Maybe you're thinking of Cuckoo Marans (a black and white barred bird)? Black Marans are solid black.

~Alex

 

[ScottyGill]

She would be considered an Olive Egger. Maybe you're thinking of Cuckoo Marans (a black and white barred bird)? Black Marans are solid black.

~Alex

So you think it's a she maybe he meant it must have been from the black Maran mum. Not sure what effect a cream leg bar on a black Maran would look like, it is beautiful and looks like a cuckoo Maran possibly, but definitely expect olive eggs