Could it be?

[yickenscarf23]

I picked this chick up from the feed store and she was the only one left in a bin labeled "black Moran pullets" because she was pretty sickly looking. I was kind of hoping they meant maran but she was a dollar so I took a chance. I asked the employees and they had no idea. Recently she has developed copper colored feathers around her neck. She also has feathered feet. She also has a bit of brown at the bottoms of her wing area.

Is it possible that my Yolanda is a black copper maran? I'm so excited if it's possible but I was also wondering what other breed has these traits so I can educate myself. Also I know she looks like a roo but my SLW had a big red comb at this age too and turned out to be a hen so I'm not worried yet.

Thank you!

 

[MillersFarm]

Leg color and feather color is correct for a french copper marans, It looks like your yolanda is a pure marans, Although with that much comb development i doubt he'll turn out to be a hen.

 

[yickenscarf23]

I'm so glad!! I know I was positive my Wyandotte was a boy. Red comb at three weeks old and big thick legs with a boy attitude but she just turned out to be a big alpha hen so my fingers are firmly crossed with this one lol

 

[EggSighted4Life]

It could be a BCM... Marans is always with an S.

It isn't the comb that screams boy... it's the waddles and body shape.

The brown at the bottom of the wing is just color leakage on this one. Different from the brown on the bottom of wheaten.

Cute little cockerel.

 

[yickenscarf23]

Ohhhh noooooo

 

[Gray Farms]

Very likely a Black Copper Marans. How old is it then?

 

[yickenscarf23]

I was told they had a February 18 hatch date so about a month.

 

[Gray Farms]

Ok, you've got a cockerel there then.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Ohhhh noooooo

Hoping for you that I'm mistaking.

Like you say, sometimes they surprise us and this is a line I am unfamiliar with.

 

[Alexandra33]

Black Copper Marans, and likely handsome cockerel.

~Alex