Cuckoo Maran or Barred Rock?

[Amurr]

My husband bought me two mature hens and the lady just called them sex links.
At first I thought they looked like barred rock or barred mixes, but I’ve recently been learning about cuckoo marans and I’m wondering if that might be more accurate for these girls. What do you think?

(The three darkest eggs in the carton belong to the hen in the picture)

 

[TheOddOneOut]

OPs bird:View attachment 2493764

Cuckoo marans from internet:
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I'm convinced anyway!

That hen is off. She has no comb blade. So she would look different than the OPs anyway.

 

[Amurr]

Do you have a pic of him? I've never heard of that before!

I was hoping someone would ask!!!

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

I was hoping someone would ask!!!

HOW DID YOU GET THAT????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I'm calm, totally not freaking out)
On the inside

 

[Amurr]

HOW DID YOU GET THAT????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I'm calm, totally not freaking out)
On the inside

I got really lucky is how lol. He was a re-home situation. My rooster Kyle is an English Lavender Orpington, but a brooder injury left him 50% blind and he has no rooster instinct and no drive to mate. So I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for an ELO rooster to well, be a rooster. The lady who had Kenny (the cuckoo orp) had three brothers that she kept in her petting zoo last year. She had NO idea how rare their coloring was. Apparently he originally came from a breeder that she no longer has contact with.
I got VERY lucky. Kenny integrated into my small flock perfectly and allows Kyle to keep his side job as the village idiot while Kenny fusses over the hens.
Kyle spends his evenings in the house being hand fed and loved while Kenny holds down the fort.

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

Cuckoo Marans seems right!!!

 

[Amurr]

Cuckoo Marans seems right!!!

That’s exciting!!!! My rooster is an English cuckoo lavender Orpington so I’m excited to see what kind of chicks I get!

 

[EmmaRainboe]

My husband bought me two mature hens and the lady just called them sex links.
At first I thought they looked like barred rock or barred mixes, but I’ve recently been learning about cuckoo marans and I’m wondering if that might be more accurate for these girls. What do you think?

(The three darkest eggs in the carton belong to the hen in the picture)

If it's between BR and Cuckoo Marans it's a cuckoo marans - it has pink legs.

However something about the face doesn't look quite right, can't put my finger on it.
Maybe it's just me.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

That hen is off. She has no comb blade. So she would look different than the OPs anyway.

Here is a better example then. Does not change that OPs bird is most likely a cuckoo marans.

 

[Pentatonchix]

It could be a cuckoo maran because the egg color is not like barred rock eggs and the coloring is not of barred rocks.