Cuckoo maran with copper colored feather tips?

[ILoveBabySilkies]

Hello everyone, I recently purchased 6 chicks two of which are cuckoo marans (listed as silver cuckoo marans on the website). They are two weeks old and one of the cuckoo marans have copper/brown colored tips on most of her feathers. I do not know if this happens sometimes since I have not owned any marans or cuckoo marans before. The other cuckoo maran chick has the usual barred black and white, no discolored feathers anywhere. I would like to know if any of you know why she has these brown tips on her feathers? Sorry if if I’m making a fuss over nothing just haven’t seen this before.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Can you share a picture? A cuckoo marans should only be black, and gray, and white, no brown.

 

[ILoveBabySilkies]

Can you share a picture? A cuckoo marans should only be black, and gray, and white, no brown.

Yes I’ll see if I can attach a picture.

 

[ILoveBabySilkies]

Here she is.

 

[ILoveBabySilkies]

View attachment 2237518Here she is.

She still has some of the normal barring pattern.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

What hatchery? There are golden cuckoo marans. Perhaps the hatchery made a mistake?

 

[ILoveBabySilkies]

What hatchery? There are golden cuckoo marans. Perhaps the hatchery made a mistake?

I got her from MypetChicken. They do have golden cuckoos so you may be right about that!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

You will probably have to wait and see how it develops.

 

[ILoveBabySilkies]

You will probably have to wait and see how it develops.

Yes we will see. Thank you for your help!