Dear God... what is it?

Noah Way Farm

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This is an approx 14 week old bird I acquired as a "leghorn" from my local feed store as a 4-6 week old chick. Any guesses as to sex and breed? We also got 4 matching Hens, but this one was very quick to develop a rich red chest. Even though s/he was the smallest, its wattle and comb development exceeds the other 4, who have not even begun to develop wattles and combs are minuscule. All the birds have what I guess I would describe as slate/yellowish feet and legs. I have included a few pics of the bird in question as well as one of the other gems who is representative of the rest of the group. Oh, all of these birds were a solid mud brown when I got them, and now they are black with rich mahogany streaks.
Last three pics are the hen.

I wouldn't puzzle so much if the barred rocks this place sold me didn't turn out to be cuckoo marans, and a whole other bunch of black "mystery" chicks wasn't sitting in the other room. They order from Ideal, but don't keep any records and dump them all in a cage for you to sort out.

Sorry, I couldn't get the pics to post here. Try this link instead:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10215972704656200&id=1405221547
 
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