did i get a roo??

[Saerasx]

I finally got my chicks today and the woman pulled them so fast I didn't have time to pick one she grabbed a cuckkoo Martians chick and it has a big light grey splotch on its head....I'm freaking out....

 

[azelgin]

Male and female CooCoo Marans chicks look the same. You won't know the sex, until it gets older.

 

[Saerasx]

Ok thanks! I got scared after hearing the dot on their head theory.

 

[MandaMunky]

Isn't the dot on the head theory for Black Sex-Linked?

 

[randerson846]

Ok thanks! I got scared after hearing the dot on their head theory.

What is the name of your feeder i have been looking for one but i don't know what to search for thanks

 

[MountainOrchard]

What is the name of your feeder i have been looking for one but i don't know what to search for thanks

I have the same one, and I got it here: Miller Manufacturing 9810 Round Jar Galvanized Feeder Base for Birds, 1-Quart by Miller Manufacturing http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MVGZI8/ref=cm_sw_r_udp_awd_o2Xttb09V2EJ4

 

[randerson846]

Ahah thank you soo much couldn't find one of these anywhere

 

[Firekin1]

Yes it is, male has a spot, female don't.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Yes it is, male has a spot, female don't.

That is for black sex links - chick in question is a cuckoo maran

 

[azelgin]

Yes it is, male has a spot, female don't.

I'll have to check it out, as I don't remember any of my cockerels having sex linked marking, or, being different from the females. It sure would by handy, though.

One of the discussions I ran across on here:


https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/670508/cuckoo-marans-hens-or-cockerels

Looks like one of those "sometimes, maybe, not always" situations.

Same type of answers I came up with on a google search