French Black Copper Maran - Hen or Roo?

[laceylou]

Hello! We brought "Cocoa" home last weekend and our friends whom gave her to us said she hatched early this summer and he was fairly certain she is a she. I'm hoping so since we have an urban, backyard flock and can't have a rooster. Any thoughts? Thanks!

 

[familyfarm1]

Looking like a roo

 

[laceylou]

Uh oh....is it the large comb or how can you tell. I'm still learning

 

[familyfarm1]

The wattles and comb are really red and pretty big. How old is he/she?

 

[laceylou]

They think 6 or 8 weeks

 

[familyfarm1]

that's young for such big wattles so it has to be a roo

 

[laceylou]

Thank you! Maybe, just maybe he/she is a little older than they think? Maybe...

 

[dekel18042]

On the wattles alone I would say roo.

 

[Wishapup]

It really looks like a cockerel, even if it were to be 12 weeks old...

 

[donrae]

It really looks like a cockerel, even if it were to be 12 weeks old...

this. It would have to be more like 4-5 months for that to be an okay amount of comb and wattles for a female, which would mean it had to have hatched April-ish.