Gender and breed?

I don't see anything that would make me think it's not a marans, but it is definitely blue and not black.

As to gender, with the size and redness of the comb a wattles at six weeks I would strongly suspect male. However, single combed pullets can sometimes develop fairly large combs early on, so I wouldn't say I'm 100% certain this chick is a cockerel. Keep an eye out for pointy saddle feathers coming in around 9 weeks or sounds of strangled crowing.
 
"Blue" is the term given to what might be called grey, when it comes to other animals' fur and feathers.

Blue Marans Chicken
Russian Blue Cat
Blue Heeler
Blue Merle Collie
Blue Rabbit

Other types of grey-ish colors can have different color names (lilac, lavender, charcoal, silver) but blue is a very common term.
Well with this breed, a black would be dark gray or charcoal. Blue or gray is a different color with the breed.
 

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