Girls or Boys? Blue Birchen Marans, 3 weeks old

[huf]

Any opinions on gender? 2 Blue Birchen Marans hatched 3/17, making them 3 weeks old tomorrow. It may be too early to tell but they both seem to have a fair amount of comb development, more than our other chicks the same age, and perhaps more than our Ameraucanas that are a week older. One seems to have a slightly more developed comb.

Thanks so much! I'll cross post to the Marans thread too, and you'll see the same question about our other chicks!
Jeannie
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In Silicon Valley with 8 chicks! 2 Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas, 2 Mottled Javas, 2 Blue Birchen Marans, 1 Barred Plymouth Rock and 1 Easter Egger. We can only keep hens and are trying to figure out which of the bunch are girls so we know who we have to re-home, only able to keep a max of 5 hens.

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[farmerChef]

I never heard of blue birchen marans before, where did you get them?

 

[huf]

I got them from Cheryl, https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=41441. I believe she still has some chicks from this hatch available. She got her eggs from Gabbard Farms.

You can see pics on this site: http://www.bishopschickens.com/apps/photos/category?id=754389
They are gorgeous.

 

[dsqard]

I would say still a little too young to tell and it wouldn't be too uncommon for them to develop a bigger comb than your Ameraucanas since the Marans have a single comb.

 

[huf]

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Good to know. I'll keep watching and post fresh picks when they are a little bigger. Any ideas at what age you can usually tell more clearly?

Thanks!