Help. I think I have a roo after all.

[Cohl0406]

I hope this picture loads. I'm a first timer and I had read a lot on these forums before choosing a breed. I ended up with cuckoo marans. Their names are starsky and hutch the darker one being starsky. I fear hutch (the lighter one) is a roo and not a hen. I depended heavily on the lady that sold them to me at about a week old that they were hens as I only want them for pets and the eggs. I caught hutch "crowing" this morning. It was a bit pathetic but certainly a crow. Now everything I read the lighter they are they are a roo. His crown is also much more defined than the darker ones. I will have to get rid of the lighter one if it is a roo due to city ordinances. :-( I'm really hoping for good news.

Also when I was getting the darker one back into their pen a couple of nights ago the lighter one actually took flight at me to "protect" her. They are literally inseparable. The lighter one definitely seems more aggressive.


I know the picture isn't the best. I hope someone can help me.

Thanks so much!

 

[chicken pickin]

He is definitely a rooster.

 

[MyPetNugget]

!Do you see any long 'curly' feathers on his tail? Being a lighter color usually means that they are a roo. (in barred rocks) And since he's crowing, he must be a rooster. It might be hard to take him from his friend though.

How many chickens do you have? Could you get another barred rock for her to hang out with?

 

[Cohl0406]

They are both cuckoo marans or so I was told. No long features on the tail.

I am looking for a place for him and to get another one. It would be too mean to have her alone.

Would a buff orfington get along with her?? Anyone know?

 

[Cohl0406]

Are these gals even marans after all?? Once mypetnugget said barred rock I began looking into it and they certainly look like barred rocks rather than the cuckoo marans I was told they were.

 

[chicken pickin]

Your picture is not the best and it is very hard to get a good look.

Cuckoo Marans will have white legs which it looks like yours might have.

Barred Rocks will have yellow legs.

 

[Aragon]

It's hard to tell from the photo, but a Cucko Maran will have gray colored legs. Either way the lighter one is a roo. In both the BRs and CMs the lighter is the Roo. Seeing these two side-by-side, along with the comb and wattles and crowing. Slam Dunk ... Roo.

 

[Cohl0406]

That's what I was afraid of. :-(

That was the best picture I could get of them at that time I had 2 kids screaming at me wanting to come outside lol if I allowed that I never would make it back in.


I really appreciate all of y'all's help.

 

[Cohl0406]

Oh and I should mention the darker one is much fatter and heavier than the lighter one. I as just thinking the darker one was a bit older.

 

[juliechick]

They are Cuckoo, not Barred. At least the pullet in front is for sure. It's harder to see the rooster's feathers in the pic. He most likely is a Cuckoo Marans, too.