Help with supposed Marans

[SunsetValleyAcres]

Hello, anyone who can help me with figuring out what I’ve got.. these chicks are 5 weeks old. They are supposed to be the midnight majesty marans. They are so interesting looking to me. One definitely looks cockerel to me, and the other two are baffling me lol. I’m a newer chicken mom, so not very experienced. I am not really trying to sex them, more curious if they are actually what I was supposed to get (MMM) but if you have any guesses to sex, I’m open to it! 😁 My Wyandotte went broody and I got these chicks to stuff under her when the eggs she was sitting on were a fail.. I’ve attached a pic of them at about 3 days old and then more current pics from yesterday (5 weeks) The other black one is supposed to be an australorp.. the 3 in question are the ones with some form of barring/white on them. I don’t have any more detailed pics, momma is a really good one and I can’t touch them without letting her out of the run so I don’t get attacked 😂

 

[JedJackson]

Midnight majesties are sex linked mixes of different Marans colors. The females are dark in color, the males have barring. I honestly don't know why a farm store would sell male sex links, but I think that is what you got.

 

[SunsetValleyAcres]

Midnight majesties are sex linked mixes of different Marans colors. The females are dark in color, the males have barring. I honestly don't know why a farm store would sell male sex links, but I think that is what you got.

I got these from someone who hatched some eggs “from a friend” so not from a store, sorry I didn’t specify that part... so do you think all 3 are cockerels?? 😩 I have been so unsure because the one looks very different than the other 2, who look pretty much identical to each other.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

I have no idea... Their very cute though!

 

[JedJackson]

I got these from someone who hatched some eggs “from a friend” so not from a store, sorry I didn’t specify that part... so do you think all 3 are cockerels?? 😩 I have been so unsure because the one looks very different than the other 2, who look pretty much identical to each other.

That changes things. I couldn't say for sure what they are beyond Marans crosses. I think at least two are cockerels. The smallest one could be either at this point.

 

[B-Goock]

They may have something else mixed in. Looks like different leg colors on my cell. Yellow legs?

 

[SunsetValleyAcres]

They may have something else mixed in. Looks like different leg colors on my cell. Yellow legs?

Yes the one I feel is a cockerel does have yellow-ish legs plus a teeny bit of feather? The two that look the same with the speckly feathers have the dark legs. Hmm

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hello, anyone who can help me with figuring out what I’ve got.. these chicks are 5 weeks old. They are supposed to be the midnight majesty marans. They are so interesting looking to me. One definitely looks cockerel to me, and the other two are baffling me lol. I’m a newer chicken mom, so not very experienced. I am not really trying to sex them, more curious if they are actually what I was supposed to get (MMM) but if you have any guesses to sex, I’m open to it! 😁 My Wyandotte went broody and I got these chicks to stuff under her when the eggs she was sitting on were a fail.. I’ve attached a pic of them at about 3 days old and then more current pics from yesterday (5 weeks) The other black one is supposed to be an australorp.. the 3 in question are the ones with some form of barring/white on them. I don’t have any more detailed pics, momma is a really good one and I can’t touch them without letting her out of the run so I don’t get attacked 😂

Do you have updated pictures of them?

 

[SunsetValleyAcres]

Do you have updated pictures of them?

Yes I do! The rooster suspect looks similar to the golden cuckoo marans to me, and the other two are still such a mystery to me lol

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Yes I do! The rooster suspect looks similar to the golden cuckoo marans to me, and the other two are still such a mystery to me lol

Omg I love love love them 😍 - and I think you have a couple roos ☺️