Hen? Or Rooster? Cuckoo Marans

[Crouchkim]

Is this a cockerel? Or a pullet? I don’t have the opposite gender to compare. From what I’ve read, this is a lady. However, he/she is showing rooster behavior. He/she is the most recently introduced bird to the flock. Also, no chocolate eggs yet. Thanks for your help!

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

How old?

 

[Crouchkim]

Not positive. Probably around 18 weeks. Someone gave him/her to me because they were in a bind. She was small when I got her (him), but I don’t know how old.

 

[R2elk]

View attachment 1270743 View attachment 1270744 View attachment 1270745 Is this a cockerel? Or a pullet? I don’t have the opposite gender to compare. From what I’ve read, this is a lady. However, he/she is showing rooster behavior. He/she is the most recently introduced bird to the flock. Also, no chocolate eggs yet. Thanks for your help!

Definitely a cockerel. The saddle feathers are proof positive.

 

[Gray Farms]

That's a cockerel. Saddle feathers don't' lie.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. It's a cockerel.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

No doubt that's a cockerel.

Welcome!

 

[Crouchkim]

Enough replies say it’s a cockerel, so I’m going with that. I have more questions. The feathers have rounded tips; not pointy tips that I read are indicative of cockerels. The tail feathers are long, but I’ve read that they are long on both genders. The saddle feathers are the feathers on the back (as in where you would put a saddle, right?). What is it about the feathers that causes the certainty it is a cockerel. Thanks for your time on this. I appreciate it a lot.

 

[Crouchkim]

*Clarifying... I meant that I read that the tail feathers are long on bother genders of a Cuckoo Maran. Didn’t mean on all chickens.

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

Cockerel.