I have a cock-a-doodle-do

[BeardedLadyFarm]

I could be a cuckoo Marans, and looks like a boy to me.

 

[afey1]

The picture was taken with my phone so the color could be off... I got all my chicks from Murray McMurray .. This was one of the extra chicks.. I'm thinking he is a Barred Rock...
And yes they just turned 11 weeks yesterday..
I'm going to send a pic to McMurray and see what they can tell me...

 

[afey1]

I just looked up cuckoo Marans, wow! Even looking at the picture of the chick, He looked that way when he was a baby... So it could be a cuckoo marans...

 

[sherrydeanne]

Looks like a Marans roo to me. It's definately a roo, either way.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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Other than leg color, clean-legged Cuckoo Marans look pretty much identical to Barred Rocks as chicks. I would suspect hatchery Cuckoo Marans have a good amount of Barred Rock blood in them too, to boost egg production.

 

[Louieandthecrew]

What color should they be??? I have a BR hen that looks like that

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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Marans should have white/pinkish legs, and Rocks should have yellow legs, though most have some darkness over the yellow.

 

[afishel]

looks like a roo to me!!
my barred rock hen does not have those long tail feathers.
here she is in the middle u can see her tail is short.