I was sold as a Cuckoo Maran.... am I?

[ginormous chicken]

So this chick was sold as a cuckoo maran. She is now a little over 3 weeks. She doesn't have the white dot of the cuckoos and at 3 weeks there is absolutely no mottling of grey and white. Is she still a Maran or is this a Australorp or something else? What do you all think. Please help, I have to decide if I am going to keep her!

This is her at 6 days

What do you all think?

 

[SpringChickens]

I don't think so - not with those black legs. Also, if she didn't have a black dot on her head, she's probably not going to be cuckoo either (not that she looks like she's feathering out that way).

 

[beausonge]

Here is a picture of my 3 1/2 week old cuckoo maran with a 2 1/2 delaware in front of her. Maybe she is one of the solid colored Marans?

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[kera!]

i am not a pro but I would say a black sex link..

 

[lcw1995]

dont jersey giants have yellow feet?

 

[ginormous chicken]

No... I had a black sex link...it was pure black. But yeah..... not a cuckoo maran!!

Could she be a really crappy Black Copper with no fuzzy feet? I know some lines don't have fuzzy feet.

I am disappointed!!!

Maybe I should just wait... I am curious how this plays out. But still ...

 

[ChickenWisperer]

Definitely NOT a cuckoo marans. Sorry, I'm not good at guessing breed with chicks.

 

[ginormous chicken]

What do you guys think? Jersey Giant. I was just looking, she does look like a Jersey from the google pics. I was looking at!

 

[pnp4kidz]

Kinda looks like my 4 week old Black Copper Marans chicks... minus the feather legs...

they are really in a 'scruffy' phase right now, but same little white on the breast, and otherwise black... black legs...

 

[ginormous chicken]

Hmmm... it does.
So here is my list, it could be:

australorp
Black Jersey Giant
Lesser BCM
Sex link (but she is not pure black!)

Hmmm....