Is this a Australorp? And gender if possible

[3KillerBs]

Golden Cuckoo.
One thing I forgot to mention, and that you can't really see in the photos, is that its got a bit of white on the wings.
Do Marans or Australorps have white there?

Well, he's certainly not cuckoo.

Any black chicken might have a few white feathers on it's wings in juvenile plumage. My Australorps often do, so did one of my Langshans, and a lot of the Austra-Wyan-Orp crosses.

You'll get a better idea of his mature coloration somewhere between 12 and 24 weeks more-or-less.

 

[Meri Maura]

How dark was the egg? Was it darker than the others?

 

[Sussex19]

Well, he's certainly not cuckoo.

Thats the one thing that I do know!

Any black chicken might have a few white feathers on it's wings in juvenile plumage. My Australorps often do, so did one of my Langshans, and a lot of the Austra-Wyan-Orp crosses.

I didn't know that! Interesting...

You'll get a better idea of his mature coloration somewhere between 12 and 24 weeks more-or-less.

Yes, I think I will just have to wait and see.
What makes you think cockerel? Just that comb? I'm thinking that it could still go either way at this point, but then I don't know the breed very well.

 

[Sussex19]

How dark was the egg? Was it darker than the others?

It was the same colour as the other Marans eggs, I think.

 

[Anime2lover]

Golden Cuckoo.
One thing I forgot to mention, and that you can't really see in the photos, is that its got a bit of white on the wings.
Do Marans or Australorps have white there?

Austras. Can have whit there when their young.

 

[chickengr]

100% marans, pullet. marans cockerels have red comb and wattles at about 10 days old. even late bloomers have red wattles while your pullet has small pink wattles. I am not familiar with cuckoo but I think that cuckoo chicks are black at hatch. cockerels have white spot on their head at hatch.

 

[McChooky]

Australorps don't have feathered legs so that rules them out. I have (6) 9 week old Australorp pullets and some have white wing feathers that aren't noticeable until they stretch their wings out.They don't look like this bird at all.

 

[McChooky]

I got 12 shipped eggs, 8 were meant to be Marans, and 4 were meant to be Australorps. There were 12 dark brown eggs, and 4 cream eggs. None of the cream eggs hatched so I thought all 7 chicks I ended up with were Marans.
However, one of the chicks looks like an Australorp?View attachment 3353329View attachment 3353330I'm rather puzzled how it came from a dark egg.... and half wondered if it could be a cross?
Also, any idea on sex? I'm thinking most likely cockerel.

I've never raised cuckoo marans but this birds not solid black.

 

[Iluveggers]

Here is a pic of my FBCM at a few weeks old:

 

[Sussex19]

I've never raised cuckoo marans but this birds not solid black.

This is what one if its hatch mates looks like

you can see thats its very clearly Cuckoo. I don't have any properly black chickens, so its hard for me to tell if it is or not. Maybe its half way between?