Is this a Marans? What kind?

[poseygrace]

I usually like to get my stock from breeders, but broke down and ordered a few chicks from Meyers. This one is "supposed" to be a Marans (from Meyer's Marans Collection), but I can't find a picture of one that looks like her. Any help is welcome! She's 13 weeks by the way. Notice the white feet.

 

[hdowden]

golden cuckoo maybe

 

[BeulahBreezes]

My cuckoo marans, Ethel has gold around her head and neck like your gal...white legs too. She was hatched out at Privette Hatchery in New Mexico.....~Beulah

 

[poseygrace]

I just found a picture of a golden salmon marans, which she most closely resembles to me, but apparently they are pretty rare. I doubt Meyers would sell one in a collection, but I don't know. ???

 

[ramirezframing]

some hatcheries don't own the parent birds (or at-lest not all of them) and get eggs to hatch from breeders, so maybe the breeder mixed up eggs

 

[Pele]

She's a hatchery quality Gold Cuckoo. The good news is she'll probably lay oodles of eggs. The bad news is that she's wildly off-type for color.

 

[poseygrace]

Thanks for all the help! Hopefully I'll get some dark eggs out of her at least.

 

[chickmister]

Thanks for all the help! Hopefully I'll get some dark eggs out of her at least.

The color is almost perfect for a cream legbar pullet..............(not likely though

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[loprettaerin]

Are you sure she is not a golden salmon maran. I raise them also they are a project color of mine. I just keep looking at the picture and she really looks like she has the salmon breast color to me in the pictures.

Do you remember what she looked like as a Chick did she look chipmonked color as she was a baby?

 

[fiddlebanshee]

She looks like my welsumers.