Marans Thread - breed discussion & pictures are welcome!

[Hens and Roos]

About what age do you generally figure out the cockerel/pullet gender dilemma with Marans? I was scouring the internet for pullet and cockerel pics and Lord have mercy but some of the hens have some decent sized combs. I have two 4 week old chicks and they act very very cocky. One tries to crow sometimes (such a sad silly sound) and the other has a nice sized comb. They tend to do a lot of chest bumping to each other and some chicken bombs- I had to separate them one day because they drew blood on each other. :| After their time out though, they played nice again. Back to the normal occasional face off with a random chest bump thrown in. Do the pullets behave that way?

Some can be figured out as early as 4 weeks and others take longer, if you post pictures someone should be able to help you out. The pullets can mix it up as well.

 

[ChickenExtreme]

Gosh, ya'll are making me jealous with all the Blue Marans

 

[zooweemama]

Ok here are my two 4 week old BCs. (I have 6 more but they are only 2 weeks old)

Pullet or Cockerel?




My other chick:




I'm not sure what is up with the plum color I am seeing in these pics- I don't see it in real life. But I hope this gives you a good shot of them otherwise? Copper has tried to crow and he is a little more aggressive than Samson.

 

[laughingclown]

Ok Im so bummed right now. I have 2 Black Copper and 1 Blue Copper Roos. I have posted 2 of them on here. 1 Black is a lot better than the other. I will post in depth pics of these soon. However as I like blues my only Blue roo it seems just woke up one day and turned to hell. Dont know what happened. They are 3 months old. The blue was coming along fine. They are losing a lot of feathers but he looks as though he may have developed split wing. I dont know if he is just missing feather or what. He wasnt like that before. When I try and pull his wing out to look he will not let me. The only way I really noticed it was that its so hot he carries his wings out. Next problem is now hes carrying his tail of to the side more. He still straightens it out but again not normal for him. Wry Tail???? When do they start getting these issues? I thought it was more that they are born with it not develop it? Am I wrong to be so hasty? Or could it be the stress of the heat? I am sure I would have seen these sooner as I watch them a lot. Any ideas? I will post in depth photos of all 3 when it cools off.

 

[laughingclown]

Ok here are my two 4 week old BCs. (I have 6 more but they are only 2 weeks old)

Pullet or Cockerel?




My other chick:




I'm not sure what is up with the plum color I am seeing in these pics- I don't see it in real life. But I hope this gives you a good shot of them otherwise? Copper has tried to crow and he is a little more aggressive than Samson.

Cockerels!

 

[zooweemama]

Cockerels!

Woohoo! I was hoping they were.

Anyone? I know I will have to wait until they feather out to see who is kept and who becomes supper butttt is there anything about them yet that screams- cull?

 

[Hens and Roos]

Ok here are my two 4 week old BCs. (I have 6 more but they are only 2 weeks old)

Pullet or Cockerel?




My other chick:




I'm not sure what is up with the plum color I am seeing in these pics- I don't see it in real life. But I hope this gives you a good shot of them otherwise? Copper has tried to crow and he is a little more aggressive than Samson.

they both look like cockerals

 

[Hens and Roos]

Ok Im so bummed right now. I have 2 Black Copper and 1 Blue Copper Roos. I have posted 2 of them on here. 1 Black is a lot better than the other. I will post in depth pics of these soon. However as I like blues my only Blue roo it seems just woke up one day and turned to hell. Dont know what happened. They are 3 months old. The blue was coming along fine. They are losing a lot of feathers but he looks as though he may have developed split wing. I dont know if he is just missing feather or what. He wasnt like that before. When I try and pull his wing out to look he will not let me. The only way I really noticed it was that its so hot he carries his wings out. Next problem is now hes carrying his tail of to the side more. He still straightens it out but again not normal for him. Wry Tail???? When do they start getting these issues? I thought it was more that they are born with it not develop it? Am I wrong to be so hasty? Or could it be the stress of the heat? I am sure I would have seen these sooner as I watch them a lot. Any ideas? I will post in depth photos of all 3 when it cools off.

Sorry to hear this, it does take a while for some birds to start showing faults and sometimes it seems to happen over night. The heat could be effecting them, if he is still putting feathers in you might not be able to tell until he has them all in.

 

[zooweemama]

Ok Im so bummed right now. I have 2 Black Copper and 1 Blue Copper Roos. I have posted 2 of them on here. 1 Black is a lot better than the other. I will post in depth pics of these soon. However as I like blues my only Blue roo it seems just woke up one day and turned to hell. Dont know what happened. They are 3 months old. The blue was coming along fine. They are losing a lot of feathers but he looks as though he may have developed split wing. I dont know if he is just missing feather or what. He wasnt like that before. When I try and pull his wing out to look he will not let me. The only way I really noticed it was that its so hot he carries his wings out. Next problem is now hes carrying his tail of to the side more. He still straightens it out but again not normal for him. Wry Tail???? When do they start getting these issues? I thought it was more that they are born with it not develop it? Am I wrong to be so hasty? Or could it be the stress of the heat? I am sure I would have seen these sooner as I watch them a lot. Any ideas? I will post in depth photos of all 3 when it cools off.

I'm sorry. I am new to chickens and I feel so bad for these guys in the heat. My ducks hop in the pond- voila. I hope the faults are heat induced.

 

[zooweemama]

they both look like cockerals

Yay thanks!