Need Help Identifying Maran Chicks

[rapunzil]

I ordered 8 French Copper Maran eggs from someone on eBay, and 4 hatched. Two of the chicks are black with white chests, and the other two light brown with darker brown stripes on their backs, like Amerucana chicks.

Are the light brown ones Cuckoo Marans? And I didn't know that French Copper Marans had white chests?

All eggs were the same color, so I'm confused as I thought the Copper Maran laid the darkest ones?

Thank you!

 

[Katy]

Pictures would help. Cuckoo Marans chicks look very much like Barred Rock chicks, only their leg color is different. They're not light brown and they don't have chipmunk stripes.

 

[countrylife]

The black w/ white will be your FBCM

 

[chicks4kids]

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Ditto! Got 3 myself and they're black and white

 

[debilorrah]

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Yes!! The look exactly alike. I had two cuckoos hatch and one barred rock and I cannot tell the difference.

 

[Katy]

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Yes!! The look exactly alike. I had two cuckoos hatch and one barred rock and I cannot tell the difference.

The Marans legs should be pink and the BR should be yellow.

 

[Illia]

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Chipmunk chicks are not Ameraucanas - They're Easter Eggers.

As for the chipmunk striped ones, either you got ripped off or you have Golden Salmon Marans, a rather rare color that looks like Welsummers.