Please me. Is this a breed?

[MayBerg]

Hello all.

I am new here and also new to chicken. I went to my feed store about 2 months ago and they had those chicks in a bin. The bin c ok clearly stated black copper maran pullet.

Well, I took this one home because she was black and she had feathered feet with almost no comb. But over the past week or so, the comb became black and her beak is also all black.

I don't know what to make of this. I really wanted BCM so bad I paid $20 for it.

She also started to turn into dark grey instead of the deep black and she has some white wing feathers and 4 fingers.

Does anyone know what kind of chicken this is? Is she even a pullet? Should I rehome and get a BCM?

Please help.

 

[AinaWGSD]

Well, that's definitely not a marans. I can't think of any official breeds that are supposed have black skin, blue plumage, foyr toes and feathered legs. My guess would be silkie or ayam cemani mix.

Right now she looks like a pullet, no signs otherwise. But it isn't always obvious at 8 weeks. Whether you keep her or not is up to you. I think she'll be pretty all grown up, but she's definitely not the breed you were hoping for and not knowing what breed/breeds she is I don't have any predictions for egg color, size, or productivity.

 

[MayBerg]

Thank you for the reply.

From the info I gathered, the chicks sold at this feed store in Sacramento are From a farm lady in the area who breeds chicken.
She also had some ayam cemani she was selling for $30 straight run, in another bin.
So, I am sure this chicken has some Ayam Cemani in her since her legs, eyes, beak and comb is all black. Her tongue is not black though.

Could she be a mix I am Cemani with a blue copper maran or cuckoo maran? I am not sure of the genetics if it is possible. But that could account for the feathered feet? Maybe.

I can only have 12 chickens and I am at 12. I think I will keep her as she is different and probably will look cute as grown up. She is very Mellow and friendly.

I really want a pair of BCM boy and girl and this seems very hard. I might have to rehome my 2 red sexlinks I bought by mistake ina bin at TSC( I thought they were RIR), if I can get a pair of good BCM.

BTW , I am not seeing any traits of silkie in her. But I just started with chicken and don't know much.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

She looks like a French Blue Copper Maran to me. They are beautiful adults and lay beautiful eggs. Up to you but I'd rehome the sexlinks before her.

 

[MayBerg]

Thank you.

What about the black beak, black eyes, black comb? Do French Blue Copper have those? Actually the comb and beak turned black over the past week. They were all normal pink before.. She's a mystery girl for sure. Off to go research on the blue copper marans.

I will remove sexlinks pullets if I find a nice Black Copper Marans.

 

[wrathsfarm]

Thank you.

What about the black beak, black eyes, black comb? Do French Blue Copper have those? Actually the comb and beak turned black over the past week. They were all normal pink before.. She's a mystery girl for sure. Off to go research on the blue copper marans.

I will remove sexlinks pullets if I find a nice Black Copper Marans.

Sorry, but no. It's not a Marans. Might have Marans in it, but really it's just a Fibro mix in reality.

Hope you get your Marans your hoping for.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

Sorry I don't have better recent pics but this is my FBCM girl from chick to just yesterday, she's 10-11 weeks. Looks alot like yours but you have a point about her comb. Yours could be FBCM mix.

 

[ve]

When she matures her comb will be red.

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I think she's definitely a Marans, either blue copper or blue. This thread has a great example of a Blue Marans with gypsy face, where excess melanin is deposited in the face. If she's part Silkie or Ayam Cemani, she'd have black skin. I think I see some of her skin in the first photo, and it's pink.

 

[MayBerg]

When she matures her comb will be red.

Ohhhhh i didn't know that. Thank you