Pullet or Roo? French Wheaten Maran per person who hatched it.

[Klega]

Hi! Trying to figure out if this is a pullet or cockerel. I’m not familiar with this breed so hoping for some intel! I know we should just wait for a crow in order to confirm but I’m impatient If anyone has had a French wheaten maran let me know what you think!! Its about 6-7 weeks old

 

[fluffycrow]

Pullet

Breed wise, seems to be a legbar cross. She has some leg feathers, so some marans ancestry could be a possibility

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Pullet

Breed wise, seems to be a legbar cross. She has some leg feathers, so some marans ancestry could be a possibility

2x. That color is exclusive for females (that is why Legbars are autosexing) and I also agree about this bird being some kind of Legbar mix.

 

[Klega]

Pullet

Breed wise, seems to be a legbar cross. She has some leg feathers, so some marans ancestry could be a possibility

Whenever I googled French wheaten maran she looks nothing like one so I’ve been real confused

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Whenever I googled French wheaten maran she looks nothing like one so I’ve been real confused

If a chicken looks nothing like what they have been said to be, you have been lied to. Simple. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there who lie about the breed of their chickens, either to sell more or because they have not done research.

 

[Klega]

If a chicken looks nothing like what they have been said to be, you have been lied to. Simple. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there who lie about the breed of their chickens, either to sell more or because they have not done research.

It doesn’t bother me one bit I didn’t care what she was but when I tried to google characteristics of pullets vs hens I was like uhhhhh this is not it she’s the sweetest chicken!!

 

[sybonbon]

It doesn’t bother me one bit I didn’t care what she was but when I tried to google characteristics of pullets vs hens I was like uhhhhh this is not it she’s the sweetest chicken!!

A pullet is a female chicken less than one year old. A hen is over one year.

 

[Klega]

A pullet is a female chicken less than one year old. A hen is over one year.

Oh I know that haha but I was referring to characteristics of hen vs roo for this breed

 

[sybonbon]

Oh I know that haha but I was referring to characteristics of hen vs roo for this breed

I'm sorry, you must have did a typo. You said hen.

 

[labelo]

Like someone else, I *might* see some feathers on her shanks, so it's possible she's a Marans/Legbar mix. If that's the case, she'll probably lay a green/olive egg.

It's possible you weren't intentionally misled, but rather a Legbar rooster somehow got into a Marans pens and passed on some sneaky genetics. Intentional or not, she's definitely not a pure Marans.