Roo or Hen? Possibly Marans?

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We ordered a 16 pullet run of day old chicks. We were supposed to get 4 "mystic Marans" (not that we really cared what kind we got other than layers) but, did we get 3 hens and a roo? We wouldn't mind if it was but we aren't sure. They are now just over 6 weeks old.
Pullet?
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Pullet?
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Pullet?
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Possible roo?
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The last one has very iridescent feathers and some yellow if starting to pop out. The whole head and neck has the cream/gold barring as well.
Any help would be appreciated!
 
Last 3 pics are a cockerel. But not a Mystic Marans. It's got the wrong comb, it should be straight coming from a Black Copper Marans x Barred Rock.
1st pic looks like your pullet may be blind in that eye, but I can only see the comb on the 3rd pic and it looks straight.
Fyi... Mystic Marans cockerels will be barred, and pullets should look similar to BCMs which is gold based and should be showing copper, but all of these look silver based to my limited knowledge.
I could be way off here but throwing out a guess they almost look BCM/Wyandotte mix.

Again, I'm guessing with only a little genetics knowledge under my belt so don't quote me.
Hopefully others can get you sorted out.
 
Last 3 pics are a cockerel. But not a Mystic Marans. It's got the wrong comb, it should be straight coming from a Black Copper Marans x Barred Rock.
1st pic looks like your pullet may be blind in that eye, but I can only see the comb on the 3rd pic and it looks straight.
Fyi... Mystic Marans cockerels will be barred, and pullets should look similar to BCMs which is gold based and should be showing copper, but all of these look silver based to my limited knowledge.
I could be way off here but throwing out a guess they almost look BCM/Wyandotte mix.

Again, I'm guessing with only a little genetics knowledge under my belt so don't quote me.
Hopefully others can get you sorted out.
I thought the eye looked a little strange.
 
Last 3 pics are a cockerel. But not a Mystic Marans. It's got the wrong comb, it should be straight coming from a Black Copper Marans x Barred Rock.
1st pic looks like your pullet may be blind in that eye, but I can only see the comb on the 3rd pic and it looks straight.
Fyi... Mystic Marans cockerels will be barred, and pullets should look similar to BCMs which is gold based and should be showing copper, but all of these look silver based to my limited knowledge.
I could be way off here but throwing out a guess they almost look BCM/Wyandotte mix.

Again, I'm guessing with only a little genetics knowledge under my belt so don't quote me.
Hopefully others can get you sorted out.
It's just the light shining on its eye! I caught it at just the wrong angle, lol. I promise it doesn't normally look like this!

And I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't Marans, the rest are iffy as well. We were supposed to have 4 buff orpingtons and 2 ISA browns and got 4 ISAs and no orps!
 
It's just the light shining on its eye! I caught it at just the wrong angle, lol. I promise it doesn't normally look like this!

And I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't Marans, the rest are iffy as well. We were supposed to have 4 buff orpingtons and 2 ISA browns and got 4 ISAs and no orps!
Mystic Marans are just a mix and that's what you probably have with the feathered feet as the main indicator but the question is mixed BCM x what?...

The comb on your cockerel isn't straight. Can you get pics of all the pullets comb? Are you seeing the silver feathering or is it just leftover hatch down? Any copper at all that you can see?
 
Mystic Marans are just a mix and that's what you probably have with the feathered feet as the main indicator but the question is mixed BCM x what?...

The comb on your cockerel isn't straight. Can you get pics of all the pullets comb? Are you seeing the silver feathering or is it just leftover hatch down? Any copper at all that you can see?
It's not hatch down. The barring has only developed in the last couple weeks. All four had completely black heads with white patches.
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The others comb all look like this, and no red in sight yet. They haven't developed too much comb yet.
The feathering is silver, no copper that we can see so far.
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This is the comb on the one we suspect is a roo. I might have to wait until they get bigger and start to develope the wattles and finish growing their patterns and colors 😭
 

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