Rooster or Hen? 4 week old chicks

[PachecoPeeps]

The feathered feet on some make me wonder if they were bred with Cuckoo Marans (would produce barring) or Black Marans (for dark eggs to produce olive eggers).

The solid grey one and the one after that look like boys. If possible post pictures of them from the side standing on their own. It can help to see they way they stand, how their feathers fall, and overall shape of them,

 

[nelson10]

The feathered feet on some make me wonder if they were bred with Cuckoo Marans (would produce barring) or Black Marans (for dark eggs to produce olive eggers).

The solid grey one and the one after that look like boys. If possible post pictures of them from the side standing on their own. It can help to see they way they stand, how their feathers fall, and overall shape of them,

I have such pictures of two of them. Thank you!

 

[KikiLeigh02]

This one has a lot of comb for 8 weeks, and the rest all have a lot of color to their combs for 8 weeks...

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[Frazzemrat1]

8 weeks old - boy or girl? Any guesses about what breeds created this olive egger?View attachment 1477761View attachment 1477764View attachment 1477765View attachment 1477767

Because its a mix, I would guess an Ameracuana over a Cuckoo marans. I say this because of the barring, the problem is that the barring can only be passed onto the male chicks, not the females.

 

[nelson10]

Because its a mix, I would guess an Ameracuana over a Cuckoo marans. I say this because of the barring, the problem is that the barring can only be passed onto the male chicks, not the females.

That is a very interesting fact to know! Thanks!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

That is a very interesting fact to know! Thanks!

Its the same as how a black sex link works. They put a solid colored roo over a barred hen. The hen only has one copy of the barring gene and she can only pass it on to her male chicks. When a BR, for instance, is bred to a BR; the roo has two copies of the barring gene which he passes to all of his offspring, the hen can (again) only pass her copy on to her male offspring; hense the males are double barred.