Sexing Marans chicks.

[claud]

Is it really possible to sex Cuckoo Marans chicks? I've read that you can sex them by their coloring but when my Marans were chicks I don't remember seeing the light/dark difference(but I wasn't really looking for it). Is it accurate or more of a "kinda looks like a cockeral" thing?

 

[Katy]

I can usually tell by the time they start getting their wing feathers and how they're colored...light or dark...on what their sex is. I'm not wrong too often on it.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Katy,

So what is the trick to tell the difference? I got two Cuckoo Maran chicks from Ideal (pullets) and one's wing feathers are growing faster than the other.

 

[claud]

There's a pic on feathersite with two distinctly different-looking 4-day-old chicks, one a cockeral and one a pullet. It looks way too easy.

 

[Katy]

Usually the pullets wing feathers grow in faster and the barring on her wings will be darker than a little roo's is. By the time they really start feathering out, most of the time it's very apparent who's who. The roos are much lighter than the pullets.