Sexing Tractor Supply Cuckoo Marans

[PerturbedPanther]

I got some mystery chicks from TSC that ended up being Cuckoo Marans. They are not quite 3 months old. Everyone says lighter colored Marans are usually male, but their combs are still very small.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

They're not Marans. Type and skin color are wrong. They appear to be some type of mix for meat production. Perhaps a Rainbow or a type of ranger

 

[Painted Calls]

Does anyone have pictures of Royal Grey Broilers, especially as chicks? For some reason I can't find any and Hoover's website only has a picture of the red chicks. I assumed they were Marans because they looked like Maran/Barred Rock chicks when I got them and even as they got older I couldn't find pictures of anything else that looked remotely similar.

Now that we know what they are, does anyone want to guess pullet/cockerals? While I am personally interested in learning more about identifying chickens, I unfortunately live in Hicksville; no one cares what they are as long as they can be used for meat or pop out eggs.

Broilers, like any meat bird, are typically bred to grow quickly. So surely it should be obvious by now if any were male?

They're pullets. This is the only pic I could find.

As for learning to identify chickens, there is no better place than here. Hangout in the breed and gender forum and read as much as you can. Study the birds and the answers given. Jump in and guess. Learn from others when they are kind enough to explain. Most of all - have fun!

 

[Painted Calls]

They're not Marans. Type and skin color are wrong. They appear to be some type of mix for meat production. Perhaps a Rainbow or a type of ranger

Agreed! The one looks like a Rainbow and the others look like Grey Broilers. All are pullets.

 

[Geena]

Interesting, my grey broiler chicks looked like typical black barred chicks, except for five white ones (out of 30) who ended up looking like Delawares. They were not from Hoover though.

 

[Geena]

Mine all looked like this as chicks. The only difference is that some had brown around their beak and eyes, and some grey splotches on their feet and legs.

Colored broilers can be pretty variable looking as chicks and adults as they are mixed breeds and don't adhere to a specific standard.
The grey wash on the legs and feet is typical of any barred pullets.
What color skin/legs do your girls have? Broilers are yellow, Marans should be white.

So what are the odds that all 10 of my mystery chickens are pullets?

It's possible, cockerels are often preferred for meat birds, so perhaps they had a bunch of extra pullets at the time.

Here's a couple of pics of my grey broiler pullets @ 11 weeks

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Could they be Speckledies? They just don't look anything like Olive Eggers or Rangers.

No, they have white skin and are Marans mixes. They are exclusively from the UK and would never be in the US from a TSC TSC buys from Hoover typically and they carry Royal Grey Broilers.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

On another note, TSC has been known to purchase from Freedom Ranger Hatchery and they carry Kosher Kings which are sexed and look very similar to your birds. https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/shop/product/kosher-king/

 

[Geena]

On another note, TSC has been known to purchase from Freedom Ranger Hatchery and they carry Kosher Kings which are sexed and look very similar to your birds. https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/shop/product/kosher-king/

After looking at the Hoover site, I believe they most likely get them from the same place I got mine, same name royal gray broilers and same pictures.
https://www.moyerschicks.com/royalgraybroiler.html

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

After looking at the Hoover site, I believe they most likely get them from the same place I got mine, same name royal gray broilers and same pictures.
https://www.moyerschicks.com/royalgraybroiler.html

That is possible too. Yours do look incredibly similar to the OP's It's just hard to label hatchery mixes since they all have potential to look almost the same