Oh boy, I live in Mexico and it took me a while to find someone who knows someone who breeds Marian’s. The connection was on Facebook and I just wrote to them.
Oh dear. See what they say. I would think anyone selling a cockerel for that price is either selling really REALLY excellent stock or totally shady. If the connection is somewhat known, I would prefer to err on the side of Marans being notoriously hard to sex, so maybe if I was a younger chick when you got her it was an honest mistake? Benefit of the doubt???Oh boy, I live in Mexico and it took me a while to find someone who knows someone who breeds Marian’s. The connection was on Facebook and I just wrote to them.
how much do Marans cockerels and pullets cost in USA?
I am embarrassed to say mine was 100usd here, that pulled that was to be a cockerel. I cannot drive chickens in from Texas.
In which case they should have *zero problem* making it right for you.Thank for your comment. It was sold to me at 2.5mon of age. Can one tell if Cockerel or pullet at that age? A few weeks later without the wattle coming in nor the crown getting bigger I gave benefit of doubt that he was younger. Not so as I realized.Oh dear. See what they say. I would think anyone selling a cockerel for that price is either selling really REALLY excellent stock or totally shady. If the connection is somewhat known, I would prefer to err on the side of Marans being notoriously hard to sex, so maybe if I was a younger chick when you got her it was an honest mistake? Benefit of the doubt???
Or else you just got played. I really hope not though.
For a certain breed, I know a show quality breeder who would only charge $100 for a full grown, proven adult, significantly less though for a started bird. I want to say his started birds start at $70. Locally, various breeds of started pullets to laying hens might go for $20-30, generic quality, chicks would be less. Lots of times you find people giving cockerels away for free, and it just depends on the breed, if it's decent they might still charge $10-20-30. But I mean, either way $100 usd is kind of a lot to pay for a baby cockerel. :/
All chickens have spur bumps, no matter their gender.
In a breed that matures at an average speed, you should be able to tell their gender by six weeks. Sometimes, you can tell their gender by two weeks. There are also autosexing and sex-linked breeds, which are immediately sexed at hatch.
Yeah 10 weeks is pretty far along that most breeds can be sexed with confidence by that point due to physical characteristics alone i.e. just by looking at them, but I know there are some breeds that are notoriously harder to pin down till as much as 12 weeks. The internet says black copper marans would have different feather patterns by 6-8 weeks, so there you go. By 10 weeks, even if someone is not doing vent sexing (which Marans are notoriously hard to vent sex) by 10 weeks, it would be clear.
