What breed of chickens are these?

[danimajor1988]

Hi, I need help deciding what breed of birds this pullet and roo are. I thought black copper marans but they don't have any copper, only gray really. Let me know what you think! I don't need help with the cuckoo marans or barred rock, unless you can tell me definitively what she is. She has clean slate legs so I think Cuckoo but I've heard barred rock too.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

They could be blue copper marans, one of each. What color are their legs?

 

[danimajor1988]

They could be blue copper marans, one of each. What color are their legs?

They have slate legs with feathers

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Bottom of foot color is needed, but they look to be Blue Marans rather than blue copper, but the copper color can develop with age. I can definitively tell you that your bird is a Barred Rock. Her legs are not slate. Slate by definition is a very dark grey color when it comes to leg color. Slate legs never occur in yellow skinned birds. Her legs are yellow with a dark wash. Marans would be pink with a dark wash. This dark wash is sex linked and is often used to differentiate young pullets from cockerels. My Barred Rock Bantam pictured is a bit faded from laying but her legs had the dark wash. It would be more unusual if her legs lacked the dark wash

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Thought I would also include a picture of Golden Cuckoo Marans leg color (leg color of both silver and golden cuckoo are the same). This is my rooster, but a pullet

would be similar, distinctly "pink" like him with a dark wash.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

They have slate legs with feathers

So yea, blue marans... Blue copper if they get more copper.

 

[Chickens and dogs]

Maybe a lavender orpington?Do you know if they are bantams or where you got them from?

 

[danimajor1988]

Maybe a lavender orpington?Do you know if they are bantams or where you got them from?

I don't think they're bantams, they're the biggest birds I have and I have a few different kinds. They don't seem to have any copper just gray and more gray besides the couple white feathers they have on their wings. I got them from a feed store and it is my first flock so I didn't even write them down. I'm kicking myself because it didn't matter in the heat of the moment but now, after becoming obsessed with my chickens, like a crazy bird lady, I really want to know! I didn't know chicken keeping could be so addictive.