What kind of Marans is this?

[CHICKEN little 1]

O.K. this is the second one of these Marans I've hatched out. I now have a third. I thought they were Wheaten Marans,but now I'am not quite so sure. What's your thoughts?

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[Happy Chooks]

I'm certainly not an expert, but that doesn't look like a Marans to me.

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

This is her Mom. She was the first I hatched from a B.C.M. egg.

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[patnjess]

looks like a production red

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

Yes indeed these are Marans. The rest of the Marans eggs that were hatched came out B.C.M.'s. I only have Marans in this pen. Last year everyone agreed this was a Wheaten. The young pullet came from my Marans pen,and was hatched from the 1st Wheaten that came from BCM eggs. Mom has featherd shanks. Production reds do not.Wheaten'or Black Tailed Marans?

 

[Zgoatlady]

Hi,
The mother looks like a wheaten but what does the father look like? Is it a BCM?

Oh go on this site and put your queation and see what they all say,
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=77436

It does look kind of like a black tail buff but you know it could just be a dark wheaten if its from the hen and a bcm..

 

[blackdotte]

It is neither a Wheaten ,nor is it a Black-tailed Buff. It may be from fowl said to be Black Coppers, but
there is something else in the mix. He has black in the neck hackle, not found in either Wheaten or Black-tailed Buff and seems to be lacking shank feathering.
David

 

[Illia]

It is NOT a black tailed buff. The OP specifically said its parent was a Wheaten from BCM hatching. . . It is basically a poor Wheaten, as it has the wrong genes to be true wheaten, coming from a BCM hatching. Black Tailed Buff is actually a straight buff color with a black tail, and genetically entirely different, also quite rare.

If you've seen true Wheatens in poor quality coloring before, you'd recognize this girl as a BCM derived wheaten.

 

[blackdotte]

For those that took me to task saying both Wheatens & Black-tailed Buffs can have black in the neck hackles, and quoted the Standard description of the hen. Yes you are correct BUT to me this looks like a cockerel, and there is no black( or at least there shouldn't be any black) in the hackles of the male of either Wheatens or Black-tailed Buffs.
I should have been clearer.
As an aside the body colour of the Black-tailed Buff is not buff (as Orpintons,Leghorns or Rocks etc) but a bright golden colour, as that of a New Hampshire.
Prior to the update of the French Standard in 1991( when both Wheaten & Black-tailed Buffs were recognised), all birds of this type were known as Reds. They were a some what mixed lot of little value that had not received much interest or selection.
David

 

[CHICKEN little 1]

She is indeed a Pullet.not a Roo. I have only 2 possibilities of who the Dad is. They are B.C. Roos from 2 different lines. I'll get more pics soon.As for shank feathering. Mom of this pullet does have shank feathering ,her pullet off spring does not. I have both feathered shanked,and clean legged Marans.