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  1. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    You're welcome, the Internet is filled with misinformation and people in real life can get things wrong as well, it is only a matter of learning your mistake!
  2. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    There are so many different ideas on how to properly raise males, and overall, you can try your very hardest to make them stay nice, and sometimes it just won't work. Each male has his own preference and comfortable boundary, especially when he grows older. I have heard of people saying to not...
  3. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    Let me try to explain saddle feathers: All chickens have saddle feathers, no matter their gender. All of the feathers that females have will be rounded, including the saddles; meanwhile, the saddle feathers of males will be pointed, and as they grow older, the saddles will develop to be longer...
  4. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    More of that beautiful plumage coming in, I would still say Black Copper Marans.
  5. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    I also have to say thank you for the laugh! That rooster's wattles are so big it's funny for some reason! Or maybe I just find random things funny . . . whatever, I like male chickens as long as they have a good personality. My Cochin Bantam cockerel has kind of big wattles and when I am holding...
  6. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    Oh yes, then he would be a Black Copper Marans with that color coming in!
  7. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    I forgot if you were asking for gender or not, sorry if my brain failed me again (LOL), but cockerel.
  8. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    Some roosters will save their females, some are weak and just will run away like they can't fight. Most of them will defend their flock no matter what, though, even if it costs their life. If they had to make a choice, males would defend their favorite hens before any other females. The other...
  9. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    Black chickens are certainly the second least color of chicken that a hawk will prey on (camouflage colors like speckled coming in first for an area with undergrowth). Hawks are far too smart to actually think a chicken is a crow—that's a pure lie—however hawks know that black-colored birds tend...
  10. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    I am not sure about that. There are a few crosses including Black Copper Marans genetics that look very close to the mentioned breed, bht I have not studied those types closely. So, unfortunately I cannot help you out there, but if he is Black Copper Marans then you will see his plumage turning...
  11. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    Why did you change your mind? Just curious!
  12. SwampPrincessChick

    Calling all Marans experts!

    Six weeks old is when gender-specific feathering is coming in. Your chicken seems to be a tiny bit late for that, but it appears to be a male due to the red leakage feathers that are pointed near the saddles.
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