Ok after weeks of deliberations I’m fairly confident that I have one cockerel and three pullets 🤗❤️ the cockerel is the forest egger that I suspected weeks ago (you can see him in the first pic above the splash) and the two splash Marans and one blue Marans are pullets.
I’ll continue to post...
Just over 5 weeks 🫣 thoughts? The obvious cockerel makes it super hard to get close to the others bc he charges at me and is just all around nosey and pecks my phone lol but these pics are as good as I could get.
Yep, no denying that one is a cockerel. I’m wanting to keep him for as long as I can, naively thinking he won’t crow for awhile 😆 our neighbors would have a fit.
Thank you! I bought from a local breeder that has helped me get my colorful egg basket! I only have one Marans from her and was hoping to get a few that lay a heavy bloom which comes from her bbs Marans. Which is why I’d be happy even with one pullet from her bbs Marans line 🤞🏻
I’ve never...
I think both splashes COULD be pullets and the blue I have no clue. The blue does have a higher comb but it hasn’t changed or grown for the past two weeks, and has no color like my for-sure cockerel. So I’ll be waiting another week or two and see what happens with them. 🤷🏻♀️
4 weeks tomorrow what are your guesses? They all hatched on 3/25
First is my forest egger and is definitely a little cockerel.
Second is one of my Splash Marans
Third is my blue Marans
Fourth is my other splash Marans
I’m kind of torn on what my guesses are bc the first chick which is...
They keep me guessing for sure hahaha but definitely chick 1 has left me zero doubt about him being a cockerel. 😊 but these three are giving me some hope bc they don’t have the wattles or comb growth as their hatch mate.
thoughts? Is it worth comparing them to chick 1 who is their hatch mate that came from the same breeder? Bc none of them are anywhere close to looking like the little chick 1 forest egger cockerel.