French blue copper maran?

[KaelaM]

I bought this chick at a feed store, they said she’s a French blue copper maran from Hoovers. She doesn’t look like the pictures they have of them though. Since this picture, she’s gotten a few darker feathers. Is she still a blue maran? A different color?

 

[WingItRanch]

It's possible she's an blue marans. She has a blue coloring to her but much lighter than the 2 I have. Sorry for the bad pic but it's the only one I have of the same age. The blue marans is the one on the far left.

Yours almost looks like a lavender orpington or something. Does she have feathered feet?

 

[KaelaM]

It's possible she's an blue marans. She has a blue coloring to her but much lighter than the 2 I have. Sorry for the bad pic but it's the only one I have of the same age. The blue marans is the one on the far left.
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Yours almost looks like a lavender orpington or something. Does she have feathered feet?

She does have feathered feet. At the feedstore, there was a mix of light ones like mine, and some darker ones more like yours in the same bin. They were all labeled as blue marans though.

 

[WingItRanch]

I think that's normal. I have one darker and one lighter. Both Blue marans. Here's what they look like now:

 

[KaelaM]

I think that's normal. I have one darker and one lighter. Both Blue marans. Here's what they look like now:
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I sure hope so! She's the only one I got. Thank you!

 

[WingItRanch]

I sure hope so! She's the only one I got. Thank you!

I bet she'll turn out really beautiful. Would love to see updated pics once she's fully feathered!

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

I'll toss in another option and say potentially "Splash" (two copies of blue)

Pictured were my chicks. The 3 greyish ones in middle (forming a triangle for some reason) are 2 splash marans and 1 lavender orpington. It was impossible for me (*I'm new to this) to tell them apart from above for a while.

 

[KaelaM]

I'll toss in another option and say potentially "Splash" (two copies of blue)

Pictured were my chicks. The 3 greyish ones in middle (forming a triangle for some reason) are 2 splash marans and 1 lavender orpington. It was impossible for me (*I'm new to this) to tell them apart from above for a while.

I could see that. I guess I'll have to wait and see until she's older; she's only about a week old. I'm still crossing my fingers for blue, though

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

I could see that. I guess I'll have to wait and see until she's older; she's only about a week old. I'm still crossing my fingers for blue, though

You can probably disregard my "splash" option, actually.
I just looked at hoover's site, and they don't list "splash marans" or "bbs marans" anywhere.

And, as others have mentioned, blue can look really light or really dark.

One year I got a "surprise" chick from a different hatchery. Looked over literally every single bird they offered. Looked nothing like that they had. Turned out it was a silver laced polish and he looked nothing like the chick example pictures.

 

[KaelaM]

You can probably disregard my "splash" option, actually.
I just looked at hoover's site, and they don't list "splash marans" or "bbs marans" anywhere.

And, as others have mentioned, blue can look really light or really dark.

One year I got a "surprise" chick from a different hatchery. Looked over literally every single bird they offered. Looked nothing like that they had. Turned out it was a silver laced polish and he looked nothing like the chick example pictures.

That's good to know. I believe this feed store was only using Hoover's, so there shouldn't be any surprise chicks. I guess it's just a game of wait-and-see now!