Midnight Majesty Maran sex?

[Shabib1]

I have 5 of these Midnight Majesty Marans and they were supposed to all be pullets. After doing some research, I see that the barred ones are male. All of mine are somewhat barred so I’m curious if the hatchery made a mistake? They are 9 weeks old this week. Thank you for any feedback!

 

[sourland]

Where did you get them? Some suppliers are notorious for mislabeling breeds. If they are 'for sure' Midnight Majesty Marans, they are cockerels.

 

[springvalley123]

They could be cuckoo marans by mistake, to my eye they look like pullets. One almost looks like the start of saddle feathers, but I wouldn't think at that age they would....The one actual male midnight majesty marans I got, stood literally head and shoulders above the pullets, but took until at least a few weeks older than yours to do so. I had a female barred rock get slilpped in with the pullet MMM's, but yours don't seem to have any yellow on their legs at all for that to happen.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

They look like pullets

 

[Shabib1]

Where did you get them? Some suppliers are notorious for mislabeling breeds. If they are 'for sure' Midnight Majesty Marans, they are cockerels.

They came directly from Hoover Hatchery. I ordered 20 birds total (5 Midnight majesty Marans, 5 Sapphire Gems, 5 Sapphire Olive Eggers, and 5 Blue Laced Gold Wyandottes). They were all supposed to be females but I already know one of my Blue laced golds is a rooster. Now I’m questioning these MMM and a few others. Very disappointing if I end up having majority roosters as it’s too late to call them.

 

[Shabib1]

They could be cuckoo marans by mistake, to my eye they look like pullets. One almost looks like the start of saddle feathers, but I wouldn't think at that age they would....The one actual male midnight majesty marans I got, stood literally head and shoulders above the pullets, but took until at least a few weeks older than yours to do so. I had a female barred rock get slilpped in with the pullet MMM's, but yours don't seem to have any yellow on their legs at all for that to happen.

I was thinking they could be cuckoo’s as well. They have gotten darker but I’m losing hope

 

[Shabib1]

They look like pullets

Fingers crossed! Thank you

 

[AllKindaOCluckedUp]

They look like pullets

X2

I call it my own 'sneaky cockerel' bias when it comes to Marans- but they really do seem to go through a developmental stage where they just give the look, where I drive myself batty, second guessing.

Betting these are all pullets too.

 

[Tookie]

They look like French Cuckoo Maran females.

Hoover's does have them.
https://www.hoovershatchery.com/frenchcuckoomarans.html

 

[Shabib1]

They look like French Cuckoo Maran females.

Hoover's does have them.
https://www.hoovershatchery.com/frenchcuckoomarans.html

Thank you so much! That is exactly what they are starting to look like. I’m assuming there is nothing I can do now at this point to have them make it right. Was really wanting the Midnight Majesty’s but I believe I would have had to contact them within a few days of receiving them.