French Black Copper Marans Sexing

[JFreeman]

My Black Marans are now around 9 weeks old, and I'm trying to figure out if one of them is a rooster or a hen.

This is the possible roo, at least it is supposed to be a roo. I won't be too upset if it is a hen, since I can always just buy a roo later.





The next pictures are of the hen. I know she is a hen. Her comb and waddle are a fleshy pink. Above, the comb is a touch bigger and it and the waddle are more red.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

A lot of those look like roos :/

 

[JFreeman]

There are only two, just a lot of pictures. The group on the bottom is one and the group at the top is the other. So you think the one up top is a roo? The bottom is no doubt a hen.

I couldn't get a picture of them side by side.

 

[BantamLover21]

Both birds look like roosters to me. One is just a little less mature than the other, probably because he is lower in the pecking order.

 

[JFreeman]

Could be. Well then! Thanks a bunch. I appreciate it.

 

[Peach Mom]

I hatched a French Black Copper Marans baby under a broody mama this past spring. The wives tale where you hold it on its back and if it flips over, it's a roo said it was a roo. He was huge, held his body more upright like our other FBCM roo, and we were convinced. No one could have convinced me this was a hen until He started laying eggs!

It is still hard to call her a her and though she is laying nicely she is still a bit bigger than the other hens. I was so thankful it was not a roo as we had to re-home our last roo due to the two of them trying to kill each other. With the big combs and wattles on male and female this is a hard breed to figure out young!

 

[Chickem707]

Pretty sure my Nico is a black maran of sorts, and unfortunately even more sure it’s a boy!

 

[ariri30]

I hatched two French copper marans and oh boy they are hard to tell the sex. It’s driving me nuts!

 

[alexa009]

I hatched two French copper marans and oh boy they are hard to tell the sex. It’s driving me nuts!

Really? I have owned at least 20 of them and I always have their gender accurate at 4-5 weeks of age. This thread is 5 years old BTW.

 

[ariri30]

Really? I have owned at least 20 of them and I always have their gender accurate at 4-5 weeks of age. This thread is 5 years old BTW.

I know it’s a old tread. I just felt like posting something. Lol
Thanks for the reply. But really one day I think one is the boy then that both are boys. I’m so confused. What should I look for?