French Black Copper Marans Sexing

[alexa009]

Mine seem to have well developed combs and waddles at this age. I usually wing sex them too. Long wings=female, Short wings=male. My last hatch was the opposite though. Can you post a picture of yours?

 

[ariri30]

Mine seem to have well developed combs and waddles at this age. I usually wing sex them too. Long wings=female, Short wings=male. My last hatch was the opposite though. Can you post a picture of yours?

Ok. The first three is one chick and the second four sets is the other one. I’m afraid they are both roosters

 

[Chickem707]

Pretty sure my Nico is a black maran of sorts, and unfortunately even more sure it’s a boy!View attachment 1495472

Couple of months later,

 

[ariri30]

Couple of months later,

Wow nico is beautiful

 

[Chickem707]

Wow nico is beautiful

I’ll tell him! I’ll try to get a better picture tomorrow, but anyone know what temperament FBCM’s usually have? He was skitish and a bit of a wimp from the day i got him (3 days old). He’s trying to copy my older rooster by dancing, but only can manage a little stamp.

 

[ariri30]

 

[WildCHILD400]

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!

Do you think you could post a pick of your hen and check out my recent thread please? I currently have a FBCM and am stummped as to whether it is a pullet or cockerel.

 

[Chickem707]

Do you think you could post a pick of your hen and check out my recent thread please? I currently have a FBCM and am stummped as to whether it is a pullet or cockerel.

This was my boy at around 5 days old, he was very obvious. Absolutely huge chick, around 10cm tall

 

[Chickem707]

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!

Obviously this is bad to do, as it could damage the chickens lungs

 

[WildCHILD400]

This was my boy at around 5 days old, he was very obvious. Absolutely huge chick, around 10cm tall

Thank you do you think mine is a cockerel?