[mojocafa]

The copper marans male or female? 

[Womble]

I'm going to say both male. Sorry! 

[Steph Hen]

Two male copper marrans.
Male cuckoo marrans.
possible male black araucana or x araucana?

Sorry 

Just wondering if I could put a copper black cock over my wheaten hens... But seems a bit of a shame not to keep them pure. :-(   I lost my copper black hen a few weeks ago to a fox.

[mojocafa]

Well done steph, black one is araucana x Russian Orloff, didn't realise pure araucana was sitting on eggs so she produced 3 cockerels and the most stunning purple hen.

Completely over run with cockerels,

Looks like I'm going have a mass cull, looking forward to that....not!

[plumseverywhere]

I'd say the one on the right definitely a male but not sure about the left one, does it have very pointy neck feathers?

[Marches Farmer]

For your future breeding programme - sex in poultry, unlike in humans, is decided by the hen.  If the hackle feathers are pointed then it's a cockerel.  Pullets often have a small rounded tail quite early on.  Young cockerels have rather sparse tail feathers then their sickle feathers come in later.  They also often have markedly sturdier legs.

[Stereo]

Going by all the ones I have bred, both boys.

[roddycm]

Unmistakeably cocks. The little grey pullet is very pretty though!

[Kimbo]

it is Roddy. It looks just like my rumpless Araucana

[devonlady]

How old are they?

[mojocafa]

Hatched in April.

The grey pullet is a marans as well

[mojocafa]

Ok folks , thanks for that,
 
What do you advise...


1 get pullets of same breed and sell as unrelated trios

2 try to rehome, so far unsuccessfully

3 cull

[Anke]

Eat (the boys).

[mojocafa]

I've never eaten any of my brood before, but there's a first time for everything

[doganjo]

Stick to Shetland Ducks