I was looking to just take a peek at their wing feathers, as they have grown quite a lot of wing feathers and starting to grow in other places I give you a closer look at my two blue or black copper marans so we can decide together what their gender is I have seen that an m shaped wing, or 2 steps, indicates.
Copper Marans Sexing Tips - Pip & Grow
All chickens can be vent sexed, including marans but this method is costly
Vent sexing is a japanese developed the technique of sexing chicks by looking at the cloacae, the small openings on the underside of birds used for waste, egg laying and mating.
The black copper marans, the most common color variation, are almost all black, with a touch of gold on their necks, and lightly feathered shanks and toes They have a bright red single comb and red to orange eyes. A thread in the rural gardening forum, titled sexing black copper maran chicks? Lots of confusion on here over black chickens, especially black copper marans vs black sex link
They can appear similar at a glance but here's a few fun. Especially to secure the rooster yard
