sexing salmon faverolles--still confused (update)

[LyrebirdJacki]

Btw This thread is five years old so guessing she has a good idea by now lol

Lol whoops, my bad. Just scrolling on by and was like "Hey, I can answer this question."

Guess I was 5 years too late haha!

 

[appps]

Lol well I looked for the same reason when you bumped it

 

[hmbutterfly]

Can you guys look and tell me if I have two hens or a rooster and a hen which my friend thinks?

(my friend this is a rooster what do you guys think?

(we are really sure this is a hen)

 

[knonella]

This 3 week old is obviously a cockerel... but his solid white color has me wondering. I ordered blue salmon hatching eggs from a breeder. She said she has blue hens but a regular cockerel over them so I may get blue or regular salmon Favs. Would this be a splash?

 

[knonella]

I have a SF chick now that I think is a pullet--she is 3 weeks old now, and I can show you her picture progression. I have lots of pics, so if you want to see a different angle of something, let me know.  I have a question, though, too--is she going to get lighter?  She seems much darker than an adult should be (but not as dark as a roo), right?  She is from Meyer Hatchery.


Here she is at 1 day:

1 week (with my 2 week old EE and SLW):

2 weeks:

3 weeks:

My 3 week olds aren't getting very much feathers. Do they feather out slow?

 

[-Wirth-]

This 3 week old is obviously a cockerel... but his solid white color has me wondering. I ordered blue salmon hatching eggs from a breeder. She said she has blue hens but a regular cockerel over them so I may get blue or regular salmon Favs. Would this be a splash?

That does not really look like a Faverolles of any color. Does it have 5 toes on its feet? Could you take a couple more pictures?

 

[keesmom]

This 3 week old is obviously a cockerel... but his solid white color has me wondering. I ordered blue salmon hatching eggs from a breeder. She said she has blue hens but a regular cockerel over them so I may get blue or regular salmon Favs. Would this be a splash?

If the male was salmon there is no way to get splash offspring. He's likely a recessive white. I know of at least one flock of salmons/blue salmons that had them pop up from time to time. Did he come from TX?

 

[knonella]

That does not really look like a Faverolles of any color. Does it have 5 toes on its feet? Could you take a couple more pictures?

Yes he does have the extra 5th toe. I will when I get home from work. They are feathering out soooo slowly! I hatched Marans with them and the Marans are almost fully feathered. These babies still are mostly fluff. I have them on Purina non medicated chick feed. Should I be feeding them a higher protein?

 

[knonella]

If the male was salmon there is no way to get splash offspring. He's likely a recessive white. I know of at least one flock of salmons/blue salmons that had them pop up from time to time. Did he come from TX?

No he came from Skyline Farms in TN

 

[-Wirth-]

Do you know if they have white Faverolles? When I get home I will take pictures of my 2 and 3 week old salmon Faverolles so you can see the difference.