sexing salmon faverolles--still confused (update)

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Yes, I agree that she is a little darker than you want ideally, especially with the tips of her feathers being brown on her breast, but more and more hatchery Salmon Faverolles I've seen look like that. And those feathers may molt out completely as she matures.

Awesome! I love that book. And according to my handy dandy Lapine Glossary it means literally Shine-dew-fur; or translated fur shining like dew.

I think I read that book when I was 12 or 13 and I loved it. I ave a very old copy that I found when I helped my cousin move that was published in 1972. It belonged to the high school library she went to. I later went to that school, and now she teachers there...lol

When I had pet rabbits my two favorite does were Hyzenthlay and Thethuthinnang (Movement of leaves). I had several other rabbits with names christened from reading that book as well.
 
Cool! I first read the book when I was about that age too, and I just thought Hyzenthlay was a neat character and a neat name--I've been using it ever since. Funny, I always thought hyzenthlay was a bit of a mouthful to use, but Thethuthinnang is probably even worse! lol. I love it, though, and luckily, it's not like you have to call your rabbits all the time like dogs or something. I like to give my rabbits fancier names, too--I have two Angoras, called Flannery and Willoughby. But Watership Down really did have some great names. Tons of them would be great for chickens, or other pets, too (and ok, I admit I even considered some of the more normal ones when we were naming our baby--Holly, Laurel, Hazel, Betony, Willow, etc.). I really like the plant names, obviously. My 3 little chicks are still nameless (I'm waiting to see what they look like when they're a little more grown), but I'm thinking of giving them some of the botanical names from WD--I'm thinking of ones like Blackberry, Dandelion, Speedwell, Bluebell, Campion, etc. I know lots of those are male names in WD, but I think they work fine for girls as well. Which did you use for your rabbits?

Oh yeah, and thanks for the additional info on my chick, lol. It's good to know that she's not way out there--as long as she's basically cute and healthy and friendly and lays eggs, fitting the breed standard is not a huge deal for me at this point--I'm just glad to have gotten the breed and sex I ordered.
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Wow, thanks for all the pictures everyone! Hyzenthlay, your chick is beautiful! I dunno about mine--it is still growing in a lot of black feathers! Every day a little more black. But still less than a week old, so I will wait and see. The faverolle roosters are gorgeous! But I have mainly silkies and showgirls, and no way of separating everyone, so can't keep another breed rooster
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I used a lot of the botanical names, Hazel, Bluebell, Holly, Boxwood, Clover, and a few other like Silver. I even used some for a few of my ducks. Blackberry and Strawberry for sure. All my Mallards were berries except for two young drakes from another line, Donald and Daffy.
 
Chickndaddy, I love all your name choices! I really think part of the fun of having animals is getting to name them--so entertaining.

cici_p--good luck with your chick! I hope it turns out to be a girl. I guess you can see from my chick that black on the feathers doesn't necessarily mean boy, but if there's LOTS of black then maybe you're out of luck--maybe post some pictures if you have them?
 
Ok, was at the same feedstore where I got my faverolle today. They had another group of them, that looked to be about the same age/feathering as mine. . .I thought, cool, I can compare what their wings look like. . .Weird thing is, all of them looked to be the same coloring as mine (There were probably at least 20-30 SF chicks in the group). So now I am more confused. Either the feed store has all boys, or they are poorer quality that feather out much darker than usual??? What do you guys think?
Maybe I will try to post pics of mine, but s/he is still only a week old, so I am patiently waiting, and hoping to find some lighter feathers! LOL.
 
sporttees, i'm not sure your chick is a faverolle because favs don't have yellow feet they have more of a pink colored feet. also the color is a little to dark even to be mahogony.

here's a mahogony hen
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here's my salmon faverolle pullet nala
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Here's a close up of her feet you can see they're not the same color as your chicks feet (yeah i know her one foot is messed up but it doesn't stop her)
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Hope this helps. Wish i could tell you what you have. Also do you know where your TSC ordered the chicks from? that would help to narrow it down.
 
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