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The SFs I got from McMurray are now the same size as the rest of the flock — and about to start laying. They did take a lot longer to mature than the ones I got from Ideal Poultry. Also, the Ideal SFs are a lot more colorful and developed faster.

I want to say genetics as well. The MM SFs appear to have bigger muffs and beards, so maybe it just takes longer to develop.

Currently, I don’t have new pictures. The ideal chicks have pin feathers coming in on their tails, but the 6 week old faverolles barely have a tail. They’re getting a little bigger in size, but I don’t know what would have stunted their growth so early on.

My salmon faverolles came in very week and sickly-like from McMurray. These from ideal seem very healthy though. Here’s a picture of my MMH Salmon Faverolle about 3-4 weeks old.

A little over a month ago I received a chick order from Murray McMurray Hatchery. Two of the chicks were salmon faverolles. Now about 6 weeks old, they are smaller than the rest, having some fluff still, and have a very small tail. I was wondering if this is normal. It took them forever the...