11 day old Salmon Faverolles

[905silkies]

I have three, 11 day old Salmon Faverolles. The two with brown feathers are shier than their larger sibling with zero tail feathers and teeny little wing feathers growing in a much darker color.

Am I right to suspect I’ve got two pullets and a cockerel? Or, could ‘they’ just be slower to feather? I see no black shoulder or foot feathers yet. Maybe it’s still too early?

Below: Suspected cockerel at front with the very short black tipped wing feathers. Suspected pullets at the back with light brown wings behind the white polish.

Below: The ‘sisters’. Same tail and wing feathers, light brown. Ignore white polish.

Below: Short black tips on wing feathers of suspected cockerel. No tail feathers?

Any insight appreciated!

 

[sourland]

Two pullets and ? Time will tell as the chick feathers out.

 

[905silkies]

Two pullets and ? Time will tell as the chick feathers out.

Thanks for the input! Hoping it’s a she too

 

[Acre4Me]

In my experience, the male SF will begin to get Black (not dark brown) chest feathers…often they start to show up after 3 weeks. So, keep an eye on the upper chest area.

Also, they will get a more obvious comb pretty early. So, if you have a male, I’ll guess the comb will look very suspicious by 4 weeks or so based on differences with the girl’s combs. This is one breed you don’t have to wait long to figure out gender.

 

[905silkies]

I have three, 11 day old Salmon Faverolles. The two with brown feathers are shier than their larger sibling with zero tail feathers and teeny little wing feathers growing in a much darker color.

Am I right to suspect I’ve got two pullets and a cockerel? Or, could ‘they’ just be slower to feather? I see no black shoulder or foot feathers yet. Maybe it’s still too early?

Below: Suspected cockerel at front with the very short black tipped wing feathers. Suspected pullets at the back with light brown wings behind the white polish.

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Below: The ‘sisters’. Same tail and wing feathers, light brown. Ignore white polish.

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Below: Short black tips on wing feathers of suspected cockerel. No tail feathers?

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Any insight appreciated!

Here are some updated pics. They’re now 18 days old!

Chick #1: Suspected pullet.

Chick #2: Suspected cockerel? Darker feathers.

Chick #3: No clue. Very slow developer!

They all look so different! Any thoughts?!

 

[Checota]

Number 3 looks like a cockerel the other two look like pullets to me another week should tell for sure. Males tend to be a week behind females in feather development in my experience.

 

[905silkies]

Update: Chick 1 was a pullet, 2 & 3 roos!