2 chicks Salmon Favorelle

[Watermelonchickens]

Hey guys, I am concern I am seeing a little bit of black coloring on these chicks.
What you guys think? Roo?

 

[ChickenChick46]

How old are they? That is pretty dark. Could be a cockerel.

Edited to add- how many different chicks are in your pictures?

 

[Watermelonchickens]

How old are they? That is pretty dark. Could be a cockerel.

Edited to add- how many different chicks are in your pictures?

2 of them, the second one is quite small compared to first one. They were born August 14th, so about two weeks old.

 

[ChickenChick46]

2 of them, the second one is quite small compared to first one. They were born August 14th, so about two weeks old.

It's still pretty early, but my guess would be one pullet and one cockerel. I don't have this breed, but I know someone that does, and I think those darker wings indicate a male. I know a lot of people on here have them, so hopefully one of them will chime in that knows more than I do.

 

[Watermelonchickens]

It's still pretty early, but my guess would be one pullet and one cockerel. I don't have this breed, but I know someone that does, and I think those darker wings indicate a male. I know a lot of people on here have them, so hopefully one of them will chime in that knows more than I do.

This is my first time having them either. I hatched a combination of breeds with them- Wyandottes and easter eggers. The odds of most of them being roos are pretty high, I only noticed 2 that are obvious pullets.

 

[ChickenChick46]

This is my first time having them either. I hatched a combination of breeds with them- Wyandottes and easter eggers. The odds of most of them being roos are pretty high, I only noticed 2 that are obvious pullets.

That's unfortunate. My neighbor got like 24 chicks from TSC this year. Of her straight run RIRs, 7/7 are cockerels. I think her pullet Barred Plymouth Rocks are actually female, but there is at least one cockerel out of the 11 pullet brahmas.

Your chicks are very beautiful!

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

My salmon fav pullets were never that dark at that age. Even the sooty ones didn’t have it on their wings-all in their beards. So I agree likely a cockerel.

However, I would add that I don’t see a fifth toe in those pictures. It might be the picture (or my eyes) but if they don’t have five toe’s they’re not SFs and then I don’t feel comfortable saying cockerel. Something else about them seems off to me—it almost looks like barring on the feathers.

Where did you get them?

 

[Watermelonchickens]

My salmon fav pullets were never that dark at that age. Even the sooty ones didn’t have it on their wings-all in their beards. So I agree likely a cockerel.

However, I would add that I don’t see a fifth toe in those pictures. It might be the picture (or my eyes) but if they don’t have five toe’s they’re not SFs and then I don’t feel comfortable saying cockerel. Something else about them seems off to me—it almost looks like barring on the feathers.

Where did you get them?

 

[Watermelonchickens]

I got them from a lady from Miami, she shipped me an assortment of eggs. From 12, 9 hatched and are doing very good. She has laced wyandotte, red and blue, salmon favorelle and silkies.

 

[Watermelonchickens]

On the feet topic, I have a young pullet with a mysterious breed. She has 5 toes in one feet and 4 on the other