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Not necessarily, I have some beautiful blue and splash pullets that I confused with other blue and splash chicks as young'uns b/c they didn't have any more beards than the normal chicks. They developed them later. My blacks are just now starting to get theirs, and they are 8-ish weeks.
And yes, mine are REAL Ams - slate legs, white feet pads, brown eyes, pea comb, the whole nine yards. They are from a breeder.