Faverolle Chicks 16 days old

[DaphneNL]

So last year I hatched some french faverolle eggs in an incubator and knew 100% sure which chicks were male and female before they turned two weeks old. This year, not so much. The man I bought the eggs from bought a new rooster and apparently his kiddos are much harder to sex. Their "mom" is one of my marans hens who got so broody it scared me so she did the honors of sitting on the eggs and raising these little Houdinis. But now they're 16 days old and I really want to know the sex. Can you guys help me out?

 

[Gray Farms]

And these chicks are 16 days old? They look much younger to me.

 

[DaphneNL]

Hatched june 25 to be precise.

 

[Gray Farms]

Boy they sure look younger but I guess not. May have to wait until some of their back feathers come in.

 

[DaphneNL]

I agree with you. Had chicks every year for the last 10 years but never like this. They hatched one day early, are much less fluffy than their half-brothers and sisters from last year and they are extremely active since day one. I must say the weather has been extremely dry and way hotter than we're used to here in Holland. So they completely rely on what I feed them because there's not much in the soil right now.

 

[Birdsong 82]

They all do look very small but I’ve never owned that kind so I guess they all grow at a different rate. But still much much too early to tell gender

 

[DaphneNL]

I just don't get why they're behind in development.

 

[1cock2hens]

from my research and some experience you can usually tell with salmon faverolles at a pretty young age by looking at the strip of feathers on the wing that will come in black for a male or brown for a female // for the most part. there are of course poorly bred hatchery stock that wont

 

[DaphneNL]

Should have asked to see the new rooster. But this guy always has amazing birds so I didn't. My black copper marans hatched from his eggs are the best too.

 

[1cock2hens]

Should have asked to see the new rooster. But this guy always has amazing birds so I didn't. My black copper marans hatched from his eggs are the best too.

yeah, most of the faverolles roosters i see around me are not great examples at all, I got pretty lucky with my fella but he's still far from perfect