Faverolle or Sultan?

[Cole Campbell]

Got this cutie from the bantam bin at Tractor supply. Initially I had decided on her being a Sultan but now as she’s getting older she’s getting color in her wings and I’m just not convinced anymore. I’m thinking she’s a faverolle. Anybody have any ideas?

 

[Gray Farms]

Neither a Faverolle or Sultan. Looks like a Silkie mix.

 

[Cyprus]

The only Sultans you're going to find in America are pure white. That's likely a faverolle OR a bantam silkie sex link female.

 

[Cailyn12]

I would say it’s a favorelle , I’ve never seen a buff sultan before, also the color of that chick is off for a favorelle just hatchery stock at its finest ! Beautiful chick though !

 

[Cyprus]

I would say it’s a favorelle , I’ve never seen a buff sultan before, also the color of that chick is off for a favorelle just hatchery stock at its finest ! Beautiful chick though !

I think it's a bantam silkie based red sex link.

 

[Folly's place]

Welcome!
Find out where the store sources their chicks, and then what breeds that hatchery carries. That should help a lot.
Sort of like an off type Silkie?
Mary

 

[Gray Farms]

I was under the impression that silkies had to have black skin and beaks to be a silkie. I’m guessing that doesn’t apply when they are mixed? Sorry I’m still new to silkies!

Crosses can lack the black skin.

 

[jas humbert]

Iv'e never owned a sultan but I've owned faverolles and silkies. It could well be either an off color faverolle or some kind of silkie mix. My money is on silkie mix. You loose most or all of the silkie fluff in the first generation outcross and mixes can have any colors skin and legs. Silkies and favrolles are both supposed to have 5 toes. Crosses can have 4 toes on one foot and 5 on the other or any combination thereof. This may just be one of those wait and see things.

 

[jas humbert]

That's true, Connie A. Purebred silkies (the bearded ones at least) have enough beard to be recongnizable as chicks. My faverollle didn't look so muffy until she grew real feathers. So back to some kind of silkie cross as my first guess.

 

[Cole Campbell]

Neither a Faverolle or Sultan. Looks like a Silkie mix.

I was under the impression that silkies had to have black skin and beaks to be a silkie. I’m guessing that doesn’t apply when they are mixed? Sorry I’m still new to silkies!