Is this a salmon favorelle?

[Eclipse3]

I got this one from the mixed bantam bin at TSC. I assumed it was a cochin until it started growing in the wing feathers. Does it look like a really dark salmon favorelle? It's really dark. Any clue on gender?

 

[red horse ranch]

A Faverolle will have 5 toes.

 

[Eclipse3]

Shoot. I forgot to count toes! Lol. I will have to do that when I get home.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

How many toes? A faverolles will have 5. I would still guess bantam Cochin. It doesn’t appear to be bearded.

 

[sourland]

As already mentioned, double back toes = Faverolles.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

Does everyone at Hoover in charge of the breeding pens just stay drunk now?

Did they hire a bunch of young children to manage them?

This is a first. That down color is crazy in contrast to that plumage coming in. Looks like a mixed pattern.

That's why I was thinking wheaten Yellow chick down to black chest. So, SO weird

 

[Eclipse3]

Ok, then my original idea of cochin was correct. No muff on this one for sure. Well, can't wait to see what he/she turns out to look like. Of course it will likely be a boy, since it is super pretty

 

[Painted Calls]

Shoot, he actually almost does look wheaten. @Overo Mare, what color?

That is ODD. Wheaten is not a color found in Cochins. Not recognized and not one I've seen anyway.

Op, post a pic when it is fully feathered out. I'm beyond interested to see what this one looks like later.

 

[chickentrains]

It looks like a faverolles. The dark feathers look female to me right now, but if it gets any black feathers on its chest, its a male. Faverolles are getting darker and darker, just bad genetics.

 

[Eclipse3]

Well, found a pic from this morning. Only 4 toes. So cochin? Or bad quality favorelle? I know sometimes hatchery quality silkies only have 4 toes. If it's cochin, then a partridge? All of the partridge cochin chicks I've seen are darker as babies. But I'm no expert! I have silkies, d'uccles, and 1 black cochin which I got at about 3 months old, so not much experience with them as chicks.