Just a few questions....

[BlackHackle]

Thanks!

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Here they are. Not the best pics....sorry.

 

[BlackHackle]

That's perfectly fine. There is nothing that screams rooster in these pictures. They are developing hen feathers.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

That's perfectly fine. There is nothing that screams rooster in these pictures. They are developing hen feathers.

Well, they are too young to develop male feathering yet, that's at 12 weeks. I just don't want to have to wait that long!

 

[Alexandra33]

Both Easter Eggers are looking like pullets so far. Most of my EE cockerels were pretty obvious by this age (going strictly on patchy patterns, of course...a couple proved slightly more difficult due to their color type). Everything's appearing quite even so far, which is a good sign.

A couple examples from my own flock:
-Pullet

-Cockerel

-Pullet

-Cockerel

-Cockerel

-Cockerel

I'm honestly not sure about the Faverolles, as I have never owned a roo.

~Alex

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Both Easter Eggers are looking like pullets so far. Most of my EE cockerels were pretty obvious by this age (going strictly on patchy patterns, of course...a couple proved slightly more difficult due to their color type). Everything's appearing quite even so far, which is a good sign.

A couple examples from my own flock:
-Pullet
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-Cockerel
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-Pullet
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-Cockerel
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-Cockerel
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-Cockerel
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I'm honestly not sure about the Faverolles, as I have never owned a roo.

~Alex

Thanks!

 

[Alexandra33]

Thanks!

You're welcome!

~Alex

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

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[Gray Farms]

Easter Eggers look like pullets to me. Favorelles are a little off but like you said they are hatchery birds. Cockerel - all that white in his chest and belly is incorrect, but he could molt it out. Pullet - over all color is to dark, but that's very common in hatchery birds.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

I'm pretty positive that this is a blue, although it was completely white as a chick, just like a splash.

I've been breeding Silkies for just a couple years now... I would say that is actually splash and still developing. I have had several come out that color. They sure are beauties! I do agree it LOOKS blue, but I don't believe it is.

I hope you will tag me as it grows... I've been watching mine to see how they develop. One that I sold hatched at Christmas has just started showing the splash spots. Hatched from Blue cross Blue mating... but the blues are much darker and I am working to get them lighter, more like this color... People don't understand that just because you can run BBS doesn't make it a good idea. Black bred to blue (I discovered) is giving me cruddy black (not crisp and dark) and too dark of blue. Realizing this changes my breeding in my Marans as well. And the "grey" ones... I have people requesting more all the time!