Salmon Faverolle Chicks -The Dark Mark?

[2150MormonRd]

My SF, Miss Butterfly, had the dark marks when she was a chicklet. (That’s how she got her name in fact!) She turned out to have the standard coloring, even with the dark first feathers. And she did take longer to develop. Now? She’s my alpha and will kick the butts of my biggest girls who outweigh her by five pounds!!

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She is beautiful! and sooo fluffy!! I love these babies. Odelle is lighter, Josephine is darker and taller. I'm glad to see the dark head coloring. Thank you!

 

[Shellybob]

Two of my new babies are Salmon Faverolles and they are 5 days old. Both have black on their heads and backs. All of the SF chicks from the breeder' had these marks. I have been reading about black being prominent on males. Is this true? She couldn't have had 25 males in the bin. Should I be worried already? None of them had significant wing feathers or tails. I picked as best I could based on wing feather and posture.

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That’s what my roo looked like.

 

[rosemarythyme]

A five week update on these two...now, they are growing in black beards?? But no tail and no color in the comb. Still pullets? They are definitely bottom of the pack of 6 and seem much less mature than the other breeds that were hatched on the same day. ( Cream Crested Legbar and Icelandic). the dark feathers are dark brown, not black and nothing on the chest. Their beaks are even darkening. At first I thought it was newsprint.

Opinions?

The chest color still makes me think female (should be black if they're male), but they might end up being girls with a lot of dark coloring mixed in. Some folks have posted photos of female Salmon Faverolles with quite a lot of black including in the beard.

 

[Farmgirl1878]

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She is beautiful! and sooo fluffy!! I love these babies. Odelle is lighter, Josephine is darker and taller. I'm glad to see the dark head coloring. Thank you!a sweetheart too!

She’s a sweetheart too! Her beard is white, but she does have some dark spots on her wing and tail feathers.

She is beautiful! and sooo fluffy!! I love these babies. Odelle is lighter, Josephine is darker and taller. I'm glad to see the dark head coloring. Thank you!

 

[Alysones]

I know This is an old post - did these end up being hens ? I have Two that look like this and I was Thinking they could be roosters! Please say hens lol

 

[Farmgirl1878]

I now have three SFs. Butterfly, my five year old alpha, had a dark mark on her back. She’s definitely a redhead. My other two will be a year old this month and neither had a dark mark as a chicklet. One is a redhead and the other is a strawberry blonde. Here are Luci (the lightest) and Penny (the darker).

(Oh yes she did poop on me!)

 

[Alysones]

I now have three SFs. Butterfly, my five year old alpha, had a dark mark on her back. She’s definitely a redhead. My other two will be a year old this month and neither had a dark mark as a chicklet. One is a redhead and the other is a strawberry blonde. Here are Luci (the lightest) and Penny (the darker).

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(Oh yes she did poop on me!)

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So they did end up being girls then ?

 

[Farmgirl1878]

So they did end up being girls then ?

Yep, all three are girls!

My four girls who just turned one year old with their “momma,” Blue who will be five next month.

My five year old alpha hen!