Salmon faverolle, hen or roo?

[saraem18]

I bought chicks at 5 days old and was told they're all hens, but I don't know how they knew the gender so early. I suspect #1 is a rooster because there's more black than #2. They are 2 weeks and 1 day old.

I also have 2 speckled Sussex chicks that were hatched at the same time but one has WAY more feathers than the other, and is bigger. Any way of telling the gender on that breed at 2 weeks old?

 

[drumstick diva]

Much too young - please post new photos at 6-8 weeks of age.

 

[saraem18]

Much too young - please post new photos at 6-8 weeks of age.

I read salmon faverolles show at 2-3 weeks by their feather colors, but all the posts I've read I don't see the differences they see to tell them apart! I wish I knew how the place I got them from could tell they were hens. I think I'm just skeptical, lol. I will update with pics as they grow!

 

[Gray Farms]

Favorelles are pullets

 

[Acre4Me]

Look like pullets, but time will tell, pretty quickly.

Here they are as adults (pic from internet), and the males have BLACK feathers, while the females do not. Pretty sure you'll see black feathers soon if you have a male.

 

[ColtHandorf]

They are pullets based on the salmon colored feathers. A young cockerel wouldn't have those coming in at all. All (most) of his feathers coming in on the wing would be dark.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Too young. Post pics of the comb at 6 weeks. If you see any of them grow in black breast feathers, they are cockerels.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

Looking like pullets, but as said above it’s too young to be certain.

 

[Alexandra33]

I'd personally wait until breast feathers grow in, to be certain. Black/dark = cockerel, while light salmon = pullet.

~Alex

 

[saraem18]

They're 4 weeks now, and one has a lot more black feathers than the others. Thoughts?