Salmon faverolle - weird coloring, pullet or roo?

[savvythesavvy]

I’m perplexed by the coloring of my 6 week old salmon faverolle, and would love some input from others who are more familiar with the breed to help me figure out if it’s a pullet or roo!

S(he) was purchased from a hatchery at one day old, and was vent sexed (supposed to be a female). She’s always been the runt of our girls (we bought 5 others at the same time of different breeds). She’s definitely bottom of the pecking order, but quick enough to avoid getting picked on.

From what I was reading, dark feathers mean it’s a roo, but her behavior and the fact that it’s mostly dark brown have me hoping it’s a pullet. I’d also read a few posts with folks talking about how sometimes SF from hatcheries can run dark as well.

Here are some photos from her first explorations of their new chicken run. Thank you for your input!

 

[InterestingChickens]

Too young to sex accurately, post again in a couple of weeks. Looking pullet like though.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

She's a pullet! A male would be much darker

 

[cherrynberry]

She's a pullet! A male would be much darker

Agree with these 2

Too young to sex accurately, post again in a couple of weeks. Looking pullet like though.

 

[Acre4Me]

I say poorly colored pullet. The feathers that are darkest look dark brown, not quite black. We had a sexed male SF, and comb was pretty obvious at 4 weeks, along with black feathers showing up on the chest by 3 weeks old. Yours does not have much color and no wattle growth at 6 weeks.