sexing salmon faverolles--still confused (update)

[SweetMissDaisy]

Beautiful birds! I have six eggs (or is it 8?) in the bator hopefully hatching by the end of the week! Can't WAIT!

 

[cici_p]

Wow thanks for all the help. So it sounds like I can

for a female a little bit longer. . .

 

[BarkerChickens]

Several of my SF girls had black coming in on their feathers at first as well. After about week and a half, the black turned to more of a gray color. Also, their "black" wasn't as distinct as the black on my boys' wings. Their feathers were nearly jet black with some brown at about 1.5 weeks. Around 2 weeks, you will clearly see a difference between the male and female coloring. Don't worry yet!

You can start to panic at 2 weeks if the little one's wings are primarily black. By 2 weeks, the girls wings are soft tan, cream and gray.

 

[ChickenMama09]

We got a Salmon Faverolle as a freebie "exotic" chick with our order from Mcmurray. It started out yellowish color but had a small black patch on it's middle of the back. After a few weeks it started to get black feathers and it has turned out to be a male so we most likely arent going to keep him but he is definitely a different looking bird. Good luck.

 

[lunatic]

I picked up a chick a few days old that was all blonde except for a black spot on the tip of each wing and the middle of her back. I was told about the sexing thing and that she might end up being a he. Well now that chick is almost 4 weeks old and has a ton of brown feathers with hardly a hint of black and I'm pretty sure she is going to lay me some eggs in a few more months!

Long story short: you just can't tell at this age. I think most hatchery chicks are kind of mutts to some extent. Perhaps the coloring of the chicks rule only applies to breeder stock / show birds. (IMO)

 

[chickenguysmom]

Here is a picture of our SF Rooster Disco (may he rest in peace). The first one is when he was an itty-bitty baby.

And the older pictures are about 4 weeks old (I am guessing). The other hen is an EE the same age. You can see his wings tips are salmon but the def. give-away would be the black chest feathers. Hope that helps.

 

[pinkchick]

Here are a couple of photo's from my latest hatch. They are two weeks old tomorrow.

Cockeral

Pullet

Parents

 

[hyzenthlay]

I have a SF chick now that I think is a pullet--she is 3 weeks old now, and I can show you her picture progression. I have lots of pics, so if you want to see a different angle of something, let me know. I have a question, though, too--is she going to get lighter? She seems much darker than an adult should be (but not as dark as a roo), right? She is from Meyer Hatchery.

Here she is at 1 day:

1 week (with my 2 week old EE and SLW):

2 weeks:

3 weeks:

 

[Chickndaddy]

Yes, she is a little girl.

Hyzenthlay...did you get that name from Watership Down?

 

[hyzenthlay]

Awesome, thanks.

I was pretty sure, but I still don't know if it's normal for her feathers to be so dark brown at this age. Pinkchick's pullet pic is so much paler, and that's what I was expecting. I know hatchery stock can be off, of course, but still, I'm a bit surprised.

And yes, my screen name is from Watership Down, very good! I'm a fan of the book.