meezers Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 At least I'm 95% certain she's a girl. Seems most people on the net don't sex salmon favs until they are 2 or 3 weeks old, mine are 7-9 days.But I've been quietly confident for 4 days now that one of the chicks is a girl.When she came out of the coop this morning , her litle wing feathers were very obviously brown, think the colour has come in overnight Out of the other 2 favs, I think one is a boy,can't see much colour, the feathers are stubby, but there is one long , mainly black feather on each wing, different to the girl, so assuming it's a boy. Little one who was late to hatch is still getting it's feathers through, fingers crossed it will be a girl, would hate to have to eat it several months down the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Have you got any pics? I've got two 4 week salmon fav chicks and I'm optimistically hoping both are girls. They both look pretty brown but one is more feathered than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 I haven't got any photos yet, can't hold chicks, spread wings and hold camera at same time , and Muppet is not impressed when I pick nup her babies, so I haven't tried again I did find a picture on this site that might help you , you have to scroll right to the bottom of the page for a pic of 2 week old salmon favs http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Favs/BRKFaverolles.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 That's the very pic that's confusing me. While one does look a bit darker than the other, it's nothing like as different as in those pics. I think one of mine is definitely a girl as her chest has come through lovely and pale, but the other looks a bit darker but has no chest feathering to speak of yet. I would say it's definately not black feathering though. Guess I wait and see! Fingers crossed for your girly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 Right, I've got pics, not very good ones though, I couldn't hold the wing and focus the camera with one hand, but it will give you an idea of what I'm seeing. This is the one I think is a girl, when the wing is open it's just white, brown and a little grey. This one I thought was more likely a boy, going by the black on the 2 longer feathers,but when the wing is opened it has mainly grey with a sprinkle of brown, the only black is on those two feathers Can girls have some black on them ? Any ideas anyone ? The littlest one who I really want to be a girl has the diddest little feathers that when opened are all black I know I should wait a few more days as they are only 7-9 days old . Most people seem to sex theirs at 2-3 weeks, so I'm just being impatient, but I want to know NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Sad update **here** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
