amanda80l Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Does anyone have any experience sexing Salmon Faverolle chicks? At what age can you tell the difference between them and are there colour differences when they are young? Mine are three weeks old now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Yes it's easy to tell quite early. The girls are pale feathered and the boys are much much darker. Once you get a few wing feathers you should be able to tell... Do you have any pics? I adore favs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 As above, it's very easy The males have quite a lot of black feathering, black on the chest means a boy but I think you could probably tell earlier from wing feathering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda80l Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Thanks for your help. I have uploaded some photos on flickr. Got them last week and they are now 3 weeks old. One is larger than the other. Both seem to have creamy brown wings when they are closed but when you stretch their wings out they have darker feathers underneath which is making me uncertain whether they are boys or girls. No chest feathers year. They are very friendly and are eating out of our hands already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I would say both girlies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Aww, little cutie pies!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda80l Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Thank you! I can breathe a sigh of relief now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 No experience sexing them myself, cute though! They look chunky already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 They look quite girly but I had one that I thought was a girl that turned into a boy last year. The wings can be deceptive, because even the girls have quite dark feathers on them, so to say you can tell them apart by boys having black feathers on their wings isn't strictly true. You'll know for sure when the chest feathers appear. Faverolles are lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
