I am just hatching a clutch of salmon favoerollies from eggs i won on e bay.They 1st 3 to hatch look like they are supposed to cute lil yellow fuzzies with an extra toe then chick number 4 hatches and i say hummmm who are you?this lil chick looks just like the other chicks as far as the features go even the exta toe but its black!!! Has anyone ever had this happen? Would it be a mix of some sort or can you get another color varieation from the salmons?
another shot of the 4
These were the parents shown on e bay.
Well I see black in that roo, not familiar with the breed so I don't know? I'll wait for the expersts...Hay
Your black chick is a rooster. Look on Feather Site.
I had "Salmon Faverolles" that turned out to be "Mahogany Faverolle"...but the feathersite article does say that people are working on other colours including black and buff:
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Favs/BRKFaverolles.html
That is the site i was looking at earlier but if you look at the bottom of that page it shows the diffrences between males and females they are both born yellow and males develope color within a couple of weeks in the wings.Im wondering if its like a blue or a black but would that color come frm the salmon color? I guess im more worried that i might have got mixes and sold to me as salmon.I would love it if it ends up a blue or something as long as it isent a mix of breeds.
I have two baby chicks that just come and they are faverolle,a lady was ordering and she orderd those for me,can`t wait to get them to my house.
Im really excited too they seem like sweet birds.Im plannin on spoiling them!I ended up with 4 of the 6 so far ill give the eggs a little while tho cause these are actually early.I think i might buy some tiny fans for the incubators this year.Im sure that will solve the temp and humidity problems.
Ok better pics now.they are alomost dry.What lil cuties.
another
and the one lil duckling that hached with them.We had just gotten our first ducks and it was still cold at night so This ended up being the only good egg out of 5.I think its a peking or runner.
last one for now.
Cute lil' babies! I bet the dark one is a roo! I think the pullets would all be light.
