Self blue is different from blue. Blue looks like fluffy bottom bantams blue, self blue is lighter, and the 'self' in it means there is no varying shades of blue. The plumage should be almost or all the same color. I have a self blue silkie and a blue silkie that look so different.
I just got two salmon favorolles yesterday! I think ones a roo and the other a pullet. I hope they grow up two be as pretty as those birds. Sorry for your loss, PolishAllTheWay. Still, how ironic!
My Rosecomb Nankin cock, Nathaniel. He is three years old. The color of Nankins should be black tailed red-Nankin, the males having black flight feathers and tail, and females having only partly black tail, with red/cinnomon wings.