I have decided to make an article based upon my success with the well-known breed, Faverolle in hopes to help new backyard chicken keeps looking for a friendly breed. I started raising a mixed flock earlier in the year of 2016. Not my first flock, but my first flock involving a bearded and feather-legged breed such as Faverolle.
I didn't know what to expect, I've learned through life when raising chickens that even though a breed may be rated, an individual bird has their own characteristics.
Temperament is one of the trickiest challenges of chicken math, and for sure, can be aimed in the right direction... But are always unpredictable.
Anyways, to get back onto this topic of the breed itself... I was unsure what to expect when getting Faverolles. Would they be docile? Would they be aggressive or picked on? Would they be hardy in the cold and/or hot? Would they be easy to care for? All these thoughts going through my brain.
Finally... Pickup day. Heading to the postal office... I was still thinking! Driving them home while I'm holding them tight in the passenger seat, all I could hear where the little tweets. And looking through the ventilation holes on this quite small cardboard box... the three french hens of my own stood.
The second I arrived at home and safely opened the box... I knew I'd like them. They were the most energetic things I have ever seen! Running around the brooder with no worries to the world... they were precious.
As the temps had dropped overnight... They huddled together under a little red light, along with the other breeds. No matter how much they toppled over each other as chicks and played around, they were like triplet sisters in poultry world!
So now I have these tree remarkable hens of whom are very docile, talkative, good layers, cold hardy, happy, healthy... I'd suggest them! One of my favorite breeds!
Agnes will walk up to me and start a rant about an egg she laid or wants millet, sitting next to me and looking up at me. Trixie, roaming by the water bowl and Charlotte broody with a Speckled Sussex in the same box.
I didn't know what to expect, I've learned through life when raising chickens that even though a breed may be rated, an individual bird has their own characteristics.
Temperament is one of the trickiest challenges of chicken math, and for sure, can be aimed in the right direction... But are always unpredictable.
Anyways, to get back onto this topic of the breed itself... I was unsure what to expect when getting Faverolles. Would they be docile? Would they be aggressive or picked on? Would they be hardy in the cold and/or hot? Would they be easy to care for? All these thoughts going through my brain.
Finally... Pickup day. Heading to the postal office... I was still thinking! Driving them home while I'm holding them tight in the passenger seat, all I could hear where the little tweets. And looking through the ventilation holes on this quite small cardboard box... the three french hens of my own stood.
Sleepy Charlotte, shown in the photo below.
The second I arrived at home and safely opened the box... I knew I'd like them. They were the most energetic things I have ever seen! Running around the brooder with no worries to the world... they were precious.
As the temps had dropped overnight... They huddled together under a little red light, along with the other breeds. No matter how much they toppled over each other as chicks and played around, they were like triplet sisters in poultry world!
Trixie, shown below.
Sure enough... brooding took place a few months later. Agnes, Charlotte and Trixie had all went broody at different times, then at once, then again separately. Most farms prefer non-broody breeds such as Production reds... but I have enough hens for eggs and am not running a business.
So now I have these tree remarkable hens of whom are very docile, talkative, good layers, cold hardy, happy, healthy... I'd suggest them! One of my favorite breeds!
Agnes, shown in thy photograph below.
Agnes will walk up to me and start a rant about an egg she laid or wants millet, sitting next to me and looking up at me. Trixie, roaming by the water bowl and Charlotte broody with a Speckled Sussex in the same box.
