These girls are my favorite. They are very reliable layers thus far. They are the friendliest of my flock. They follow you around like little puppies. They are also the best with our children, letting them handle them hand feed them etc.
The only draw back is that with the exception of one SF hen with attitude, they are the bottom of the pecking order and they are easily picked on.
We have three salmon faverolles. Super sweet! And fantastic with the rest of our city "farm" (our Great Pyr. Mix and Shepherd Mix ... and HUGE cat). They're very good winter layers (we get at least two eggs/day). Very friendly. They like to follow us around the yard and come when they're called (craziness, I know). Not aggressive in the least and very smart (almost expressive). My only complaint is that we didn't get more!!
My favie Ichabod is around 9 months old, and still doesn't look close to laying! But that's just fine by me. She is a doll! Why Ichabod? Well, I can thank my dad for that name...she has so much cheek fluff that from the back (and even from the front at times), she looks headless...much like Ichabod Crane from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow 
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She is so darling and quirky, and just so darned adorable looking! If you want a sweet, quite bird with tons of personality and good looks, Salmon Faverolles are for you!
I have had salmon faverolles since May of 2010, and they quickly surpassed my love for all my previous breeds. I started with bantams, because that is what I found first, and have recently acquired three salmon LF pullets. Although the LF are still warming up to me, the bantams are wonderful, full of personality and a joy to watch. They are the most calm when being held, and tend to follow me around in the run. The rooster is the most spectacular of all the roosters I have seen, IMHO.
Unfortunately, their docile nature entices the other birds to pick on them, which is why I'll will have a flock of faverolles in their own section in the future. I highly recommend them as a first breed for young children, because of their gentleness.
The faverolles from the hatchery are quite different from the truebred birds available from breeders - they are worth the wait and the cost, as is true of virtually every purebred fowl.
I have four Favs in my GP, and love them for their friendly, hang-out-with-you personalities. They are my husband's favorites, because they always come "help" him whenever he has something to work on in the chicken coop/yard. They stand around at his feet supervising and offering advice.
I would have lots more, except the GP chickens are for producing eating eggs, and while they are good layers, their eggs are much smaller than the others. I will still always keep some, though...they add a lot to the group.
As others have mentioned, they are not at all assertive, so if you have them in with other breeds make sure you have several Favs so they can stick together. They are very docile.
I think it's awesome how goofy they look. I guess the quirkiness in them calls to me :) Definitely want one.
My faverolles are wonderful pet chickens! They are sweet, and love to hop into my lap for a snuggle. One of my faverolles named Derperella has won the heart of everyone she's ever met, online and off! These would make great pets for children as my favs have never been aggressive nor have they tried to bite/peck. They love to shove their heads into my arms for a snuggle and often take a nap like that.
Because of their docile nature, in a mixed flock my faverolles are at the bottom of the pecking order, and don't at all stand up for themselves. The others will push them off of food and sometimes this gets bad enough that I have to feed my favs separately.
My birds were also very winter hardy, and hardly seemed to notice the cold at all when my other birds were fluffed and trying to stay warm. On the flip side, my faverolles always seem to be the first to be panting when it gets warmer, and they seem to overheat the fastest.
If egg production is important to you, they do lay, but the eggs are small and they are not 'egg machines' like some of the other popular breeds. I get on average 3-4 eggs per week out of each hen.
I love these birds. The rooster is so colorful and docile, and the hens are very friendly and sweet. They werent the best of layers, but they weren't the worst. I would average 10 eggs a week between the 2 hens when they were laying. They were medium tinted eggs. I love their poofy cheeks and beards. They crack me up. They are very quirky, curious, funny girls. Mr. Fluffers has been a wonderful rooster. He's the first I have ever had and maybe I just got lucky. But I don't think so. He's very good to his girls. He doesn't hurt them during mounting and calls them when he finds treats. I've seen him walking around, making the come here noise, with a treat in his mouth looking for them to share. He even defends them against the neighbors rooster. I have no aggression issues with him towards my small children either. He does not however like one of my silkie hens, and I have caught him being mean to her. So now I keep the silkies in a separate coop now just to protect the one.
Over all I give them top marks. I can't wait to get even more.
I keep the salmon variety and just enjoy having them because of how different they are. 5th toe is always a conversation starter.
In my experience they have always been friendly and a nice addition to my flocks.
I have 3 faverolles, and I'm glad I have 3 so they can stick together. As I add to my flock, I think I'll be concerned about these girls being at the bottom of the pecking order. They are very quiet, very sweet, and completely nonaggressive. Not my smartest birds, they follow my Delaware around and let her show them where to go. Great for children, though more shy than friendly. They'd rather run away from my kids than come up and beg for a snack. The only big con: though they lay very well (4-5 times a week) the eggs are medium-sized so I don't use them to bake with. Three of their eggs equals two large in a recipe.
