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Yep, that courtship behavior is called 'tidbitting' and occurs in wild poultry fowl as well. Its becoming less common in breeds that have been confined for many generations though. Love the natural behavioral displays of birds!!!

Shipping eggs into the US is not impossible as long as you follow the protocol. Contact your state veterinarian to obtain the proper paperwork so you can find out all the T's to cross and I's to dot. I can't tell you exactly what to do because each state is different. When we looked into...

If you have a lot of four toed offspring, it would be safe to assume that they are probably not purebred Faverolles. The polydactyl gene is incompletely dominant so some offspring may have five toes and some have four, or with four toes on one foot and five on the other. Even with a mating a...

Yes, looks like you got yourself a boy there!!!!

Yes, many other breeders of show quality exhibition birds report that a separate male and female line are necessary to get the best birds. I raise several other breeds and I know many very serious breeders of one or two breeds will have two lines. I have a couple of issues with this breeding...

I have been told that the dark i the beards 'tends to' throw better colored males but I am not certain of this. The dark smut in the beards of the females is very commonly seen in hatchery stock and these birds tend to also be darker than what is wanted. With my Faverolles, I cull any young...

Comparatively to other birds of similar size I have found my Favs lay small egg. I think technically they would probably be classified as a medium sized egg, but they are certainly smaller than my other LF of similar size.

All my breeding pens contain a minimum of 2 males and up to 4 males per colony breeding pen. After selection I usually end up with 12-16 hens for breeders and depending upon the breed will determine if I keep 2, 3, or 4 males in the pen. And when raised together, they will nearly always sort...

As I was saying, there may be some benefits of letting eggs 'settle' but the reconnection of the air bubbles into the air cell is not one of them. Also, every time a hatching egg undergoes a temperature change, embryo mortality increases, every day after the egg is laid, embryo mortality goes...

Actually I have 'heard of' the word Osmosis. It is the movement of a solvent or LIQUID through a semipermeable membrane to balance the contents of the solvents or solutions on both sides of the membrane. Just saying.....

The only problem with this idea is that the air cell at the blunt end of the egg is not just a spot where the air bubbles congregate. When the egg is formed in the oviduct it has no air cell. If you remove a hard shelled egg from the oviduct of a hen it will not have an air cell and as the egg...

I am not sure where the practice of 'letting eggs settle' began but every day you store eggs past the second day post lay, hatchability decreases, even under the best conditions. Scientifically I have no idea what 'settling' is doing for the suspended but developing embryo, but I sure know what...

Quote: So was that "Sorry friend Keith" as a title, or was that "Sorry, friend Keith" with a comma like you were apologizing for calling me a trusty poultry encyclopedia? Haha, just wondering Now you've done it Keith, we have your screen name and know who you are...watch the PM's start...

Quote: So was that "Sorry friend Keith" as a title, or was that "Sorry, friend Keith" with a comma like you were apologizing for calling me a trusty poultry encyclopedia? Haha, just wondering