Faverolles Thread - Page 992

I've only been a faverolles "mom" for 6 weeks now, but I'm in love with these guys!  I bought my 6 LF salmon faverolles as SR from Estes Hatchery.  (Hindsight being 20/20, I would have looked for a breeder.  BUT -- these guys are super sweet and I'm only looking for eggs at this point.  No showing or breeding!!)  Out of the 6, four are definitely pullets.  However one of the girls has yellow (!) legs now.  Has regular SF coloring, 5 toes, muff/beard, etc. but obviously "something" must be lurking in her background!  LOL.  I'm completely stumped by the remaining 2 chicks though.  I posted to the breed/gender thread to see if anyone has any ideas, but thought I'd come straight to the experts for their opinions.

Quiz

Puzzle

So, are these two roos or just VERY poorly colored pullets?

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Originally Posted by Cloverleaf Farm 

It's hard to tell on beard at this age, because they tend to lose it for a while during this stage.  Did she have much beard fluff as a chick?  Her toes look decent from what I can see, there is some webbing there, but they don't appear to be fused.  She has a lot of color in her chest though... 

she had very poofy cheeks as a baby

A topic of discussion on the British Faverolles Society FB page has been egg size.  So, I decided to weigh some eggs today, after collecting a particularly large egg...

The pullet eggs I collected today were around 53-58 grams.  The average hen eggs I've been saving this week are 65-69 grams.  The monster egg I collected today was 90 grams!  (I'll be cracking it open later to see if it is indeed a double yolker)

How big are your eggs?

i haven't weighed mine but my one hen lays smaller eggs than most of my other LF breeds...

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Originally Posted by Cloverleaf Farm 

A topic of discussion on the British Faverolles Society FB page has been egg size.  So, I decided to weigh some eggs today, after collecting a particularly large egg...

 

The pullet eggs I collected today were around 53-58 grams.  The average hen eggs I've been saving this week are 65-69 grams.  The monster egg I collected today was 90 grams!  (I'll be cracking it open later to see if it is indeed a double yolker)

 

How big are your eggs?

Ha Ha! Love the names!!  Puzzle is a boy.  Quiz might be a REALLY dark (almost Mahogany) pullet, but I'm guess is going to turn into a boy on you as well.  The boys change A LOT from the time they are this age until they are done. ;)

i guess i'm thinking the opposite. they look like off colored pullets to me. the color in the primaries (long wingtip feathers) are looking all salmon. if they were going to be cockerels i would think they would have white on the leading edge and more black towards the trailing edge of each primary feather.

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Originally Posted by Cloverleaf Farm 

Ha Ha! Love the names!!  Puzzle is a boy.  Quiz might be a REALLY dark (almost Mahogany) pullet, but I'm guess is going to turn into a boy on you as well.  The boys change A LOT from the time they are this age until they are done. ;)

i guess i'm thinking the opposite. they look like off colored pullets to me. the color in the primaries (long wingtip feathers) are looking all salmon. if they were going to be cockerels i would think they would have white on the leading edge and more black towards the trailing edge of each primary feather.