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Originally Posted by Greg Richardson 

Just an unreal video that was sent to me of people much more brave then I. LOL!

Amazing shots and scenery.

Enjoy!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=EEu42L0ufBY

Awesome video, thanks for sharing. Makes me wonder about the injuries sustained before they perfected their skills!

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 


Thanks to everyone who responded. I'll stick with grower until the babies are 16 weeks then buy layer in bulk; only another month-ish until then!

I've switched from Layer to Flock Raiser and then provide oyster shell and egg shells free-will. I find they eat less food this way. The feed smells better too. If your yard is not gravely, you'd need to add grit as well.

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Originally Posted by Chubby Chicken 

Thanks! Sometimes I have a hard time wondering what the appeal is of meticulously breeding chickens just to match someone else's idea of beauty. What about utility? Personality? What about unique chickens? I think Favacaunas sound awesome, personally. :)

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Originally Posted by UrbanEnthusiast 

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Originally Posted by Chubby Chicken 

 

Thanks! Sometimes I have a hard time wondering what the appeal is of meticulously breeding chickens just to match someone else's idea of beauty. What about utility? Personality? What about unique chickens? I think Favacaunas sound awesome, personally. :)

I think the issue here is with the name "Favaucana"...it's still a mutt.  Just like a "Labradoodle" or a "Puggle" are mutts.  They don't breed true, and frankly, as someone who works in the animal industry, I'm disgusted that the AKC recognizes Labradoodles.  They are Lab / Poodle mixes.  Period.  

A Faverolles x Ameraucana mix is an Easter Egger by definition.  Everyone has their own opinion, clearly.  But instead of making "designer chickens", how about conserving a breed that desperately needs the conservation instead of making more mutts??  JMO...

...And if you want to talk about utility...the Favs were originally bred as a table bird...a lot of people have gotten away from that in the pursuit of the perfect "show bird"...there's very few of us Fav breeders left that breed them for utility AND showing...

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Originally Posted by FirewifeJess 

Flock raiser is much more expensive than layer feed everywhere I've checked. That's why I plan to switch; flock raiser and grower are the same price.

I've been feeding Flock Raiser for a very long time, and have recently switched to Payback's all purpose poultry feed.  It's about $1.50 more per 50# bag, but with the inconsistencies I've been seeing in my Flock Raiser bags, the health and safety of my birds far outweighs that $1.50.  Some of the ingredients that Purina uses come from China, and Purina just had a HUGE animal food recall, luckily Flock Raiser wasn't a part of all that, but between that and what I've been seeing in my bags lately, those were enough reasons for me to switch to a different brand completely....

I won't repeat what my "mutt", the best dog in the history of the planet, had to say about your sentiments. 

About this business of breeding true, what would happen if one were to breed a pair of "Favacaunas"? Just curious.

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Originally Posted by Cloverleaf Farm 

I think the issue here is with the name "Favaucana"...it's still a mutt.  Just like a "Labradoodle" or a "Puggle" are mutts.  They don't breed true, and frankly, as someone who works in the animal industry, I'm disgusted that the AKC recognizes Labradoodles.  They are Lab / Poodle mixes.  Period.  

A Faverolles x Ameraucana mix is an Easter Egger by definition.  Everyone has their own opinion, clearly.  But instead of making "designer chickens", how about conserving a breed that desperately needs the conservation instead of making more mutts??  JMO...

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Originally Posted by UrbanEnthusiast 

 

 

I won't repeat what my "mutt", the best dog in the history of the planet, had to say about your sentiments. 

 

About this business of breeding true, what would happen if one were to breed a pair of "Favacaunas"? Just curious.

 

 

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Originally Posted by Cloverleaf Farm 

I think the issue here is with the name "Favaucana"...it's still a mutt.  Just like a "Labradoodle" or a "Puggle" are mutts.  They don't breed true, and frankly, as someone who works in the animal industry, I'm disgusted that the AKC recognizes Labradoodles.  They are Lab / Poodle mixes.  Period.  

A Faverolles x Ameraucana mix is an Easter Egger by definition.  Everyone has their own opinion, clearly.  But instead of making "designer chickens", how about conserving a breed that desperately needs the conservation instead of making more mutts??  JMO...

Hey, the best dogs I've ever owned are mutts, in fact, one of them is in my yard right now.  I have nothing bad to say about mutt dogs, just have a hard time with people calling them something they are not.  

If you breed two Fav / Ameraucana crosses together, you'll get all sorts of stuff...depending on what color Ams you started with, your feather colors would be all over the place.  Egg color, you'll start getting some blue, some green, some brown egg layers, but mostly green.  Combs would be unpredictable as well.

Oh, and some of the first generation offspring would have feathered legs, some might have 5 toes, so with this next generation, you'd have more of "a little of everything"...