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I forgot to mention, the reason they are not widely known for their laying ability is because they tend to set after laying 50 - 75 eggs. They are well known for their mothering abilities and I have read that they will even steal other hens babies and accept new babies. I hope to bring back some...

here is a link to Peter Merlin's definition of the Faverolles, a very well researched and written piece: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Favs/BRKFaverolles.html

This is from the Dorking club website... I hope no one minds my sharing it here: General Characteristics The Dorking Fowl The Dorking is one of the most ancient of all domesticated races of poultry. It was brought to Great Britain by the Romans with Julius Caesar, but was known and...

They are true dual purpose birds,I have seen the egg average per year vary widely on different web sources. The least I have seen is 100 per year and the max I have seen is 200 per year, I figure they are probably somewhere between those numbers.This line has been culled to a standard of large...

never mind it didn't work... here is the link where the image came from: http://www.ponypuzzle.com/Music/rainbow.html

Just for fun, here is the ^ character I named my original fav banty roo after

Honored to have you along for the ride =D

I also should tell everyone that I post under 2 names here; Cape Cod Chicky and Sandiklaws. I lost my password and got very impatient and now have 2 user names , since my computer remembers them both I will be posting under whichever one it feels like having me be at a given time but it will...

I thought it might be a good idea to let everyone know why I decided to take on this obviously decades long project. I had a banty fav years ago that I bought at an auction, I had no idea what he was at the time (we are going back to pre-internet here), and he was one of the nicest birds I have...

The Dorkings I am using for my project have been bred for utility not show, this was one of the reasons I went with Yellow House for my Dorking source. These Dorkings are a bit longer in leg, and have some straight comb and colored (similar to the faverolles color) behind them. It will...

Quote: I have moved the turkey hen in with my chickens so he can have her coop to himself for a week, he will be able tohear them and it is not what I would consider far enough away from the others to be truly quarenteened, but it is the best I can do. I do have a mostly fenced yard, and will...

Hi all, I am having a nearly grown tom shipped to me from quite a distance, from Minnesota to Massachusetts. Anyone have any experiences shipping grown birds that they want to share? Any tips? Warnings? I have a lovely girlfriend waiting for him who I hope will become quite fond of him right...