Blue Favaucana

[Ziphie]

Greetings, have been trying to find out as much as I could about the Favaucana , specifically the Blue Favaucana and I haven't had a ton of luck. Now than my baby is 15 weeks as of this post I am fairly confident she is actually a she I hope that maybe the few pics I have may help out someone else who may be wondering.

Also I encourage anyone who may have one (or several) or even breed their own to add to this as I am certainly no expert on the breed, but have found a real lack of consistent information out there.

As for her general appearance and temperament she seemed to have a bit more of an upright posture that had me guessing as I didn't see that much in the other pullets I have. Maybe that's just her breed or shes really a cockerel hiding behind a small pink comb She is a sweet and friendly bird but is a little skittish. I think that's more on me because I had 25 chicks to divide my time between handling so no one got a ton of attention unlike the first 6 I started with 5 years ago who were super spoiled in comparison. Then at 5 weeks when they moved into the coop it was a bit less.

First few pics were taken at 4 weeks of age then some at 15 weeks. If I knew that I was going to be making this thread I would have been a bit more consistent and taken pictures every week to document her development.

So far that's all I can offer but I hope maybe it can help. Again, I encourage anyone who can add to this to do so, I would also love to learn more.

 

[nminusyplusm]

Here's my blue Favaucana, front left. I got her mostly because I ordered 2 blue EEs and a blue Ameraucana who unfortunately had to be rehomed when it turned out he was a cockerel. I wanted to be able to tell them apart better.

She's very mellow and bigger than the EEs but she started out as the smallest chick and surprisingly she became the flock's alpha early on. She's the hunter of the bunch. Every lizard belongs to her

She has 5 toes and a few feathers on her legs. She lays a very pretty satin finish sage green egg, as I think they all do. Her voice is kind of grating, she sounds like one of Marge Simpson's sisters on laughing gas, and she never shuts up, lol, but I love her.

 

[OhZark Biddies]

For anyone that might be interested here’s a couple pics of a blue 2nd generation Favaucana cockerel from this years hatch. His papa was Favaucana ( 1/2 faverolles & 1/2 Ameraucana) and his mother was full Ameraucana... so he’s 3/4 Ameraucana I guess.

he has a nice light blue cotton candy beard and no leg feathering, and only four toes

 

[Ziphie]

The time has come, she finally layed her first egg (hers is top right)
Looks a lot like my legbars egg (bottom left), I was expecting a bit more green, but still exciting seeing the rainbow of color when checking the nest boxes

 

[Ziphie]

I may be way off here but if I would have to guess I would say the reason the are made is for the green eggs, kinda like the olive egger. Correct me if I am wrong, but wouldn't the olive egger and the easter egger fall in the same catergory? A mutt made for colored eggs?

Real breed of not it would still be nice to know a little more about them, seems like there is a ton of info on easter eggers so why not the favaucana.

 

[nminusyplusm]

Her egg is the one in the middle on the right side.

 

[April Barta]

I wanted to post a couple of my blue fav. She had a rough start but is doing amazing with the other girls. They are just a touch over 4 weeks!

 

[clareite]

First eggs from my Favaucana - the first of my late July-born pullets to start laying. They are a gorgeous pale green!

 

[The Moonshiner]

There's not a lot of info out there about them because they aren't a breed.
All they are is a mix breed with a fancy name and outrageous price tag. As far as I've seen MPC came up with the cross and are probably the only ones selling them.
Faverolles are a neat breed and who doesn't like the Ameraucana with their blue eggs but not seeing a significant reason for crossing the two breeds.
They won't breed true at all so there won't be anyone breeding them except if someone wants to do the same cross themselves and sell the offspring.

 

[Ziphie]

I agree the price is a bit much and if I had the room and ability to hatch my own I would. It's no secret the breeds used to make them. Maybe they will become more common like the olive and easter eggers seem to be, got to start somewhere right?

All I am hoping to do here is to try and help out someone who, like me, is new to the favaucana and is interested in raising them whether they bought them or breed their own.