Chicken Breed Focus - Faverolles

[April0617]

Mine at 6 months started slowly laying.

She started about 2 weeks after I posted this question Quite the overachiever, it's a rare day that I don't have an egg from her!

 

[CallMeMealworm]

The Faverolles is a French breed of chicken, developed in the 1860s near the village Faverolles from whence it took its name. Faverolles are known to have quiet and docile temperaments. Their good nature makes them an excellent choice for the backyard flock owner and they are popular as pets for children. Their excellent temperament combined with their production capabilities, has also seen them becoming popular with small flock owners looking for a gentle dual purpose breed. Their gentle nature does make them prone to being bullied by aggressive breeds though and they do best in flocks with other quiet breeds of similar temperaments. The males are said to make extremely quiet roosters.

They are quite unusual in appearance in that they have five toes and feathered shanks, as well as being heavily bearded and muffed, and their most popular color Salmon, is a color pattern which is exclusive to the Faverolles. Salmon colored birds have the females appearing a lightly colored pinkish wheaten and white, compared to the males which are a striking combination of black, gold and straw color, both have slate colored underfluff.

Many different breeds were used in developing the Faverolles, including the Houdan, Brahma and Dorking. They were originally bred to be a dual purpose production breed, and it is still fairly early maturing, quite winter hardy, an excellent table bird and the hens are good layers of large tinted eggs, especially in the winter. In the early 1900’s Faverolles were producing most of the eggs for the Paris, France market.

The Favorolles was imported into the US in the early 1900’s and is a very popular show bird today, both in standard and bantam sizes. They come in a number of colors, including the best known Salmon, White, Buff, Cuckoo and Blue among others.

It was recognized by the APA in 1914.
It is on The Livestock Conservancy's Threatened list.

Details:
Breed purpose: Dual Purpose.
Comb Type: Single.
Broodiness: Average, good mothers.
Climate Tolerance: Hardy, cold tolerant.
Weight: 8 lbs roosters, 6 lbs hens
Egg Productivity: Good / 160+ eggs year.
Egg Size: Large
Egg Color: Tinted


BYC Breed reviews:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/faverolles

General breed discussions & FAQ thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/268082/faverolles-thread/0_20

A Pictures & Stories Of My chickens thread about a special Faverolles:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/563302/derperella-the-weird-faverolles-friends/0_20



Favorelles hen, picture @appps



Favorelles Rooster & Hen, picture @jimnjay



Favorelles hens, picture @hcammack



Favorelles rooster, picture @comerspoultry



Favorelles rooster, picture @pfmerlin



Favorelles rooster, picture @pfmerlin


Favorelles Chicks, picture @Cloverleaf Farm


Do you own Favorelles? Are you a Favorelles breeder? If so, please reply to this thread with the your thoughts and experiences, including:

· What made you decide to get this breed?
· Do you own them for fun? Breeding? Some other purpose?
· What are your favorite characteristics about this breed?
· Post some pics of your birds; male/female, chicks, eggs, etc!

We have a bunch of other awesome breed-focus threads for you to enjoy. You can see all of them here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-breed-focus-project.975504/

Helloooooo any fav people here?

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Our Favs enjoying the treats our parrots drop to

the ground.

 

[Chickassan]

Hiiii!

Helloooooo any fav people here?

 

[Miami Leghorn]

Our Faverolles enjoying the occasional treats dropped by our parrots each day.

 

[Chickassan]

Feeding the rooster.

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Great thread. We don’t see many favorelles around here. Thanks, now I want some

 

[Winter Creek Coop]

Feeding the rooster.

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Cool looking roo!

 

[deidreg]

Great thread. We don’t see many favorelles around here. Thanks, now I want some

They're awesome! Fluffy, chatty, and hilarious.

 

[Miami Leghorn]

They're awesome! Fluffy, chatty, and hilarious.

Yes they are chatty.☺