Chicken Breed Focus - Fayoumi

[Cjsgnn]

Good luck with your EFs! Hope you'll post photos in the spring. They'll love free ranging and their screeches will make it sound like you live millions of years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth. If you have close neighbors, be sure to drop off some earplugs and fresh eggs to keep their good will lol.

@microchick is breeding EFs with other resistant breeds to raise Mareks resistant chickens with success. I also think that with good biosecurity, etc., you may never develop Mareks in your flock. Mareks came to our flock through an unethical local breeder who knowingly sold infected chicks.

I do find it interesting that prestigious universities have been studying the Egyptian for you for all of their protection from common poultry diseases not just Marek's. And even though she does sound like a pterodactyl most of the time she is so much fun and for the personality.

 

[Krisitne]

Good luck with your EFs! Hope you'll post photos in the spring. They'll love free ranging and their screeches will make it sound like you live millions of years ago when dinosaurs roamed the earth. If you have close neighbors, be sure to drop off some earplugs and fresh eggs to keep their good will lol.

@microchick is breeding EFs with other resistant breeds to raise Mareks resistant chickens with success. I also think that with good biosecurity, etc., you may never develop Mareks in your flock. Mareks came to our flock through an unethical local breeder who knowingly sold infected chicks.

lol this ought one be interesting. Part of the reason I want them is because they are loud though

 

[feather13]

lol this ought one be interesting. Part of the reason I want them is because they are loud though

Hahahaha... you will definitely get your wish! They are beautiful agile birds that will either scare off predators with their bloodcurdling screams or will be able to fly away to escape.

 

[Krisitne]

Hahahaha... you will definitely get your wish! They are beautiful agile birds that will either scare off predators with their bloodcurdling screams or will be able to fly away to escape.

Jeez, I watched a video of them. Just wow!! They will definitely let you know that they are there!

 

[microchick]

A little off topic but you have to remember that when dealing with Marek's, bio security only goes so far. The disease is transported in on dander shed by other birds, either wild or domestic that are carrying the disease. It's in the wind and the wind is...well...everywhere. you cannot stop it from blowing across your property and carrying with it any old disease potential that it wants to.

I read a lot about it and had a chill when it dawned on me just how prevalent Marek's is and how impossible it is to keep it away from your flock.

Marek's is everywhere. And while resistant doesn't mean immune, it means well, resistant. Which is the good thing about Fayoumi genetics. Oh sure, any bird can get Marek's disease and don't kid yourself. Your flock has been exposed. The key is with whether or not your birds have built up resistance to the strain of the disease is in your area.

I would love to read the studies they have been doing trying to figure out why Fayoumis are resistant to MD. One thing I did read was the speculation that the birds, as a breed, are more closely related to wild fowl than domesticated and specialized breeds of chickens are. I haven't read about jungle fowl being more or less susceptible which would be interesting to look up.

 

[feather13]

Jeez, I watched a video of them. Just wow!! They will definitely let you know that they are there!

The videos don't even begin to capture the earsplitting sounds those birds make! They scream when someone else is laying an egg, when they want out of the coop, when they're roaming around the neighborhood, and for no reason at all. Yours will be screaming about the cold weather haha. I love our surviving Skinny Legend, but am embarrassed that the neighbors might think we're chicken abusers

 

[gimmie birdies]

My husband says if we move to AZ I can have these.

 

[Krisitne]

The videos don't even begin to capture the earsplitting sounds those birds make! They scream when someone else is laying an egg, when they want out of the coop, when they're roaming around the neighborhood, and for no reason at all. Yours will be screaming about the cold weather haha. I love our surviving Skinny Legend, but am embarrassed that the neighbors might think we're chicken abusers

Omg...my Silkies are tame...like super tame! I think they would be like...WTF did you move in to our peaceful coop??

 

[BleuSaphir]

Fayoumi are not the only breed from Egypt resistant to the Marek disease. Dandarawi fowl are also quite resistant to the disease.

 

[Krisitne]

Yikes...watching another video is making me re-think! They r cool but I really think they might stress my Silkies out too much. I love the idea of having something to make noise against predators but ...holy smokes! Lol