Dangerously stupid?

[LaFleche]

Neither Faverolles nor Polish are dumb.

It is us dumb humans that are breeding them in such ways that the poor birds are left with seriously impaired vision due to overgrowing crests and muffs/beards leaving them almost blind and disoriented. Not to mention the human obsession with the feathered legs/feet and fifth toes which often grow weirdly and hinder them to walk properly.

As soon as I took scissors to my Faverolles trimming back muffs and beards and their foot feathers, they acted very relieved and as if finally able to live a proper chicken life. No more "dumb" behaviour, on the contrary!

I no longer breed or keep them, but they all had a very friendly and curious personality loving to explore and investigate. And even when raised by broodies, they loved interacting with humans.


Thank you for the update @BirdYard

 

[Member 671655]

I raised four chicks last summer, our first brood attempt. Not knowing better, I mixed my beginner flock, two Black Sex Link, two Salmon Faverolles. We had to rehome the BSL, I thought they were simply too aggressive for the Faverolles, after bloodshed that is. I'm wondering now if one of the Faverolles set them off. She's incredibly dumb. The larger and prettier of the two is very different. When pecked, the smarter one went away and found something else to do, the dumb one returned immediately for more. She's also constantly muttering and pacing around, even at the end of the day.
The pretty girl has now gone broody, which I think for a seven month old is unfortunate, or now considering the dummy, is it a response to frustration with her only coop mate?
I'm brooding 6 new Golden Comets - chosen specifically for their disposition. I'm concerned that the dummy will ruin our new girls, or at least pass on her annoying habits. With that presumption, I've prepared my daughter to say goodbye to the runt before we start to introduce the babies in a few months.
Am I being overly prejudice? Has anyone else experienced a toxic element like ours? Am I thinking wrong? I keep trying to imagine how they think and frankly I'm not all that chicken-minded yet.
I suppose what I would like to hear is that these things happen and it's just part of having a flock. Not every chicken works out. Or, maybe chickens aren't annoyed by the things that annoy me and I'm way off.

For their disposition?!?! Yikesssss you have not met my comets. They are the bullies of the yard they even bully my huge ducks by biting them :/

 

[BirdYard]

For their disposition?!?! Yikesssss you have not met my comets. They are the bullies of the yard they even bully my huge ducks by biting them :/

Yes! Some reviews of sellers and keepers rate these as very friendly to humans and low dominance to flock mates. These traits may just be a lottery, but then I may be lucky.
Many of the other forecast qualities are holding true too: loads of eggs, relatively quiet, curious - wander away if not monitored, hearty foragers.
My goals were pretty limited though, they just had to not bully my Faverolles like the black sex link did. And thankfully they don't.