Egyptian Fayoumis Thread!

[JimArcher]

How does this local breeder sex Fayoumi chicks? I am interested. As far as I know, the down color is the same in both sexes and comb is too small to be of any use.

 

[JimArcher]

I doubt any chicken can help you if you have coyotes coming into your land. Guinea hens are great at announcing anything out of the ordinary. Geese also.

 

[attimus]

I doubt any chicken can help you if you have coyotes coming into your land. Guinea hens are great at announcing anything out of the ordinary. Geese also. 

. Have a gamefowl rooster that will stand off a coyote. Its happened twice that I've been around for, possibly more.

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

He is a large-scale breeder, so I'm guessing he knows how to vent sex. He does not claim to offer show quality birds, more like a really nice hatchery that serves local chicken folks and doesn't ship anything. He has a lot of breeds, some fancier than others. He sells $3 sexlinks, $4 EEs, so that's a nice resource for local backyard fanciers.

 

[attimus]

He is a large-scale breeder, so I'm guessing he knows how to vent sex. He does not claim to offer show quality birds, more like a really nice hatchery that serves local chicken folks and doesn't ship anything. He has a lot of breeds, some fancier than others. He sells $3 sexlinks, $4 EEs, so that's a nice resource for local backyard fanciers.

go for it. If he's wrong maybe he'll give you a new chick or two. Can't be more then a few bucks themselves.

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

He hasn't listed any prices yet for Fayoumis chicks, but his Facebook page says he's hatching them on 4/8. His sexed chicks cost anywhere from $3 to $17 each, so I'm hoping Fayoumis are at the low end!

 

[Chicken-Eye]

If I cross a Fayoumi with another breed, will it have resistance to disease?

 

[familypendragon]

You may have to wait a bit.  Fayoumis are pretty seasonal egg layers.  Mine quit over a month ago.  Most of mine lay an egg that barely tips small on my egg scale.

I didn't see if anyone ever posted a pic for this... but I do have one old picture of a bunch eggs from the breeds I used to have. You can see the Fayoumis egg on the chart too. (This is a very old pic - I don't have most of these breeds now.)

 

[JimArcher]

I don't think anyone can answer that because no studies have been done.

 

[Chicken-Eye]

Are there such things as golden laced Fayoumis or only silver ones?