Faverolles Thread!

[Silkie Princess]

What color are they? If they are salmon girls will be tannish and boys will have some black eventually.

Salmon

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Salmon

Oh yeah I did not even see thread title

 

[jBabychickn]

The Salmon Faverolles thread!

All Salmon Faverolle owners come and say hi!

I heard people say they are dumb- they certainly are NOT! Being at the bottom of the pecking order does not necessarily mean they are dumb!

If you don't have any positive things to say about them please don't reply

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II have one Salmon Faverolles chick named Peanut and I love it so far! It is an amazing, curious and funny chick!

Hi there, Fellow SF owners: This is my first flock; therefore, my first winter with them.

I have Five SF girls and One roo. (I just adore him; He’s GORGEOUS and, of course, he knows it too! Ha!) I also have Three jubilee orpingtons and One roo of that breed as well. (He’s just as GORGEOUS, and Omigosh- he REALLY knows it! )

My Questions are about Winter Laying and Coming into Lay. I’d love to hear about anyones experiences with these wonderful Faverolles and how they usually come into Lay and how they do thru Winters specifically.

Since mine were born in Late June, they will be 6mos in Mid-Dec, so I don’t have a clue on when to expect eggs. What signs could I look for? We just installed their nesting boxes and put ceramic eggs in there. I noticed that they have been in there because the nesting pads are really “fluffed up”. Also, I think I’ve seen them “squatting”? I went to pet one the other day and she just sat dawn/laid down. I’ve never seen them do that before. Also, the Roos are starting to try to mate with them. They aren’t successful, I don’t think; because they aren’t really able to hop on. LOL!

My neighbor, an ol’ salt of the earth fella in his retirement from the army, has several mixed-breed chickens, told me not to expect any eggs at all until Spring. He didn’t bother to ask me what breed of chickens I had or anything tho, he was just set in his ways that it wouldn’t happen over the winter.

We’re in Western Kentucky and it gets dark around 5pm and the sun comes up around 6:30am. I don’t use any light in the coop but they have a huge window that gets full sun throughout the day, plus they have their outdoor run, but thats covered with a large greenhouse tarp for the winter, so it only gets sun from one direction right now. However, I am able to let them free range everyday for around 3hrs before they go in to their coop for the night.

Any shared stories would be enormously appreciated!! BYC is my only chicken-community to communicate and to correspond with, so every post is amazing!!
Thanks!

 

[jBabychickn]

I LOVE faverolles!!!!
My absolute favourite!! here are some of mine

They are ALL so gorgeous!!!

 

[jBabychickn]

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Omigosh!!! Just adorable! I never knew of a sF without muff/beard…That’s amazing! LOL!

 

[Silkie Princess]

Hi there, Fellow SF owners: This is my first flock; therefore, my first winter with them.

I have Five SF girls and One roo. (I just adore him; He’s GORGEOUS and, of course, he knows it too! Ha!) I also have Three jubilee orpingtons and One roo of that breed as well. (He’s just as GORGEOUS, and Omigosh- he REALLY knows it! )

My Questions are about Winter Laying and Coming into Lay. I’d love to hear about anyones experiences with these wonderful Faverolles and how they usually come into Lay and how they do thru Winters specifically.

Since mine were born in Late June, they will be 6mos in Mid-Dec, so I don’t have a clue on when to expect eggs. What signs could I look for? We just installed their nesting boxes and put ceramic eggs in there. I noticed that they have been in there because the nesting pads are really “fluffed up”. Also, I think I’ve seen them “squatting”? I went to pet one the other day and she just sat dawn/laid down. I’ve never seen them do that before. Also, the Roos are starting to try to mate with them. They aren’t successful, I don’t think; because they aren’t really able to hop on. LOL!

My neighbor, an ol’ salt of the earth fella in his retirement from the army, has several mixed-breed chickens, told me not to expect any eggs at all until Spring. He didn’t bother to ask me what breed of chickens I had or anything tho, he was just set in his ways that it wouldn’t happen over the winter.

We’re in Western Kentucky and it gets dark around 5pm and the sun comes up around 6:30am. I don’t use any light in the coop but they have a huge window that gets full sun throughout the day, plus they have their outdoor run, but thats covered with a large greenhouse tarp for the winter, so it only gets sun from one direction right now. However, I am able to let them free range everyday for around 3hrs before they go in to their coop for the night.

Any shared stories would be enormously appreciated!! BYC is my only chicken-community to communicate and to correspond with, so every post is amazing!!
Thanks!

I'm not an expert but I think they should. @LadiesAndJane what do you think?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Hi there, Fellow SF owners: This is my first flock; therefore, my first winter with them.

I have Five SF girls and One roo. (I just adore him; He’s GORGEOUS and, of course, he knows it too! Ha!) I also have Three jubilee orpingtons and One roo of that breed as well. (He’s just as GORGEOUS, and Omigosh- he REALLY knows it! )

My Questions are about Winter Laying and Coming into Lay. I’d love to hear about anyones experiences with these wonderful Faverolles and how they usually come into Lay and how they do thru Winters specifically.

Since mine were born in Late June, they will be 6mos in Mid-Dec, so I don’t have a clue on when to expect eggs. What signs could I look for? We just installed their nesting boxes and put ceramic eggs in there. I noticed that they have been in there because the nesting pads are really “fluffed up”. Also, I think I’ve seen them “squatting”? I went to pet one the other day and she just sat dawn/laid down. I’ve never seen them do that before. Also, the Roos are starting to try to mate with them. They aren’t successful, I don’t think; because they aren’t really able to hop on. LOL!

My neighbor, an ol’ salt of the earth fella in his retirement from the army, has several mixed-breed chickens, told me not to expect any eggs at all until Spring. He didn’t bother to ask me what breed of chickens I had or anything tho, he was just set in his ways that it wouldn’t happen over the winter.

We’re in Western Kentucky and it gets dark around 5pm and the sun comes up around 6:30am. I don’t use any light in the coop but they have a huge window that gets full sun throughout the day, plus they have their outdoor run, but thats covered with a large greenhouse tarp for the winter, so it only gets sun from one direction right now. However, I am able to let them free range everyday for around 3hrs before they go in to their coop for the night.

Any shared stories would be enormously appreciated!! BYC is my only chicken-community to communicate and to correspond with, so every post is amazing!!
Thanks!

Your old timer friend may be right. The problem is number of daylight hours. For maximum production, the commercial producers provide about 14 hours of light a day. However, hens kept in these conditions frequently are only kept in production one year. We backyard keepers typically don't want our hens to burn out that fast, so we let nature take its course and allow them a winter break. I don't expect much in the way of eggs till early March. My pullets should actually be old enough to start laying by mid-January, but I'll be flabbergasted if I actually start seeing eggs that early! I guess time will tell.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

I have 3 SFs, Nikki, Santa, and Coco. I got them last summer when they were 5mo, so they’re a little sketchy around people. But I’ve been making progress on taming them! Nikki and Coco will come up to me and let me pet them, providing I give them snacks afterwards. XD
They’re going to turn 2yo sometime in late December/early January.
Coco:

Nikki:

And Santa. I don’t have many good pics of her since she’s so sketchy, but this is one of my favorites : P

And then here they all are as little clay figurines. : D

I look forward to seeing everyone’s SFs! They’re some of my favorite breeds.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

I LOVE faverolles!!!!
My absolute favourite!! here are some of mine

They’re so fluffy! I love them!

 

[Silkie Princess]

What do you think about Peanut? Girl or boy? She is going to be a month old in a week