Faverolles Thread

[crazyhen]

I do not know about virginia, only NC. I wish all states did. Even your hatcheries do not test for it in the flocks they get their eggs to hatch for selling. I am told it is the most prevalent disease. It usually does not make itself known until the hens are over 2 yrs old so the big egg producers do not care. They switch out their hens every two yrs anyway.. symptoms are sneezing ,shaking their heads, and artritic problems. It also can present as a pneumonia type disease. Gloria Jean

 

[Snozzle]

Ok I need a little bit of advice from someone with a better trained eye and more experience. This guy is 6.5 weeks old and I think he is my best looking boy of the large fav's, full face fluff, straight comb, nice separation of toes and very big and heavy with a low chest. I am just wondering about his tail, it seems a little too high set and the leg feathering is a little heavy. What do you think?

 

[keesmom]

Ok I need a little bit of advice from someone with a better trained eye and more experience. This guy is 6.5 weeks old and I think he is my best looking boy of the large fav's, full face fluff, straight comb, nice separation of toes and very big and heavy with a low chest. I am just wondering about his tail, it seems a little too high set and the leg feathering is a little heavy. What do you think?

You should wait another 6-8 months to get a better idea of how he will mature.

 

[keesmom]

I do not know about virginia, only NC. I wish all states did. Even your hatcheries do not test for it in the flocks they get their eggs to hatch for selling. I am told it is the most prevalent disease. It usually does not make itself known until the hens are over 2 yrs old so the big egg producers do not care. They switch out their hens every two yrs anyway.. symptoms are sneezing ,shaking their heads, and artritic problems. It also can present as a pneumonia type disease. Gloria Jean

Mycoplasmas are hard to avoid. Best thing to do is breed resistant birds. A while back there was a thread "Breeding for Disease Resistance" that had some good thoughts.

 

[sandiklaws]

I do not know about virginia, only NC. I wish all states did. Even your hatcheries do not test for it in the flocks they get their eggs to hatch for selling. I am told it is the most prevalent disease. It usually does not make itself known until the hens are over 2 yrs old so the big egg producers do not care. They switch out their hens every two yrs anyway.. symptoms are sneezing ,shaking their heads, and artritic problems. It also can present as a pneumonia type disease. Gloria Jean

it seems like something that will never be controlled... my state told me everyone has it and not to worry

 

[sandiklaws]

Mycoplasmas are hard to avoid. Best thing to do is breed resistant birds. A while back there was a thread "Breeding for Disease Resistance" that had some good thoughts.

will check it out, thanks

 

[Fancy Favie]

You should wait another 6-8 months to get a better idea of how he will mature.

I have a chick that looks just like that I was going to post a pic of him on here for advice but i think i just got my answer Thank you

 

[n8ivetxn]

Mycoplasmas are hard to avoid. Best thing to do is breed resistant birds. A while back there was a thread "Breeding for Disease Resistance" that had some good thoughts.

(- I need to read up on that....)
My girls are doing great, thank you so much Cindy

The day before they arrived (Wednesday) I went to the Post Office and gave them my contact info. They were very polite and thankful that I stopped by to let them know....The lady said they could come in early Thursday morning - I said "that's good! - call me anytime."

I hardly slept at all

The phone rang at 5am! 20 minutes later I was at the post office....

They are gorgeous! They were in good shape, took them a little while to eat and drink, but after they relaxed a little it was dinner time

Now I have 4 pullets and a roo.... the girls are a nice color variety from light to dark, all of them are nice sized (I think). So, we'll see what happens

Next: order an egg scale! Get incubator and set the largest ones

muahahaha!


I am so glad those girls made it to PA. What a debacle, good grief..... They were a "priority" shipment, bumped for a shipment with dry ice??? What the heck? - Unless it was human organs they were shipping, they had no right to bump *live* animals....poor things.

 

[Snozzle]

You should wait another 6-8 months to get a better idea of how he will mature.

I was trying to weed out who I'm keeping and who I am giving away, but I guess it won't make much of a difference to keep a few extras since the boys are sweet. I just really like this guy, he is twice the size of the others.
Thank you for your advice, I need to learn patience with my birds, if it was up to me I would want them to be full grown in a week, even though peeps are very cute

 

[keesmom]

I was trying to weed out who I'm keeping and who I am giving away, but I guess it won't make much of a difference to keep a few extras since the boys are sweet. I just really like this guy, he is twice the size of the others.
Thank you for your advice, I need to learn patience with my birds, if it was up to me I would want them to be full grown in a week, even though peeps are very cute

I still have a dozen 4-7 month olds I'm holding onto for now, until everyone finishes molting and I can select the best 2. I even hauled the lot to Dick for evaluation and to weed out any that could go, and he said if I have the space to wait another 3 months to see how they look then. So the longer you can keep some the better.