Faverolles Thread

[seminolewind]

Here's two of my hatch

 

[Laurieks]

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Silly is good!
I'd love to see all the newsletters on the site someday, or published in book form? ... LOL in your spare time. Of course I'm perfectly happy to get a bit of history at a time in your posts here.
Now that I think of it the only hens who have bitten me are the Favs. They cuddle just fine though once I have them.

 

[pasofinofarm]

Karen... are those compost and dumpster?

 

[Rock N' Faverolles]

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The earlobe color thing still hasn't got straightened out. There are still people who want to make the enameled as standard, as its constantly popping up (due to lack of culling) and then others want to maintain the red. I say cull hard and you'll fix the problem.

Speaking of ornery Faverolles, I remember maybe 10 years ago or so, Dick Boulanger said he had his ankle taken out by a bantam roo. Layed him up for a bit. Most of the Faverolles I've had were extremely docile though. Always exceptions to any breed.

David

 

[keesmom]

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I hope this isn't a dumb question, but what is an enameled earlobe? Does anyone have a picture of one?

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

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I hope this isn't a dumb question, but what is an enameled earlobe? Does anyone have a picture of one?

i also have to ask what is meant by a 'roach back'?

 

[Rock N' Faverolles]

Roach back is a deformed hunched back. It is a disqualification.

David

 

[Rock N' Faverolles]

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I hope this isn't a dumb question, but what is an enameled earlobe? Does anyone have a picture of one?

Enameled is another way to say positive white in the earlobes. White like you may see on most white egg laying breeds. It just may not be quite as distinct. The Faverolles earlobes should be red and I believe they should stay that way. Just cull hard, and you'll eventually get all the bad earlobe genes out of your flock.

David

 

[hcammack]

Rock N' Faverolles :

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I hope this isn't a dumb question, but what is an enameled earlobe? Does anyone have a picture of one?

Enameled is another way to say positive white in the earlobes. White like you may see on most white egg laying breeds. It just may not be quite as distinct. The Faverolles earlobes should be red and I believe they should stay that way. Just cull hard, and you'll eventually get all the bad earlobe genes out of your flock.

David​

I defently have some work to do on this all but the bourlanger hens have enamel on their ear lobes. Would you cull the ones with really strong enamel and breed it so you get less and less how can I get rid of it without breeding everything from 2 or 3 hens?

 

[Rock N' Faverolles]

Personally, I would only use the two or three hens if that is all you have. But that's me. Definitely cull the ones with strong enamel. The ones that have a little bit if you want to use, only breed them to birds that don't have it. Never breed two bad traits together, that just makes it stronger.

David