Faverolles Thread

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Yay!! I'm SO excited to get these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, I could use a refresher course with pics to tell the diff between salmon and blue salmon hens if someone has the time...thanks!!! (Hmm, or I suppose I could just wait to get this pair in the mail and compare her with my Salmon hens! LOL - duh!)


Hi, On the blue salmon hens. You know you will have the same as breeding blues, blue, black and splash. With the hens they will all carry the salmon, you will see blue in the tail and wing for your blue salmons, in the black version (regular salmons) you will see black in the tail and wings and in the splash version you will see white in the tail and wings. It took me a while to realize the splash version on the hens. I made the blue salmon Faverolles after I saw them in England, I just fell in love with them. There was a pair for sale when I was there and man, did I want to take them home. I couldn't, so when I got home I decided to try and make them. Luckily Jim Pollard in Oklahoma was working on bantam blues and blacks and he sent me some eggs. All I did was cross a salmon male on blue hens. I had them but it took me a while to understand the genetics of what I had. I understand more now. The thing is when you get regular salmons ( black version ) those males are carrying the blue gene. They can really screw up your salmon line. Be careful, because I did it before I realized what I was doing. Good luck with your birds.
Dick

Thanks so much Dick! It's great to see you here!! We were emailing a while back, I'll PM you...

 

[barngodess]

Yes, there are white Fav's. Melissa's Salmon Faverolles throw a white here and there. The chick in that picture looks like a white Faverolle to me.

 

[sandiklaws]

Hi Dick and welcome! Looking forward to meeting you at the June 6th show... which I will be going to IF I can find out where it is going to be
Sandi

 

[hcammack]

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Wish I could go.

 

[EweSheep]

Hi Dick, LONG time no see!

As for the White Favs, I do remember Gayle has them for a little while but they were not bantam sized. Lovely they were!

 

[faverolles]

Yes, long time.
I guess a lot of people thought I wasn't raising Faves anymore...... it's a tough disease to get rid of, HA... on my place I have large salmons, black, blue and whites. The black, blue and whites still need work. In bantams I have salmon and whites with a pair of blacks running around, one buff and one blue salmon hen. Oh, and I'm beginning two other projects......large lavender Faverolles and large lavender salmon Faverolles. Yeah.......I still have a few birds on my place HA.
Dick

 

[EweSheep]

Yes it is hard to get out of them...believe me I've tried and now I want them back LOL! i wished I hadn't given away my last Fav bantam I had two years ago and she was a real sweetie.

 

[keesmom]

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Hi Dick! Finally found us here, huh? I got back from Maine today to find one of the black girls had gone broody. I hope it doesn't take to long to undo that. I'm going to take a peek at the eggs later to see how they're doing. I'll let you know.

 

[hcammack]

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Hi Dick! Finally found us here, huh? I got back from Maine today to find one of the black girls had gone broody. I hope it doesn't take to long to undo that. I'm going to take a peek at the eggs later to see how they're doing. I'll let you know.

Hope you can break her my best salmon is broody now and I put three eggs under her the other day. I sold the blue salmons to cloverleaf and hopefully my birds from Leisha are shipped this week or next week.

Henry

 

[sandiklaws]

Why do you not want broodys? I hope to use just broody gals to hatch out chicks... after all, mama can do it so much better than I can!

Seriously though, anyone who has a broody girl who they want to get rid of in LF salmons should PM me cause I will be thrilled to get em!

And if you have a super broody older gal in some other breed I would consider her as well.