Faverolles Thread

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Yay! You're very welcome! Hope they ALL hatch for you!

 

[thechickonthehill]

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Sending good hatching vibes your way!

I have some of my own in the incubator now with two weeks to go.

 

[junebug7334]

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Thank you for that tip. IT's really good to know this......PLEASE keep us posted as the the hatch!

 

[faverolles]

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Sorry to hear about your lost. Ive had problems myself. Just lost 12 large salmon Faverolles hens on my road coop. Couldn't understand how the predator was getting in. It killed all my hens before I realized how it was getting in. Got the raccoon yesterday.I believe there was two of them by the devastation they caused. They had to get in from under the roof in the back.I had never blocked the holes under my roof in this section, all the others were blocked. I will be blocking them today. This has brought a devastation to my breeding program. I believe I have 7 or 8 hens left. Thank god I didn't have them all in the same pen.
Dick

 

[junebug7334]

ok......I am trying to make sure that I don't crowd my birds. Do you all see that Favs have a different need when it comes to the usual standard of room per birds? In other words I wonder if I need more coops. How many birds do you all keep per coop and what sizes? How large are your breeding pens? Thank you.

 

[thechickonthehill]

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I don't believe that they need any more room than any other LF breed. Of course, that would be a good excuse to build more coops 'cause then you could have more birds!

(That chicken math thing you know.)

 

[junebug7334]

that's what I was thinking!!!!!!!!! Thanks!

 

[thechickonthehill]

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Sorry to hear about your lost. Ive had problems myself. Just lost 12 large salmon Faverolles hens on my road coop. Couldn't understand how the predator was getting in. It killed all my hens before I realized how it was getting in. Got the raccoon yesterday.I believe there was two of them by the devastation they caused. They had to get in from under the roof in the back.I had never blocked the holes under my roof in this section, all the others were blocked. I will be blocking them today. This has brought a devastation to my breeding program. I believe I have 7 or 8 hens left. Thank god I didn't have them all in the same pen.
Dick

Oh! Twelve?!

Dick that is really awful for you! I am so sorry.

I really have come to almost hate racoons. I have carted off probably 8 or 9 to the reservoir 10 miles away from me just this year. I finally got tired of doing that and started shooting them. Have shot 3 more so far. I seem to have run them off for the time being but I'm sure more will move in soon. Fortunately, my husband is a firm believer in overkill and built my coop like Fort Knox so none have managed to get in. They surely are a plague for chicken lovers. At least you have some hens left to build your flock back with.

 

[hipeatall]

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Sorry to hear about your lost. Ive had problems myself. Just lost 12 large salmon Faverolles hens on my road coop. Couldn't understand how the predator was getting in. It killed all my hens before I realized how it was getting in. Got the raccoon yesterday.I believe there was two of them by the devastation they caused. They had to get in from under the roof in the back.I had never blocked the holes under my roof in this section, all the others were blocked. I will be blocking them today. This has brought a devastation to my breeding program. I believe I have 7 or 8 hens left. Thank god I didn't have them all in the same pen.
Dick

Oh my goodness, this is just terrible! I am so sorry to hear about both of your losses.
I'm gonna take this weekend to check all of my coops out, just to make sure they are secure as possible.
Amy

 

[hipeatall]

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My first hatching eggs ever were from Clover Leaf Farm just last spring.

You are right she does an excellent job packing the eggs!
We really had a lot of fun with those chicks... all were re-homed... but they sure were cute!
You can check them out here (scroll to the bottom of the page) -
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=268082&p=195