Faverolles Thread

[Rock N' Faverolles]

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I guess I'm just not following, but that's okay.

 

[EweSheep]

Hope this helps to clarify what I am thinking.

We got Orps that we thought it was the best ones we had. Then we saw those English Orps, either seeing it in here OR internet browsing or in books.

OMG! LOOK at the size, the fluff and the correct standard of the Orpingtons that the English did! Now I WANT some of THOSE! Even you might have some show birds which the judges really liked and if it is a good thing, why change it? Some American breeders would say one thing about the Orps, like the color, points in a comb, how much wattles and comb sizes they should have, etc. right down to the color of the pad of their feet or to the feather shafts.

Like some of us wanted those English looking Orpingtons, we WANT it like yesterday, not in the future, want it NOW LOL!

Somehow, we lost the Orpington touch a while back and now the English imports are here, we can do a better job in bringing the standard up right it should be alongside with the English type Orpingtons with all the fluff and size!

I hope this clarifies in what I wanted to say. Like our Welsummers, right now we are in a hung jury in what is proper for the feather shafts to be. Yellow, white or greyish color? When Nate imported his hatching eggs over there, they like what they had but the feather shafts were wrong, it was white instead of light grey/brown in color. Those little things that the Dutch breeders are looking for and right now, that is all they are working off from by introducing a new blood. If we had known that like yesterday, we would have come out ahead by culling all those things that we overlooked in the faults.

 

[mame1616]

Well, a big, huge, sigh of enjoyment over here!

Thanks so much, all, for your responses and great information! I love my other threads, but sometimes I just want to discuss some chicken stuff and really learn! And, of course, the more I learn, the more I realize I will never learn everything. Genetics, especially, is going to take me a long time to really understand, but that's what I'm trying to do now, BEFORE I get some land and then invest in a larger breeding flock, so that I don't uselessly create birds when I could have learned the information I needed elsewhere. I do have a few books about genetics - does anyone out there have any favorites?

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

does anyone have any LF fav eggs for sale at the moment? i have an official broody in the coop and i could use some LF favs for my cuckoo project!

 

[hcammack]

Hi guys hope your all doing well! Sorry I haven't posted much and it may seem like I am just jumping in on this conversation. I think some of the english orps look more like cochins then actually breed standard. But that is just my opinion.

Henry

 

[mame1616]

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Good opinion, Henry - they do! I swore the one next to my girls was a Cochin until I saw her legs - what was showing, anyway - I had to bend all the way down to see them! And big beetle brows like a Cochin, too. UGH!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Howdy all!

Just wanted to let everyone know that a LF Fav cockerel was Ch. Continental at the show I was at this weekend. He was a little small, but he's only about 6 months old...kind of made me wish I had room in my car to have been able to bring LF to the show. Just brought bantams (2 favs, the rest Ameraucanas)...my son used the Hattrick hen I got from Henry for showmanship.....
Here they are during the showmanship seminar...it was his first time using her, and she was AWESOME!! (The pullet he's been working with decided to start moulting 2 DAYS before the show!!!)

 

[comerspoultry]

Had a great time at the Indiana Poultry show in Connersville, Ind. Granddaughter had awesome wins in the Jr. show. Ch. Featherleg, Ch. and Res. Continental and Res. AOCCL. She came home with 4 trophies out of 5 birds entered.

 

[thechickonthehill]

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Glad to hear you enjoyed the show Leisha. I have been keeping an eye on you in the Poultry Press and you seem to be having a pretty good show season so far. Have you seen many LF Faverolles at the shows and do you see many (or any) of other colors than Salmon?

 

[comerspoultry]

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Glad to hear you enjoyed the show Leisha. I have been keeping an eye on you in the Poultry Press and you seem to be having a pretty good show season so far. Have you seen many LF Faverolles at the shows and do you see many (or any) of other colors than Salmon?

my granddaughter has a pair of LF that I got for her this fall. I have put them together to get some chicks. The only time I see any other colors is when I take my blacks and whites. But usually the salmons win out. We should see alot of colors at the Faverolles National next year. Yes, I cannot complain about my showing season this year. The judges are actually starting to consider the Favs in the featherleg class.