Faverolles Thread

[elizmartin]

Thanks Jeanine, My pair of Mahoganys came from Sandhill and i have 4 more coming this year for the same reason...i too only received a partial group.

2 other folks closer to you are Patty-thechickonthehill in Kentucky??? and Paula from Buck Creek Chickens, Wisconsin. They are both here on the Fav. list and think there is a chance that Patty may be interested. Haven't spoken with Paula for awhile.
eliz

My o My, i do need to learn to read better, after the fact read that the mahogany favs were in CALIFORNIA,,,,,,Geeeezzzzz I would take them if someone was coming up to Washington....Know of anyone in California coming to Stevenson????? Long shot..... eliz

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Recessive white is not very leaky. Dom white is quite leaky.

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[elizmartin]

Thanks Jeanine, My pair of Mahoganys came from Sandhill and i have 4 more coming this year for the same reason...i too only received a partial group.

2 other folks closer to you are Patty-thechickonthehill in Kentucky??? and Paula from Buck Creek Chickens, Wisconsin. They are both here on the Fav. list and think there is a chance that Patty may be interested. Haven't spoken with Paula for awhile.
eliz

My o My, i do need to learn to read better, after the fact read that the mahogany favs were in CALIFORNIA,,,,,,Geeeezzzzz I would take them if someone was coming up to Washington....Know of anyone in California coming to Stevenson????? Long shot..... eliz

PS thanks for posting pics of your Mahoganys,,,,They are a bit different in coloration than mine. pretty.....more goldenish

 

[mame1616]

I ordered some Faverolles one year and all were normal looking except for one hen, she was completely white, Whats that about???

I had a pair of bantam salmons and their chicks looked like salmons when they went to their new homes, and then a couple of them turned white with their first molt. Not pure, pure white, they had a slight salmon haze to them, but there must have been white in their background somewhere.

 

[mame1616]

OK, I need input for the judges for the Western National (I got the scoop before the show catalog came out).

The options are:

Jamie Matts (New York)
Paul Weiser (Washington)
Danny Williamson (Kansas)

The only one of them that I have any experience with is Jamie Matts. I think he's very nice, and he knows his stuff, BUT I don't know how I feel about a Cochin guy judging the Favs...

Any thoughts from anyone??

I don't know the other judges, but when you think about it, cochins has a lot of similar features to favs - meat birds, feathered legs, patterned feathers, lots of fluff, even the beards. There's a whole lot going on with both breeds. Jamie's a fair judge, and a super nice guy. A friend of mine said he thinks Danny Williamson raised Brahmas, which are also similar.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Recessive white is not very leaky. Dom white is quite leaky.

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Hmm...all the recessive white Faverolles chicks I have seen have had some degree of leakage. Maybe it's the line they came from...

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

I don't know the other judges, but when you think about it, cochins has a lot of similar features to favs - meat birds, feathered legs, patterned feathers, lots of fluff, even the beards. There's a whole lot going on with both breeds. Jamie's a fair judge, and a super nice guy. A friend of mine said he thinks Danny Williamson raised Brahmas, which are also similar.

Thanks for the input.

(But Cochins don't have beards!)

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Would anyone be interested in Mahogany Faverolles from Sandhill?

I don't think I want to work with these guys, but thought I'd see if any of BYC friends wanted them before considering them dinner.

I waited for 2 years and finally last year they sent 3 of my 10 but weren't able to send the rest because of storms wiping out so many of their breeders so all I got was the 3. I have one female and 2 males. One male doesn't have as nice of toe separation, but he was the friendlier of the 2 so I kept them both. Someone looking for a project maybe?

I can not ship, I am in Hanford, California and I'm not NPIP. I will try to get pics as soon as we dry out....all wet from a downpour yesterday.

Thanks for posting the pics!! Let me see if Laurel wants them, PLEASE don't eat them! Somebody will take them! There are too few of them. How's the temperament of the cockerel?

PM'ing you about something else...

 

[thechickonthehill]

Thanks for posting the pics!! Let me see if Laurel wants them, PLEASE don't eat them! Somebody will take them! There are too few of them. How's the temperament of the cockerel?

PM'ing you about something else...

Wish I was a tad bit closer and I'd be tempted. Somehow I don't think I could talk my husband into a road trip to California though, lol.

 

[keesmom]

Would anyone be interested in Mahogany Faverolles from Sandhill?

I don't think I want to work with these guys, but thought I'd see if any of BYC friends wanted them before considering them dinner.

I waited for 2 years and finally last year they sent 3 of my 10 but weren't able to send the rest because of storms wiping out so many of their breeders so all I got was the 3. I have one female and 2 males. One male doesn't have as nice of toe separation, but he was the friendlier of the 2 so I kept them both. Someone looking for a project maybe?

I can not ship, I am in Hanford, California and I'm not NPIP. I will try to get pics as soon as we dry out....all wet from a downpour yesterday.

Does the male have lacing on his chest? It's hard to tell from the pictures.