Faverolles Thread

[hcammack]

Yeah, I think with the male she's in with right now, she'll make some really nice babies. It has taken me a long time to get to where I can look past certain things and see the "bigger picture" with my birds, but I think I am finally getting there, thanks to you and the other long time breeders here that readily offer their advice and critiques.

Thanks!!

Aren't the long time breeders just to helpful. Can credit Dick, Leisha, and Peter with everything I know about breeding faverolles which is the grand scheme of things still isn't all that much. Hope you have some good chicks come out of that hen.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Thanks, me too!

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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You bet. I assume it's a small thing in the bird's genotype that affects the down color on the chicks, but I haven't seen it affect phenotype.

 

[hcammack]

Yes, I have the parents....nice and normal.

Handsome birds they do look good. Glad that you got that all cleared up and it shouldn't be an issue. I guess I just haven't experienced it before.

 

[pfmerlin]

Do you guys every get faint strpes on the back of your chicks?

I have hatched about 40+ chicks and just a couple have a very faint smug on them. I have very nice quality birds from Ron Patterson, so I know they are not crosses or anything. I am just a little confused.

Please help.

Actually, fav chicks can come in several forms. There's the ever popular yellow, then you can have faint or real live def smudge mark/stripes right through them looking like baby quail. Simm was a quail colored chick. It does not imply there is a cross some where. So, there certainly can be variation. So, don't anyone be culling off colored chicks....it happens.
Peter

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Yeah, when it's a mess is when you have yellow chicks with stripes hatch out of a b/b/s flock...

 

[hcammack]

Actually, fav chicks can come in several forms. There's the ever popular yellow, then you can have faint or real live def smudge mark/stripes right through them looking like baby quail. Simm was a quail colored chick. It does not imply there is a cross some where. So, there certainly can be variation. So, don't anyone be culling off colored chicks....it happens.
Peter

That is super interesting! Never seen a chipmunk colored fav chick but that is interesting that they can be that color. Hopefully I will get to see a range of colors eventually.

 

[hcammack]

Yeah, when it's a mess is when you have yellow chicks with stripes hatch out of a b/b/s flock...

Haven't ever had that problem that would be very frustrating. Has that happened with your Ameraucana?

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Nope, my bantam Favs. :/

 

[sandiklaws]

I just had my first hatch of what are supposed to be Mille Fleur OEGB bantams... lots of blond chicks w/ stripes, some smudgy blue looking chicks, and some dark w/ lighter speckles chicks no idea if they are right or not ... but they sure are cute