Faverolles Thread

[LolaBlue]

My first Faverolle rooster who is also my avatar is named Fabio as well!

He's also got a son named Fabian! Great name! It suites Faverolles!

Haha it really does suit them! Still hoping for a Fabiola though, if he's a Fabio he'll have to go back to the farm.

 

[echosrevenge]

That would be phenomenal! I'd definitely be interested in the Dorking crosses as well - one of my personal goals for Faverolles breeding is a large, meaty table bird, and I've heard really good things about dorkings in that respect. I'm also shooting for something that can live (and lay!) outside in uninsulated/no lights housing year-round in our central/coastal Maine location (garden zone 5-6). So I'll be working towards smaller combs on my roos too, since both of mine lost a couple of points off their combs during the week or so of -17 nights we had last month. My husband worked the night shift last night, but I'm going to talk to him about making the trip down for some birds once he's woken up and had some coffee (pick your timing, right? ). I don't think he'll mind, he'd be just as much of a geek for the chickens as I am if he didn't have to work 50+ hours a week.

I'd read about Blue Slates, and seen "book pictures" but never one just kicking around in someone's coop. They're gorgeous! We held off on turkeys this year for the same reason you had to get rid of them - the house we're renting now backs up on 40+ acres of conservation land (the one we're looking to buy is against 4,000 acres of the same...hm, I think we have a theme...) and there is a HUGE flock of 50+ wild turkeys that lives on the conservation land and likes to hang out at the edge of our pasture and heckle our goats. They pretty much leave the chickens alone, but I don't think that'd be the case if we had a couple of sexy little Bourbon Reds running around... They are fun to watch, though.

 

[ashandvine]

Wild turkeys typically don't socialize with the domesticated.

If you want to see more slates either hit a show or look at Paul Allen on line who is raising a lot of them very well.

Favie girl coughing again or sneezing or whatever it is. I can't wait for her to be old to enough to get past all this and lay eggs so I can have more Favs... and then I can turn evil and cross them with Ameraucanas for Favaucanas lol I just love the name mash-ups.

 

[keesmom]

Dammit. Lost my best hen to a hawk. Darn predators. Coyotes and owls last week (didn't get anything though), hawks this week.

 

[n8ivetxn]

I'm sorry

That is a heart-breaker....

I'm so afraid of the eagles that live right across the road in the valley.....one day, I'm sure it'll happen.

 

[gootziecat]

I'm sorry you lost your girl. No matter how responsible we try to be, we always lose some. I've noticed predators seem to be the best judges of poultry.

 

[hcammack]

Dammit. Lost my best hen to a hawk. Darn predators. Coyotes and owls last week (didn't get anything though), hawks this week.

man sorry to hear that! They always nab the best ones.

 

[keesmom]

That's what Dick said too. They always get your best birds.

 

[mame1616]

That's what Dick said too. They always get your best birds.

Same thing happened to me right before Christmas. Plus, I lost a very promising brahma pullet to "chicken disease" last weekend. (Chicken disease means I don't know what the H@!! it was - just up and died.) What are we doing this again?

 

[LolaBlue]

Thought I'd post a pic of this little guy (being a pig and trying to eat a huge piece of bread!)