Faverolles Thread

[Shawneegyrl]

Last one has come! Phuuh, what a trip this was! S/he is very tired but looks ok. I put four eggs in incubator three weeks ago and now they are all here! Amazing!

Congrats!!

Hatching chicks can be exhausting. You'd think we sat the eggs (in a way we did)

 

[Brookshire11]

Mr. Fancy Pants...we got him yesterday. I only paid $8 for him. He is king of the flock for sure. So very sweet too, he fell asleep in my arms yesterday when I was carrying him around the farmers market.

Handsome! I love that you carried him around
Did you buy him there? Or just decide on a field trip? lol

 

[hitchiechicks]

Handsome! I love that you carried him around
Did you buy him there? Or just decide on a field trip? lol

I bought him there. Hubby offered to take him back to the truck but he was doing just fine so we finished doing while people smiled at him napping.

 

[krosfyre]

Hi all, so I am new to chickens and having a blast! I ordered 6 pullets all of different breeds and received them 3 weeks ago today. Last week I posted a couple pictures of my salmon faverolle "Britches" because all the other babies are feathering much faster, I was not sure if that is a normal breed treat for Faverolles or if males feather slower then females. I was told to post in the faverolles thread for help. I am really thinking britches is a boy the chest feathers are coming in now and have a lot of black in them; the leg and under wing feathers are a dark grey color and there are black feathers with in the lower part of the wings.
Here are a few photos at different stages with most recent first.
3 weeks old





2 weeks old


here at 1 week old

Thanks for your help!

 

[LadyCluck77]

Hi all, so I am new to chickens and having a blast! I ordered 6 pullets all of different breeds and received them 3 weeks ago today. Last week I posted a couple pictures of my salmon faverolle "Britches" because all the other babies are feathering much faster, I was not sure if that is a normal breed treat for Faverolles or if males feather slower then females. I was told to post in the faverolles thread for help. I am really thinking britches is a boy the chest feathers are coming in now and have a lot of black in them; the leg and under wing feathers are a dark grey color and there are black feathers with in the lower part of the wings. Here are a few photos at different stages with most recent first. 3 weeks old 2 weeks old here at 1 week old Thanks for your help!

Beautiful chick! I see what looks like a lot of black coming in on the chest and stomach area. That usually indicates a male for SF chicks. I have often heard that if you're going to have a rooster, the SF is the gentlest and best breed of rooster to have. Personally, my SF is the gentlest and prettiest roo I have, but I'm bias towards the breed!

 

[keesmom]

Hi all, so I am new to chickens and having a blast! I ordered 6 pullets all of different breeds and received them 3 weeks ago today. Last week I posted a couple pictures of my salmon faverolle "Britches" because all the other babies are feathering much faster, I was not sure if that is a normal breed treat for Faverolles or if males feather slower then females. I was told to post in the faverolles thread for help. I am really thinking britches is a boy the chest feathers are coming in now and have a lot of black in them; the leg and under wing feathers are a dark grey color and there are black feathers with in the lower part of the wings.
Here are a few photos at different stages with most recent first.
3 weeks old

I'd wait a little longer to make sure. While the black chest feathers and the slow feathering do point towards cockerel, those primaries look like a pullet. Usually they are messier on a male. Also some hatcheries have some badly colored pullets. Here are some examples

 

[hitchiechicks]

Oh I hope you get a rooster. They are wonderful. I love my Mr. Fancy Pants.

 

[stephward20]

Can anyone help me out? Does this look like a boy to you? It has darker wings than my other four chicks and since I lost three, I'm really hoping I have a rooster!

 

[FVRM]

Can anyone help me out? Does this look like a boy to you? It has darker wings than my other four chicks and since I lost three, I'm really hoping I have a rooster!

yep, that looks like a rooster.

 

[stephward20]

Anyone have any experience raising faverolles with silkies together? Do they get along ok?