Faverolles Thread

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kindred spirits!!!
DS and I fell in love with bantam Salmon Favs at a big show several years ago, and while looking for them I found BYC, and Barnevelders, of which we bought 6. I finally found some Standard Salmon Faverolle eggs in August. 6 of 15 eggs hatched, by two banty broodies, one of whom had 2 others trying to take over her nest the first week.
One chick stopped growing at 5 days, but ran around with the others just fine; on day 10 he didn't wake up. At 2 weeks their colors began to look like 3 pullets, a roo, and a mystery (a lovely cinnamon but not clear roo or pullet).
The cockerel met with a sad end two nights ago when an older cockerel attacked him and excited the dog, who grabbed him for just a sec, and broke his poor neck. He died fast.
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We're still in shock. We've been offered a Bantam Salmon Fav roo.
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Has anyone crossed LF and Bantam Favs? I will let him be with them but I don't plan to hatch their eggs 'til I hear back from y'all.
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I have a few of them too. But they are young still. I fell in love with the Roos and wanted to give him a family. So I think I have 5 roos and 5 girls. They are pretty shy and like to blend in rather than be noticed so it isn't easy to get pics.
 
You will ADORE your new additions! I have a few from Nikki, and they are wonderful. My favorite is a blue roo... His name is Peep-eep, and he decided I was his mom early on. I can call his name and he'll come running, I will pick him up, carry him around, and he falls asleep. Peep just makes me melt
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He also tries to follow me in the house, but since that is a no no, he will stand outside the door in the porch, and just be like
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I'm right here!! I also have a LF salmon Fav... Her name is Sammy... Poor girl was quite sad looking when I got her, but she is big and beautiful now!

Here's Peep
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I just had this conversation with my Mom:

Mom- "after you visit dickinson you will go get these two chickens with Dad right?"
Me- "well its more then two more like eight"
Mom- "HENRY! You promised it wouldn't make the chicken stuff more complicated"
Me- "well there awsome and only half the size of normal LF and I am selling 5 LF so it counts as me getting rid of two chickens"
Mom- "well Im glad you see it that way. your going to have to get up earlier before school good night oh and you owe me $24 dollars for feed" ( I payed her)

So it goes I clearly told her I was getting a "flock" of little chickens. She doesn't ask for details when I tell her things so I just choose not to share the details. DON'T worry she loves the chickens and is fine with me getting these trust me I wouldn't be getting them is she wasn't. I pay for everything chicken with my own funds and I have a good job even while I am still in school. I just think its funny when she has these little chicken freak out moments and I just wanted to share them with a few people who understand ha ha.
 
Henry... my wife has been having those chicken freak out moments lately... like when she saw how huge our partridge cochin roo is.... she said, That thing is bigger than a dog!

She then added, "You've gone chicken insane".

Maybe she'll have me committed.

Do you think I can take my BW Ameraucanas with me?
 
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I can just imagine during outdoor time at the asylum you slip away and feed, water, collect eggs, and spend some quality chicken time.

The only way I got away with these Faverolles is saying well these are the little chickens that you will keep when I go to college trust me you will love them! (I will either take the chickens with me or she will keep all 22 of them
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) It sounds like Hampshire and Dickinson my top two choices probably will let me bring the flock because they have really beautiful on campus organic farms.

Henry
 

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