Faverolles Thread

[theZombie]

thanks

 

[keesmom]

Here are few pictures of my current bantam babies. Not the best but they don't like to sit still.

The boys hogging the camera.

More boys in the way.

Splash roo and some friends.

And some new friends. The setting sun makes them look brown but they're really black.

 

[keesmom]

Hey Henry, remember when you said all the splotchy looking splash chicks you've ever seen turned out to be roos?

I'm such a nitwit. Of course that's the case. BBS doesn't affect salmon! The blue gene only affects black. So all pullets will look salmon, but you have to look at the tail feathers (and down) to determine if they're blue, black (regular salmon) or splash.

You may have had splash pullets and not known it.

 

[hcammack]

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They are AMAZING

I can't wait for my black bantam pair to get here! Wish I had room for some BBS LF. I may get some white bantams in the next few months though to.

SO I will have white, salmon, blue salmon, and black (hopefully add a blue or two) in bantams

But the good thing is I am refocused on Faverolles nothing else in these coops except the valiant snuggle of course who is my favorite little columbian wyndotte.

 

[hcammack]

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I do have a splash pullet that I am sending two Chickiesmoma next week. She has a washed out salmon color with no lacing splash for some reason does that to the female salmon coloring.

 

[keesmom]

I saw LOTS of bantam whites today.

He's trying to breed for silver gene whites.

 

[keesmom]

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The 2 splash pullets I have do have lacing, but they have much more white than the others.

 

[hcammack]

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Yep he was trying to bum some off an me Just Kidding I wish I had room I think that I am going to buy a trio from him or trade a some of my Lavender Split F-1 Bantam started birds the summer. I think I need to do it

 

[hcammack]

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The 2 splash pullets I have do have lacing, but they have much more white than the others.

Ya the hen has lacing but she is a lighter color kind of a washed out salmon is what I would call it.

 

[keesmom]

I also put 2 dozen eggs in the bator tonight!

One topic of discussion was the possibility of having to double mate to produce showable offspring according to the APA. Most roos are too light in the wingbow, being more of a washed out tan rather than mahogany. What produces those types of roos best are the darker hens and especially ones with flecking in the breast area. Obviously those aren't showable. Hence the possibility of double mating.