Faverolles Thread

[hcammack]

I am happy about my broody but I am sure after the 10 broody hen or something like that you would be tired of it. I know that Keesmom has hens on lone from Dick and is trying to hatch as many chicks as she can so having a broody can put a stop to those plans. Hopefully she gets an amazing hatch from Dicks eggs and gets some beautiful chicks you can have.

Henry

 

[keesmom]

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I don't want her broody yet! They're still doing their quarantine! The eggs probably aren't even fertile now. After I get a respectable number of actual fertilized eggs she can set all she wants.

 

[keesmom]

Oh, I have one of those super broodies too. Four year old Asil hen. She started brooding first thing in Mid Feb without laying a single egg. She's still there. Her twin committed suicide two winters ago trying to hatch some infertile eggs in the open crotch of a tree in December and January. I thought she had been eaten by something. By the time I found her she had suffered massive frostbite, lost a leg, yet wouldn't leave those eggs even though they would never hatch.

They can't cover much since they're small, but Asil hens are extremely determined.

 

[hipeatall]

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Oh my goodness, I just can't wait to see all these gorgeous colors!!! Lavender Salmon Faverolles... wow... how cool is that!
Please keep us posted on your project.

 

[silverbirch]

I was taking pics of my chickens yesterday and thought this was a funny one of Neville - just look at his cheeks

 

[sandiklaws]

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I don't want her broody yet! They're still doing their quarantine! The eggs probably aren't even fertile now. After I get a respectable number of actual fertilized eggs she can set all she wants.

In that case I hope she breaks up real quick! I just read about putting "clutches" of ice cubes under a hen to break her up. In any case, I am so glad to hear the broody trait is still alive and well in Dicks flock. My hubby is not keen on additional electricity use (or pets for that matter!), but he does like eating eggs and chicken. We talked about incubators when we first talked about the possibility of getting chickens and began looking at the breeds I had narrowed it down to; Welsummers, Faverolles, Brahmas, Orpingtons, and Australorps and when all was said and done and we choose Faverolles as our main breed, the broody factor was what had sold him on having chickens.

....so I was able to get him on board the chicken train w/ those carrots.

 

[Freeholder]

Well, I've ended up with six chicks from the eggs I got from Melissa. They were hatched under a broody hen, in a large wire dog crate in the goat shelter, and the first night the chicken wire that I'd wrapped around the dog crate was pulled aside and two of the chicks disappeared. So, I moved them ASAP into the garage, and the rest are doing fine! (I have a problem with a skunk that steals eggs out there, if I forget to check for eggs one more time before dark.)

It looks like we've got three salmons, two of those are pullets and one is a cockerel. The other three are white, and while it's early to determine sex on them, I suspect that there are two cockerels and one pullet.

I'll end up with a trio from the chicks I got from Cloverleaf Farm -- will cull one of the cockerels as he doesn't have any beard (I may use him on my Wyandotte hens for a while), and need to examine the other two to see which one is better for breeding. I'm in no hurry, though, as I'd like them to have their final plumage before making my selection.

That gives me two trios of Salmons from different sources. Will I be okay with that for a while, or should I go ahead and try to get at least one more trio?

Kathleen

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Hold out on the whites too, to see if any are pullets - you can house them with the salmons and you'll have recessive whites!

 

[keesmom]

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How often does one end up with a cranky roo? I only wonder because of all the LF roos I've ever had (just 10) the only one that ever showed aggression to people was a faverolle. I'm also getting one that descends from your line, so I'm hoping he behaves himself.

 

[keesmom]

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The one fav roo I had tried to get at my kids any time they were there, slamming into the fence repeatedly. He was gone after that. Now all my other roos (BLRW, Sussex, Brabanter, Asil and mixes) have always gone other way when people show up. Good thing the Sussex are that way, as the roos are 12 lbs. Only snot roo I have is a silkie but he's learned to steer clear finally.

I'm getting a trio from Ron Patterson. Then I have a ton of eggs from Dick due to hatch Saturday.