Faverolles Thread

[faverolles]

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i wish i had a couple of SQ girls to put with my blue salmon boy. he's got the right color earlobes but none of my girls have the red they need to be considered SQ. though blue salmon is not considered a color that is approved i thought for showing other than at faverolles shows. i could be wrong since i haven't started showing birds yet!

(someday!)

You could breed him to regular salmons.
Dick

Don't cut your girls to short for SQ. What color eggs do they lay. My birds were laying white eggs. I had one that was laying sort of a tinted egg. I concentrated on her. I bred her to my darkest male with red earlobes. Hatched all I could. Kept most of her daughters and when they started to lay, segregated them individually so I could see the color egg each one was laying. The eggs started to get darker and darker and the earlobes began to change. Yes it takes time but it can be done. Breed your male to your hens and wait till the pullets start laying and check their eggs. Seeing the male has red earlobes that still could start changing the egg color, a little at a time. If you see a difference then put him back on his daughters, the one laying the darker tinted eggs. It can be done.
Dick

 

[hcammack]

Today I am moving the chicks outside into a nice outdoor brooder! I am excited to see how they do with lots of grass and bugs. I am getting everyone ready so that when I leave Friday everything goes smoothly so that involves doing eberything ki have been putting off for a few months in the space of a week ha ha.

Henry

 

[comerspoultry]

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Good luck with getting everything done. Everybody's cages here are cleaned and Steph said she would take care of them while I am in Cleveland. Hey Henry did you get the newsletter?

 

[hcammack]

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Good luck with getting everything done. Everybody's cages here are cleaned and Steph said she would take care of them while I am in Cleveland. Hey Henry did you get the newsletter?

Yes I did can't seem to find Bridget Riddle's article though. Unless that's the one about hatchability. The splash pullet faces are starting to redden up Leisha I know I still have a while to go but I can hope can't I ha ha. Good luck in Clevland!

 

[comerspoultry]

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Good luck with getting everything done. Everybody's cages here are cleaned and Steph said she would take care of them while I am in Cleveland. Hey Henry did you get the newsletter?

Yes I did can't seem to find Bridget Riddle's article though. Unless that's the one about hatchability. The splash pullet faces are starting to redden up Leisha I know I still have a while to go but I can hope can't I ha ha. Good luck in Clevland!

Yes that was the article. I got another splash pullet with a big head. I am keeping this one. Thanks, have fun on vacation.

 

[hcammack]

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Yes I did can't seem to find Bridget Riddle's article though. Unless that's the one about hatchability. The splash pullet faces are starting to redden up Leisha I know I still have a while to go but I can hope can't I ha ha. Good luck in Clevland!

Yes that was the article. I got another splash pullet with a big head. I am keeping this one. Thanks, have fun on vacation.

That's good about the splash. I only have one splash chick and it has poor leg feathering so its got to go. The other two splashes her sisters have turned out nicely to even though they aren't as big.

 

[keesmom]

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I got the newsletter. I just haven't had time to read it yet. Maybe things will be calmer around here tonight.

It's a lot of work getting ready to go away on vacation.

 

[buffbeauty]

I didn't get mine.

probably be here tomorrow since I'm farther away. No pips yet on eggs. Due to hatch tomorrow!! The one little cockerells that I hatched several weeks ago. Each morning when I try to put all he chicks out he jut spazzes and sqwauks and make all kinds of noise and flaps all around doing all he can not to get caught. It's almost funny how rediculous he acts. He's been handled more than any ofhe chicks and acts the silliest about getting touched. Hope he grows outta that!!

 

[hcammack]

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It should be in your email

He sounds silly! hopefully you get some beautiful girlfriends for him at fav national.

 

[keesmom]

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He's a boy, he's young, and he's a boy.

You should hear the squawking when I put the boy pen to bed at night. You'd think I was killing them. The girls just sit there without a fuss.