Faverolles Thread

[hcammack]

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You will make mine very happy LOL

I bet!

I have a mantra that I darn near live by these days...it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission!

This is freaking awesome! I am glad your getting them. Wish I had room buff is such a beautiful color.

Henry

 

[hcammack]

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To make buff Faverolles, breed your buff cochin male to a salmon hen. You only need to hatch about 12 chicks. You will keep one male which probably will be all white. I had some all white with a colored tail, I didn't keep them, I kept the one that was mostly pure white. The following year breed that male to salmon hens,keep all the light colored pullets. The following year breed a salmon Faverolles male to all the light coloreds pullets. This will keep you busy for a while. The breeding formula is on this thread somewhere. I'm not sure how far back. If you get this far let me know.
Dick

Dick,
I think I have it, I'll have to find it.

If you don't have it I think I do.

Henry

 

[silkieluver_07]

How is this boy's body type? Is he worth breeding?

 

[thechickonthehill]

To make buff Faverolles, breed your buff cochin male to a salmon hen. You only need to hatch about 12 chicks. You will keep one male which probably will be all white. I had some all white with a colored tail, I didn't keep them, I kept the one that was mostly pure white. The following year breed that male to salmon hens,keep all the light colored pullets. The following year breed a salmon Faverolles male to all the light coloreds pullets. This will keep you busy for a while. The breeding formula is on this thread somewhere. I'm not sure how far back. If you get this far let me know.
Dick

Dick or some of you who know more about genetics than me (which would probably be almost any one of you!

), when one is working towards creating a new color, why is the rooster always the "new" color and the hen the Salmon Fav? Will it work in reverse or is there a particular reason for using the rooster to introduce the color?​

 

[hcammack]

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Dick or some of you who know more about genetics than me (which would probably be almost any one of you!

), when one is working towards creating a new color, why is the rooster always the "new" color and the hen the Salmon Fav? Will it work in reverse or is there a particular reason for using the rooster to introduce the color?

Since Dick doesn't get one often I can try and answer this. I am not as knowledgeable about genetics as many on here. But Dick says that the type is mostly passed on by the hens and the color by the roosters. I don't have evidence of this but Dick is speaking from experience I bet. Another reason for using the male of the new color is that he can cover more hens and provide you with more offspring then a hen who just lays a limited number of eggs.

Henry

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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Dick or some of you who know more about genetics than me (which would probably be almost any one of you!

), when one is working towards creating a new color, why is the rooster always the "new" color and the hen the Salmon Fav? Will it work in reverse or is there a particular reason for using the rooster to introduce the color?

Since Dick doesn't get one often I can try and answer this. I am not as knowledgeable about genetics as many on here. But Dick says that the type is mostly passed on by the hens and the color by the roosters. I don't have evidence of this but Dick is speaking from experience I bet. Another reason for using the male of the new color is that he can cover more hens and provide you with more offspring then a hen who just lays a limited number of eggs.

Henry

I'm planning on putting this to the test with the mille fleur project. I'm getting a dark male from Leisha to cover my d'Uccle girls, and I have a d'Uccle roo that I'm going to use to cover my Fav girls...unfortunately I only have 1 salmon girl (the other 2 are blue salmon and a splash salmon), so I am hoping that of the 4 chicks in the brooder at least ONE of them is a salmon girl...

I'm hoping that doing it this way will work...I'm thinking that if I just flip flop everything in the "recipe" from Dick, that hopefully it will work both ways...we'll see...

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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I bet!

I have a mantra that I darn near live by these days...it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission!

This is freaking awesome! I am glad your getting them. Wish I had room buff is such a beautiful color.

Henry

I know Henry, I'm really excited! AND as it so happens, a few generations into my project, I'm going to need buffs anyway...it's a win-win! (I didn't even think of this until way after I told Leisha I wanted them! LOL)

 

[hcammack]

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This is freaking awesome! I am glad your getting them. Wish I had room buff is such a beautiful color.

Henry

I know Henry, I'm really excited! AND as it so happens, a few generations into my project, I'm going to need buffs anyway...it's a win-win! (I didn't even think of this until way after I told Leisha I wanted them! LOL)

Thats great and I know you will do a good job with them.

 

[thechickonthehill]

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Since Dick doesn't get one often I can try and answer this. I am not as knowledgeable about genetics as many on here. But Dick says that the type is mostly passed on by the hens and the color by the roosters. I don't have evidence of this but Dick is speaking from experience I bet. Another reason for using the male of the new color is that he can cover more hens and provide you with more offspring then a hen who just lays a limited number of eggs.

Henry

I'm planning on putting this to the test with the mille fleur project. I'm getting a dark male from Leisha to cover my d'Uccle girls, and I have a d'Uccle roo that I'm going to use to cover my Fav girls...unfortunately I only have 1 salmon girl (the other 2 are blue salmon and a splash salmon), so I am hoping that of the 4 chicks in the brooder at least ONE of them is a salmon girl...

I'm hoping that doing it this way will work...I'm thinking that if I just flip flop everything in the "recipe" from Dick, that hopefully it will work both ways...we'll see...

You MUST keep us updated on the results. I for one will be very interested to hear about it.

 

[thechickonthehill]

Thank you Henry for the quick answer. I will file this with my other tidbits of chicken related wisdom.