Faverolles Thread

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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I have 8 yr olds that still lay... It's not like their commercial birds with a life expectancy of 1 1/2 yrs.... I have a long time poultry judge friend that has a 14 yr old Game hen that still lays every day...
Peter

That's amazing!!

 

[pfmerlin]

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[faverolles]

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Breeding salmon to blue. That would work but I don't know if the blue would have the lacing. With the gene pool that hen has you could get a lot of differences with the chicks.
It would be interesting.
Dick

 

[promiselandfarm5]

Well, it would be best to arrive at a decision on the color. What you have would produce blue/blk. There are some colors you can't get there from here no matter how typey the bird.... Salmon from there would just not be advisable. Blue or blk yes.
Peter

Well, I guess it won't be Blue Salmon if it isn't a good idea. Blue and Black are hard to come by, right? This is going to take a lot of thinking....

I still really enjoy looking at her even if I never use her in a project. She helps me not be so anxious about some Faverolle chicks.

Thanks for everyones advice.

 

[keesmom]

Here are some baby pics of the new bunch of babies. The rest were camera shy.

Troublemaker of the lot - runs around crazy already, and comes complete with grey racing stripes. Haven't seen chipmunk type stripes on a fav chick before.

But before you know it they'll be going through the ugly, dinosaur stage.

 

[hcammack]

Very Nice glad you have so many chicks! How are the BBS bantams and how is the Ermine project going?

 

[imusa76]

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I have 8 yr olds that still lay... It's not like their commercial birds with a life expectancy of 1 1/2 yrs.... I have a long time poultry judge friend that has a 14 yr old Game hen that still lays every day...
Peter

That's amazing!!

Thats Great news.. thanks

 

[promiselandfarm5]

Oh, those chicks are so cheeky!!!

 

[pfmerlin]

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[smchickfarm]

ok, as some of you know, I hatched 7 bantam faverolle's last weekend......

here are a couple pics! (i hope)
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/50706_100_2317-1.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/50706_100_2320.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/50706_100_2321.jpg


this was taken when they were about 3 days old. They are now getting their wing feathers!!!!!