Faverolles Thread

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Wow, I'm still trying to clear out last year's extra birds. I won't start until March. I am up to my eyeballs in eggs from last year's hatch pullets though.

By the time the eggs that are currently in the bator (total of 3 hatches) are all done, I SHOULD have everything I want to grow out for the year...then I'll just be hatching chicks that folks are on my waiting list for. Getting done early this year...

 

[keesmom]

By the time the eggs that are currently in the bator (total of 3 hatches) are all done, I SHOULD have everything I want to grow out for the year...then I'll just be hatching chicks that folks are on my waiting list for. Getting done early this year...

Ha! You know you need a larger pool to choose from.

I plan to be done hatching by late April, if all goes as planned. Mid May at the latest.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Ha! You know you need a larger pool to choose from.

I plan to be done hatching by late April, if all goes as planned. Mid May at the latest.

LOL, Yeah, well, I REFUSE to have chicks in my house for 10 out of 12 months this year!

 

[comerspoultry]

I have about 4 more hatches between now and Feb. 2nd. With lots more to come. It is early.

 

[Inkheart]

I am here - been so dang darn busy and kinda still trying to get used to the new site - my computer seems not to like - takes me a bit to do anything.
Kinda woirried about my lil Black Tammi- she decided or her "clock " decided to moult late and a hard one - and we are having weird weather 52 degrees today after starting at 8 degrees yesterday- i have heat lamps and so forth . But just still worried. When it is really cold she just huddles under that lamp. Grrr. I need to have a talk with her biological clock for sure!

 

[bluebird]

Yep...really crazy weather! 40s...50s...and then back down to the teens this week. My little OEGB tends to roost off by herself so I bought a tiny soft fleece chicken saddle and put it on her (it's very cute!) when it dips into the teens. So Inkheart get little Tammi a sweater!

 

[mame1616]

i know this weekend was the Poultry Congress down in MA! btw, Mame1616 had the only favs there. her LF fav hen took BV i think and her bantam roo i think also took BV, but with no competition it was a very easy win for her!

Actually, it is Best of Breed when there is only one variety in the class. I had two other birds that got Best Variety in other classes. (Because they were the only ones of that variety!) And, since I was the only one in both classes, I was the big winner. Still, it was worth the drive to hang with Dick Boulanger. He critiqued my birds, and gave me advice on the four pullets I had in the car. The man's just a mountain of info. I wonder if he'd adopt me?

Lots of great comments on the favs from other people, which was nice. Sometimes when you have the only one in a class, people tend to walk right by them. I was stopped twice by people as I was cooping out the LF pullet, and several people paused to look and listen to Dick as he was checking over her on Saturday. He did the most amazing thing! My bantam cock had these huge spurs that I had been grinding down - or trying to - with a stone on my drill, and he just twisted them right off! A little bleeding, but there were brand-new, much smaller spurs left behind. I've never seen anything like it! I did see many people checking him out later that day and Sunday - I hope they weren't just looking at the blood on the litter. Still, I had many people stop me whenever I went to check his food and water, which was nice.

 

[Inkheart]

Congrats Mame!!!!

 

[ChristineR]

I'm trying to figure out what I want to get on the waiting list for. Are you going to be hatching all of your varieties? I really like the blue salmon bantams, but I also really like the LF Salmon, and the blue/black...I guess I like them all

I guess it would make it easier if I knew whether or not they'll all be available ...decisions, decisions.

Originally Posted by Cloverleaf Farm

 

[mame1616]

Congrats Mame!!!!

Thanks - although I feel weird saying that when it's like I won just for showing up!

Daphne was there, too, and only her tail condition kept her from winning BoB. The light pullet that beat her was in superior condition, I must admit.