Faverolles Thread

[mame1616]

All pullets?! Now why can't that happen to me??

 

[kraftyladies]

All pullets?! Now why can't that happen to me??

I know that sounds crazy, but it keeps happening to me. Lav orps...lemon cuckoo orps... salmon favorelles...

 

[ashandvine]

Sorry the pic didn't post. I tried pasting it in from email. They are cute fluffy babies, three, with very heavily feathered outside toes.

Been ill all weekend but I did get guilted into taking a (medicated) trip to the Cumberland Fair with the family. They had a poultry exhibition. I found one SF and it was... not inspiring. It didn't look like Henry's or anything anyone else has posted in here (that I have seen) so far. I really hope I am not going to hurt someone's feelings by saying this but it looked miserable in there and it looked like an off-white bird had been rolled on wet gravel. What happened? Was this just PQ? There were some other birds there that I was shocked were being shown so its possible.

 

[Snozzle]

I wasn't going to get into bantam fav's, but since I ended up with so few decent standard birds this year I just couldn't resist and ordered some eggs and here is the result. b/b/s and a salmon(could be blue salmon)

 

[hcammack]

Sorry the pic didn't post. I tried pasting it in from email. They are cute fluffy babies, three, with very heavily feathered outside toes.

Been ill all weekend but I did get guilted into taking a (medicated) trip to the Cumberland Fair with the family. They had a poultry exhibition. I found one SF and it was... not inspiring. It didn't look like Henry's or anything anyone else has posted in here (that I have seen) so far. I really hope I am not going to hurt someone's feelings by saying this but it looked miserable in there and it looked like an off-white bird had been rolled on wet gravel. What happened? Was this just PQ? There were some other birds there that I was shocked were being shown so its possible.

Faverolles are hard to breed. People have a lot of really poor quality birds out there. Ugly washed out faverolles. She could have been a recessive white bird from salmon breeding. They often look like your describing. White with salmonly leakage. Most faverolles out there won't look like the ones you see on this thread.

 

[hcammack]

I wasn't going to get into bantam fav's, but since I ended up with so few decent standard birds this year I just couldn't resist and ordered some eggs and here is the result. b/b/s and a salmon(could be blue salmon)

Oh very nice. Where did you get your eggs from? Looks like you have 3 blues and a black.

 

[sandiklaws]

Nice girls Henry! I have 2 girls hatched back in January from a Merlin roo (Arthur son if I remember correctly) over some of my birds that are 7/8ths Dick's line and they are both rather nice. I loaned them to a 4-H kid to show and they were always at the top of their class.

Here are the girls on their way home.








They are a little ruffled up after the day long stay in this cage and the 5 hour car trip. When I have some free time I will let them out of their new digs and try and snap some individual photos to show you each one of them. All have good beards, toes, and decent color. I need to work on combs next year with them and getting a more even over the top salmon color. Dick's girls certainly have a lot of filling in to do and growing left to do. Cindy's girls are already starting to hint at the future looks and its looking good. Can't wait for you to see the head on the one I am calling gigantor. A big thanks to Cindy and Dick for helping me get started again! Can't wait for next spring to start hatching and see the results of the Merlin rooster over these girls.

 

[sandiklaws]

Sorry the pic didn't post. I tried pasting it in from email. They are cute fluffy babies, three, with very heavily feathered outside toes.

Been ill all weekend but I did get guilted into taking a (medicated) trip to the Cumberland Fair with the family. They had a poultry exhibition. I found one SF and it was... not inspiring. It didn't look like Henry's or anything anyone else has posted in here (that I have seen) so far. I really hope I am not going to hurt someone's feelings by saying this but it looked miserable in there and it looked like an off-white bird had been rolled on wet gravel. What happened? Was this just PQ? There were some other birds there that I was shocked were being shown so its possible.

Unfortunately there is often a lot of poor quality birds at smaller county fairs level. Our fair was so bad I made everyone clean their shoes and put their clothes right into a wash. Half the birds there looked sick- slumped over and damp looking around the face and vent. We only walked through quickly. Even my husband, who only notices a chicken when it is cooked, saw there was something wrong with them. I generally only consider entering the bigger shows that are APA sanctioned, and unless I have something I think might win I do not enter, and I also have a few birds (2 this year) I loan out to the 4-H kids to do their circuit each year which help me measure where I am at... otherwise I do not take my birds off property.

 

[Snozzle]

Oh very nice. Where did you get your eggs from? Looks like you have 3 blues and a black. 

One of the blues is a lot lighter, I was wondering if that could be a splash peep maybe? I have never had a splash hatch, not sure what they look like as babies. I ordered them on ebay, I need to stay away from there, it's not helping my hatching addiction lol

 

[comerspoultry]

Anyone coming to the Eastern National in Lucasville, Ohio in a couple of weeks?