Does her hens lay a large or med egg. One across the ctry says hers lay large eggs.?? I use my hens for beauty and for eggs. I do not breed or show but love for them to look like they should. Thanks
Gloria Jean
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is the toes the only reason you think they where a cross??? color and or type should be way off if they where crossed... maybe you could post some pic's??? not all Fav's have 5 toes it is something to cull for... 2 parents with 5 toes will produce a chick ever once in a while with 4 toes... the harder u cull and the longer u cull for the proper placement and number of toes the less culls u will have... u can still use the 4 toed ones to breed with just be aware that u will get allot more 4 toed chicks that way... maybe that was what happened at the breeder u got them from (if there is no obvious color of type issues)Genetics question:
I have a salmon faverolle cockerel a really nice pullet, two so-so pullets and one with a split tail. I also have some that are apparently crossed with Ameraucanas (they have four toes on one or both feet).
What are the genetics behind the toes? I'm wondering what to expect when I breed these.
1) They were all out of the same batch of hatching eggs, so I'm wondering if I can be safe in assuming the five toed ones are indeed fully salmon faverolles and that their chicks will also have five toes?
2) If I breed the ones with odd numbers of toes, what will happen with the toes? And more importantly, if one of them has a chick with the proper number of toes, will it reliably produce five toed chicks?
We keep two flocks of chickens. One for showing (so not seriously) and one just for eggs. My daughter would like to sell hatching eggs locally, but I need to work out how carefully we need to track these particular chickens, or if we can continue pulling out the nicest from our flock for breeding purposes.
Genetics question:
I have a salmon faverolle cockerel a really nice pullet, two so-so pullets and one with a split tail. I also have some that are apparently crossed with Ameraucanas (they have four toes on one or both feet).
What are the genetics behind the toes? I'm wondering what to expect when I breed these.
1) They were all out of the same batch of hatching eggs, so I'm wondering if I can be safe in assuming the five toed ones are indeed fully salmon faverolles and that their chicks will also have five toes?
2) If I breed the ones with odd numbers of toes, what will happen with the toes? And more importantly, if one of them has a chick with the proper number of toes, will it reliably produce five toed chicks?
We keep two flocks of chickens. One for showing (so not seriously) and one just for eggs. My daughter would like to sell hatching eggs locally, but I need to work out how carefully we need to track these particular chickens, or if we can continue pulling out the nicest from our flock for breeding purposes.
Hey, pasofinofarm i did not know u where still around these parts... i for one have a wonderful Blue salmon hen that i hatched from your eggs in 2011 that i absolutely love... i have hatched quite a few chicks from her this year including 3 more gorgeous blue salmon pullets... if she was not molting right now i would post a few pic's... thanks for sharing her with me, Elias