Help salmon faverolle not eating

[Eggcessive]

So glad they are doing better. It depends a lot on the rooster. There is a kind of a rule for at least 10-12 hens per rooster, but I have had flocks with fewer hens. One rooster had 3 hens, but he was an easy going salmon faverolles. I don’t like to advise people to add new birds from other breeders because there can be a danger of bringing in a chronic disease. I prefer to get chicks all at once from a hatchery. But you may need a few more hens. Hard to know at this point. If you do chose to get more, quarantine them for a month to watch for any signs of disease, mites, or lice. Then add them gradually first behind a fence or netting, then have supervised visits. I would add just 1, but 2 or 3 would have better luck being together.

 

[peafowl_Lover]

Thank you, what breeds would do well with faverolles, orpingtons and silkies?

 

[peafowl_Lover]

The last chick that was sick, her name was Croissant died this evening. I feel really bad for my last faverolle Clarice as she and Croissant had a very close bond. My vet said if she died I could bring her to a lab for a necropsy but I'm worried I they died from an illness that the others would have to be culled. The others are perfectly healthy and are eating again. What should I do?

 

[Eggcessive]

I’m sorry for your loss. I would want to get a necropsy to see what they died of, but that is up to you. I had salmon faverolles with many different breeds, such as black australorps, easter eggers, ameraucanas, speckled sussex, bantam d’uccles, Polish, and buff orpingtons. I rehomed a few golden and silver laced wyandottes because they were mean to the faverolles.

 

[peafowl_Lover]

Thanks, are there many diseases that would cause the whole flock to be culled?

 

[Eggcessive]

Thanks, are there many diseases that would cause the whole flock to be culled?

In some states if your flock has a reportable disease, they might suggest culling or force you to close your flock. Avian influenza and Exotic Newcastles disease will require them to come in and kill your birds. But if you have MG, coryza, ILT, or Mareks, you should close your flock, but the state won’t make you cull them. In Ireland and the UK, they would have their own local laws about culling.

 

[peafowl_Lover]

What does close my flock mean? Does it mean not adding any new birds to it?

 

[Eggcessive]

Closing your flock to any birds going out or in when there is a confirmed serious respiratory disease is responsible. Do not sell or give away birds since they may be carriers. Selling hatching eggs from an MG positive flock may pass the disease in offspring, spreading the disease. Some people will breed within their flock since some birds may seem resistant to certain diseases.

There are many diseases such as coccidiosis that are treatable, so it is a good thing to get a diagnosis.