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?