How many eggs do your Salmon Faverolles lay?

[Allie Grace Sanders]

I'm getting the breeds listed below, but I might swap out my leghorn for salmon faverolle. How many eggs do they lay? If they do not lay a lot, I will just have to go with the leghorn. If I have to, are leghorns aggressive?

 

[OkieChickenGal]

Salmon faverolles are very good egg-layers laying laying between
150-180 eggs per year.. So each hen usually lays 4 eggs per week. White leghorns are excellent layers laying around 280 eggs per year. Each hen lays around 6 eggs per week. Salmon faverolles are extremely docile and very friendly. White leghorns tend to be nervous and flighty. If you're looking for a friendly, docile, good egglaying chicken, I recommend the salmon faverolles. But if you don't care if your chickens don't have a good, friendly, personality, and you just want an excellent egglaying chicken, I think the white leghorns are a great choice
Leghorn roosters are aggressive if you plan on having them

 

[EggSighted4Life]

You better go with the Leghorn, if egg production verses cost is important to you.

Even if the SF laid 4-5 eggs per week... they are more medium sized eggs and much heavier birds so they WILL eat more and make less eggs. Leghorns lay fairly large eggs and VERY prolifically. SF also grow and mature A LOT slower. To me they are beautiful hobby birds but will NEVER come close to leghorn in laying.

And quite honestly, despite our leghorn not being held and loved on per her own wishes... she is one of the coolest birds to see with her giant red comb on her petite white body. She is very entertaining and a great part of the flock (when we had her). Everyone who came over wanted to see her regardless of the "rare" breeds I had on pasture! Leghorn aren't nearly as plain as they seem!

 

[OkieChickenGal]

You better go with the Leghorn, if egg production verses cost is important to you.

Even if the SF laid 4-5 eggs per week... they are more medium sized eggs and much heavier birds so they WILL eat more and make less eggs. Leghorns lay fairly large eggs and VERY prolifically. SF also grow and mature A LOT slower. To me they are beautiful hobby birds but will NEVER come close to leghorn in laying.

And quite honestly, despite our leghorn not being held and loved on per her own wishes... she is one of the coolest birds to see with her giant red comb on her petite white body. She is very entertaining and a great part of the flock (when we had her). Everyone who came over wanted to see her regardless of the "rare" breeds I had on pasture! Leghorn aren't nearly as plain as they seem!

Agree!

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

Thank you!

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

Are there any other feather footed breeds that lay a lot of eggs?

 

[EggSighted4Life]

If it's feather footed you want... SF seems pretty good to me. Can't currently think of any light bodies with feathered legs.

I do keep French Black Copper Marans. They only lay about 3 eggs per week to achieve their dark color. But they are hardy birds, maybe a LITTLE lighter than SF, but their eggs are jumbo after the pullet stage, at least in my line. In addition to that they aren't likely to be bullied the way SF are known to in mixed flocks. They also don't seem to bully. But when you remove them from roost they will fight like the dickens. Very predator savvy. Though pretty enough birds not as cute or docile as Faverolles!

A couple links for you to check out different birds. I would avoid Cochin since they also aren't prolific with medium eggs, but worse heavily broody....
https://livestockconservancy.org/images/uploads/docs/pickachicken.pdf

http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

Hope this is helpful.

Might also mention.. I get the birds I want to try and if it doesn't work out they sell for a good value of $25-30 in the next season and you got the experience. Switching out older girls (I go after the second molt) with pullets each year in the future will keep your production up when the older ladies molt. But I find keeping them through their first 2 molts to still be beneficial since a pullet won't lay for just as long while they are growing and then they will lay pullet sized eggs for a while. The older ladies will already be laying full size eggs, and be settled into the flock.

For what it's worth... I've had TONS of breeds.. and we are hoping to try a Faverolle or two this year since the two BOYS we got were pretty fun.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Leghorn females are not aggressive at all.

As far as the males go... it's a stereotype and ALL birds are individuals. Though some will fall inline to perpetuate the stereotype.... I have even seen broody leghorns and sex links no matter how many times I read those aren't broody breeds.

 

[Allie Grace Sanders]

Thank you! I think I’ll go with leghorns. Next year, I might get SF or Polish! So pretty!