Thanks for the kind words about the painting.
Grace, I am so trying to convince my husband to have us foster dogs. So far it's a no go but I am working him down!
It can be hard work, but it is SO rewarding! What are his concerns? This puppy is foster #10. It can be hard to part with them sometimes, but if we adopted them all, we wouldn't be able to keep helping the rest. We've done a variety of breeds and ages, rescues will usually do their best to make sure they aren't giving you an unsuitable dog for your household.
Gracejr, there are black and blue Faverolles in the US, but they are exceedingly rare. There is the common salmon color, which is actually black salmon - there are blue and splash salmon patterns as well, but again exceedingly rare. My husband and I are working on B/B/S Faverolles as a project, but still in the VERY early stages (three black half-orpington chicks and a pair of splash cochins with eggs in the incubator sort of early stages). So far as im aware, Favs are the only breed of any useful size with small combs, beards, and feathered feet. Henry in VT has a cock with a particularly tiny comb that im interested in getting some eggs from if I can, to breed down the comb size in my own flock. Id be happy to share some eggs or chicks once my b/b/s Faverolles project is further off the ground if you like.
Oh nifty! I bet those are gorgeous! Once you get up and running let me know, I may be interested in getting a few for sure. I started out with chickens just for food, but I'm debating whether working towards a heavy bird with feathered leg, beard, and small comb might be worthwhile. My rooster now won't work (blue english orp), but his son would be a good start I think - blue orp/brahma mix with feathered legs and smallish comb. Have a light brahma and blue cochin for feathered legs, and a few americauna hens that would bring beards to the table. I've got one girl that is either an EE or Fav mix, she has an amazing beard, and fav-ish coloring, but only 4 toes.
This is cute! Is there a particular rescue you foster for? I just signed up to be a perspective puppy phone interviewer for the rescue where we got our super sweet lab/husky mix.
I foster through Lucky Pup Rescue. The women who run it are great to work with, and do a good job of matching up dogs with appropriate foster homes. Plus, the majority of the dogs they rescue are transported up from the south where they would most likely otherwise be euthanized.
So far this day is going well. On the plus side the turkey poults are all doing well. Everyone seems to know how to eat and drink. The tetra tints that went outside yesterday are all still present and accounted for in the brooder coop. The negative side is I had to go out and catch two mischievous horses at 630 this morning. They had managed to get out through the back of their new run-in. They managed to undo the zipper on one side of the back door/flap. Fixed that with baling twine so they can't repeat the escape. At least I hope they can't.Now I am at the laundromat and the washing machine I used decided to leak all over the floor.
What naughty girls! Hope they don't make any more escapes! Ugh on the washer, but at least it was there and not a leak at home?