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I am looking to rehome 3 Faverolles pullets. 2.5 months old. They are suspected IBV positive so would need to be either housed alone, or housed with others who are positive or vaccinated, for next 6 months or so. I believe they had a mild case -- just an occasional sneeze. They also had coccidiosis, but that has been treated and resolved. The new owner would need to have corid on hand for relapse.

Their little beards and cheeks are growing in, and they are super cute.

I sacrificed one chick and had a necropsy to get an idea of what they had. By the time of rehoming I would have results from a full workup of respiratory viruses, so I would know if they are positive for anything else. So far they are negative for MG/MS and a few others.

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Found a home for the Faverolles.

Now I am looking for some hatching eggs to try again. Does anyone know where I can get some hatching eggs for

--Appenzeller Spitzhauben (silver spangled)
-- Mottled Houdans

I think I might give up on the faverolles for a while, unless someone has breeder stock.


Thanks!
 
feliciadawn said:
Found a home for the Faverolles.

Now I am looking for some hatching eggs to try again. Does anyone know where I can get some hatching eggs for

--Appenzeller Spitzhauben (silver spangled)
-- Mottled Houdans

I think I might give up on the faverolles for a while, unless someone has breeder stock.


Thanks!
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@dheltzel do you have any of these or know someone out your way?
 
feliciadawn said:
Found a home for the Faverolles.

Now I am looking for some hatching eggs to try again. Does anyone know where I can get some hatching eggs for

--Appenzeller Spitzhauben (silver spangled)
-- Mottled Houdans

I think I might give up on the faverolles for a while, unless someone has breeder stock.


Thanks!
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I know someone locally breeding Favorolles, but not the others. A friend had Spithauben and they were genetically very weak, probably from inbreeding. Houdans are also quite hard to find breeders, not sure why, but I be the hatchery stock is very disappointing to work with.

It is a shame so many breeds are rare to the point of vanishing from the US. Hatcheries are a poor repository for these breeds as they select for high egg production at the expense of all other traits, so all the birds end up looking different than they should and often lacking the other traits they had originally.

You realize you will have "extra rooster problems" if you get hatching eggs. Dealing with the extra roosters is a big problem for small breeders. I am fortunate to have a whole farm they can go feral on, but most end up at livestock auctions or they have to be raise to eating size.

How are you planning to incubate the eggs, if you find some?
 
I actually bought an incubator -- the Nurture Right 360. And yes, I will have a rooster issue. All I can do is sell off some of any type that have a great hatch at birth straight-run, and then for the others try to find an adopter. We are sticking with only one rooster for now -- he is such a good boy! I think for faverolles, houdans and such there may be a market, even for roosters, since these birds are so hard to get. I really don't want to get them from hatcheries, but there just doesn't seem to be other options. Dennis -- who do you know who has faverolles eggs? Can you share the name?

Meanwhile, my adult chickens are using the extra coop I built for the chicks (that was never used) as a "winter house" during the day when they get cold. It is slightly heated and has a sun roof, unlike their coop. They love it. So I have some very spoiled chickens.
 
Has anyone had a silkie hen with streamers in their crest? We have one that is 7 months old. Small, like our hens, but with long streamers. He has all the characteristics of our hens. No comb development yet either. Just put him/her into a pen with one rooster that will not accept another rooster in his pen with his girls. The rooster accepted this one, so far. It had been an immediate reaction when another male comes into his pen. This silkie also makes hen noises. We found an egg in the pen this weekend. The other silkies are just 5 months old. We haven't has a silkie lay an egg before 6 months old.
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