Faverolles

I love my two faverolles muffin and waffle. They are so friendly and both eat out of my hands, which muffin gets so excited about that she now runs towards me when I approach the gate expecting to get some treats, she even stands at the fence when the gate is closed and watches me in the garden. Muffin also fell asleep in my arms when I picked her up (it's so cute when she snores).

I love my Faverolles sooooo much and couldn't do without them

We got one randomly as a chick from the local feed store. Less than a year later she was killed in a raccoon attack. She was not a loner, she was in charge. She was very sweet and my brother absolutely loved her. So we got two more (pullets) when the feed store had them again. When their coloring came in one looked awful weird. While browsing a Cackle hatchery catalog I saw a picture of our chicken- and was confused. Then it dawned on me"That's the picture of a rooster silly. You have a rooster." So we have a rooster after being assured they were pullets. Oh well he's very sweet but we already have a rooster that I will be breeding for purebreds so the Favorolle and his mate will have to move into a different coop.

Otherwise a very awesome breed!

my salmon faverolles is a little over 6 months, and she lays me an egg every day, she is so sweet and docile. i got her from murray mcmurray hatchery in 2-7-2015. i am so glad i got her, she is my tamest chicken breed. my faverolles is easily bullied by my other chickens but now that she is getting older she are not doing as much.


p.s. her name is sally!

I've had my faverolles, Sora for 3 years now and she's full of personality. She's very loving but a little too humanly connected at times she will leave the group to wait at the front door for me to let her in and any strangers that enter the yard get a lot of talking from her, I'd say she's quite protective. Sora has also proven to be, not a leader, but quite bossy when she wants something. For example she will steal food from my hands if I don't give to her fast enough and she will fend our queen hen when she wants something. As I said she is LOUD she is always talking even when she's getting ready to sleep and she is quite filthy most of the time mainly her "beard" being that she gets food in it. Despite all this I'd still suggest this breed for those that can deal with a little sound because they are very affectionate and will love/appreciate you to no end.

I had one for a short time with my mixed flock. She was super sweet with me and mothered three orphaned ducklings I had. She followed them everywhere and looked out for them. However, they "walked all over" her. If they wanted to go somewhere she had to follow or be left behind. She was constantly pushed away from the rest of the hens and the main rooster harassed her whenever she was within sight. She kept a minimum of 15 feet between herself the flock. In a flock of like-minded favorelles I am sure she would have flurished, but in a flock with more dominant breeds she never really found her place.

Faverolles are my favorite breed, I have an entire coop just for my Faverolles flock, but they have one big con. They are dumb, if left in a flock of mixed chickens where they are the only Faverolles they get really shy and become a loner. Make sure they have a buddy or. You will have problems and don't let them free range they will try to befriend any creature they find. They do make great pets and can become affectionate towards people and are great with kids. If they try to run they often end up hopping along instead which is great fun to watch. They tend to get muddy in wet conditions but so do most fluffy breeds. If you are thinking about getting them do it just make sure you have at least two of them!

My Salmon Faverolle doesn't seem to fit in well with my mixed flock of seven hens (two Australorps, two Brahmas, one Sussex, one Welsumer). She sometimes hangs out with them, but often stays near the coop by herself while the rest go foraging. She's super loud, sounding like I imagine a pterodactyl would sound, and doesn't seem to have the range of noises the other hens have. She caws like a crow!

She's also kind of neurotic, not wanting to be handled. She sometimes runs away from people contact, and sometimes stands her ground but pecks at you if you get close. She's docile once picked up. It's hard to explain, but she just doesn't act like the other chickens, like maybe she's got a screw loose. It could definitely just be her and not Faverolles in general, since the only other one I had died at less than a week old.

She went broody for a couple of months at just about 1 year old, but now is laying fairly consistently even though most of the other girls have stopped (it's mid-November). So we're grateful for her little eggs, but I don't think I'd get another Faverolle.

The favs really love to be with the people. When my husband was working on their coop 'Babs' liked to stand next to him and watch rather than free range, and then when it was bedtime she hopped up next to him and turned her back to go to sleep. We often find her standing in a corner when she's ranging, seemingly unable to figure out where to go. I think they're happiest pecking around and at my feet. The tufts probably make it tough for them to be efficient free range eaters but they try.They're low on the pecking order with our mixed flock (orpies, dominique, barred rock, speckled sussex, barnvelder, cochin, brahma, wyandotts, and easter egger) but for the most part they just freeze with head down if someone is grouchy and the other ladies leave them alone.

I have one huge roo and six hens. Just perfect pack!
They are big but gentle, very social, cute, curious and chatty.
And as you can see - roosters are very handsome with their great beard!

Just love this breed!

I absolutely love this breed!! I have had over 15 breeds to date and these are at the top of my list!!! (Orpingtons, Cochins, and Easter Eggers are all a close 2nd)

I started out with one hatchery Faverolles, and have continued to add to my flock. I am considering breeding these come spring.

Note: There is a major difference in personality, coloring, laying, etc between standard hatchery stock and breeder/show quality stock (more so than other breeds of chickens)

Got four salmon Favarolles from a breeder friend of mine along with some Buckeyes. Pretty pleased with them but compared to the Buckeyes the Favarolles were very spooky. It made them very difficult to catch when I was planning to transport them. Don't know what the cockerels are like because we ended up with 4/4 pullets. Nice birds just shy which made them more difficult to connect with. Will see in the spring how they are as layers.

Some chickens just have a knack for being clean and some don't. Beards are very large and can be very wet.

Great al around birds. Roosters are good with kids which is a huge bonus. They lay fairly well and are great mothers!

They are also very pretty!


I would recommend them!

Our Salmon girl is one of my favorites. I find the muff on her face to be so endearing. She's had a little trouble in our flock as she was one of the younger ones and got her chest and feathers pulled out some when they were in the brooder. Now that they are living outside she is faring better. She doesn't pick on the others but she is better able to escape them if someone wants to pick on her. I think I would always have some Faverolles in my flock in the future. Great bird!

Faverolles are super-duper sweet birds. They are nice, calm, and tolerate confinement well. They are so mellow and laid back, and so beautiful and adorable. I always will have a Faverolle in my flock. The eggs from the hens are big and brown, and the roosters are very sweet.

I absolutely adore Faverolles, they are such super sweet birds. They are nice and calm and perfect for confinement. They are not good at protecting themselves from predators, but I also don't think they are very destructive in the garden.

They are so mellow, and always so very beautiful and at the same time adorably cute with their fuzzy faces that I want to always have at least a few in my flock, though the ones I have had in the past laid a smallish egg.

As chicks and "teens" they are not very robust. At those ages you have to watch them closely and maybe still expect to loose one.

They are laid back and mellow enough, that I would like to try a rooster of this breed some day.

My Faverolles hen, Sally, has lots of pros.

Firstly, she is kind and docile. She lets me come near unlike other chooks
I have and have had and I pick her up and she's not very worried.. at all!
Her personality is calm and easygoing all the time.

Well, this is my third day I have had her. She hasn't laid any eggs yet
because she is adjusting to the new environment. But the previous
owner says she lays large white eggs, so I cannot wait to cook
one! Also, the egg rate is good, about four a week
I think? Well, that's not too bad.

She is not a bantam, this girl is purebred and standard size. She is
sometimes heavy to hold, but I am not really worried about that.
The good thing is that she's a standard, so that means she will
lay large, white eggs. So this is half and half.

And one more extra pro, a Faverolles is cute.

So, Faverolles is highly recommended for show and eggs. Might
be too heavy for handling for little kids, but worth breeding and
keeping!

I have enjoyed my chickens. We brought home three hens last summer and two are still with us. One died due to the extreme heat and drought. Before she died we named her Big Momma because we also brought home some young chicks. She kept the chicks with her and protected them. Not all hens will actually raise chicks, so it is something to consider. They will also become egg broody but it is pretty ease to get them off the brood.

During the spring, summer and most of the fall they were solid layers of medium sized eggs. They showed the ability to fly over four feet fences. They are great foragers and if they can find enough forage they will consume less feed.

Their personalities are enjoyable. They will talk at you when they want something from you. They can become quite loud. Some of their sounds though are quite musical and soft. We don't have to worry about the noise but others might. We did keep them in a suburban setting for most of the summer before we moved out to the country. They did jump the fences as they are very curious birds.

I will probably add more to my flock but there are a number of other breeds I would like to have and see if I like them better.

First ever chicken owners - picked 10 Ameraucana hens and 11 Fav hens, 1 Fav Roo (the 11th hen was intended to be a freely added roo, she's all hen, and 5 fancy banties from McMurray. I wanted lower noise for the neighbors (wanted a roo) and Fav roos are often reviewed that way. The Ameraucanas are loving, concerned and fun. The Fav hens seem to live in a clique except for a few, they look so much alike that I can only be sure who a few are! A couple hens are definately the dominant ones over all, they peck feathers off passersbys to gobble them up, but they're not mean about it - just looks like candy to them, but the Fav hens can be the mean girls out of all of mine. The Amera's hens are more - live and let live - attitude and will stay away from those select few Fav hens.

Winston was a gentle giant - died 5 days ago at an avian vet (that's how much I thought of him). They told me he had a fleshy congenital growth in his trachea and it was cutting off his O2 as it grew. They chose to save him - cut out the affected area of the trachea and reconnect it - they were doing it for free because he "is so beautiful, a gentleman, and he deseves to go back to his hens". I had hoped that he had something stuck in his windpipe that they could remove. He died prepping for surgery.
I have 1 porcelaine d' uccle roo who is supervisor under Winston and comes up with overbearing behaviors - one look from Win and he pads off across the run. Win was charming to the hens - he favored the wee banty hens with protection and ruled the roost by his presence. Should have called him "The Duke".

I was looking for another Fav roo yesterday online, afraid to let Sonic have his way for too long - but, I think we can wait a bit. You can tell I'm a 1st time suburban flock owner - we're often romantic about our chicks I think. My husband knows a farm owner he works with and he called the other night to offer me a roo and I had to say no. Fav roos are great. Of course he gave me the talk about - 'You know, Mary, they're just chickens" and "we do things differently up here in New Hampshire". I knew where he was going to go before I got on the phone. He probably pictures me sitting in the back yard, surrounded by my perfectly picked out flock with 2 on my lap, feeding fresh-baked cornbread - how ridiculous!

My first roo and hen were Faverolles. My SF roo, Ralphie, died last spring, shortly after his mate, Pretty, did; but I have some his offspring that are a SF/Ameraucauna cross...wonderful birds. I also have a friend that gave me a pair of faverolle hens (one's a SF Ameraucauna cross to go with the rest of my mixed flock). I can't say enough good things about the breed. Am definitely looking into ordering some SF chicks next spring!