“My favaucana is not a ‚Äúfriendly‚Äù chicken. She tents to be pretty stand offish. She has a normal four toes and very sparse feathers on her legs. She‚Äôs pretty cute.
Given that she is from slow maturing breeds, I wasn‚Äôt even expecting an egg any time soon but today, at 20 weeks and two days, she laid a tiny green egg!”
“My Favaucana had the most personality out of all my birds. She was super sweet and friendly. She always had so much to say about everything! She was top of the pecking order in my flock and kept the peace between everyone and didn't allow bullies.”
“My favaucana, Juniper, rules the roost at our house. She is very friendly and doesn‚Äôt mind being picked up at all. Juniper doesn‚Äôt have any extra toes, but does have one extra toenail. She does become broody once every summer and is fairly hard to break. She is also extremely talkative, especially during laying season, and has done quite a bit of practice at crowing. It doesn‚Äôt bother me, but I do wonder what the neighbors think! It‚Äôs easy to forgive these faults since she lays a lovely pale green egg nearly every day from Valentine‚Äôs until Thanksgiving. I would absolutely purchase this breed again.”
“Lucette will be four soon and is awesome. She lays beautiful sage eggs even through winter. She‚Äôs towards the top of the pecking order and is always looking for treats. She doesn‚Äôt like to be handled but tolerates being pet.”
“i got "Miss Margaret" almost 3 years ago, and she is my BEST BIRD BY FAR!!! she is a PROLIFIC layer of green eggs, even through the winter, average 6/wk... she's gone broody a couple of times, n i know she would be such a great mommy as well. she's sweet, friendly bird (lowest on the pecking order), and LOVES to forage, so her feed to egg ratio is FABULOUS. i will DEFINITELY get another!!!
i honestly didn't think there was a bird that would "check all the boxes" (usually there is trade-off with any breed), but i was truly amazed at her personality and performance; beyond my eggspectations... :)”
“We got two Favaucanas a few years ago. The both are very talkative and LOUD! They both go broody a few times a year. This spring we segregated one in our brooder pen and gave her ceramic eggs to ‚Äúhatch.‚Äù We swapped them out for day three day-old chicks and two turkey poults. She took to them right away. We kept a heat lamp on in the border for the first week. After a week she had motherhood all figured out. By two weeks we were able to confidently put her and her babies outside in the little coop. Our hen was a wonderfully attentive, protective, and patient mother. It almost makes up for her horrible nagging voice!”
“She is adorable, calm, intelligent and a good forager. She is the most reliable layer I have ever had - bar none. She very seldom misses a day, even in the depths of winter. My rooster seems to love her best. Seems to breed her almost exclusively. BUT. Every single egg from her I have ever hatched - or given to others to hatch - about 20 now, I'm guessing - has been a rooster. Every single one. I couldn't understand how this could be. It seems impossible odds. But then I read the following: "The finding, which has been patented, could eventually lead to big changes in the poultry industry, writes Nicholas Schoon. If the temperature is dropped by a few degrees for three days during the embryological development of a freshly laid egg, some chickens which should hatch out male instead become female. They have the genes and chromosomes for maleness but they are fully functional females able to lay fertile eggs. If they are then crossed with normal males, the resulting chicks are all male, said Professor Mark Ferguson of the University of Manchester." So - perhaps this explains it.”
“Our two fauvacana hens in our flock of 11 hens are quite talkative and tend to be louder than the other birds in our flock. Additionally, their voices remind me of a woman who has smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for the last 50 years, very gravelly and not so pleasant. Otherwise they are lovely birds.”
