“I ordered 6 Salmon Faveral day old Hens for the end of June 2022. I have raised a few hundred chickens over the years. I had two Faverals in the last 40 hens when we lived out of town. Careers took us away from the country for the last decade. We retired two years ago buying a house on the edge of town with a chicken yard but needing a coop. We are limited to six hens no roosters. My MPC order was 6 of the healthiest chicks I have ever received. As the coop was under construction the chicks were brooded in the dinning room. It was way too hot this last summer so they were inside far too long. By Labor day the weather cooled, I moved the flock to the court yard where they cleaned my flower beds, turned the soil, and fertilized the old heritage landscape. In the evening instead of the court yard enclosure they were coming to the door pecking on the glass and wanting in for the night. All six are now in their coop, laying prodigiously, and chatting away. They are the happiest most talkative hens we have ever had. Their health is fantastic; they are well feathered, and the 6 are laying 24 eggs a week in the middle of winter. They are gorgeous in color and structure. Easy to handle as adults not so much as chicks. I only recommend MPC for chicks when asked and I recommend the Faveral as a single variety flock.”
“Received both active but one had an eye infection that I have since taken care of myself. She is thriving. I'm not really sure what's going on with the other girl. She is still little. She is eating and drinking. I'm giving her vitamins. I'm not going to give up on her. She might just be a little peanut. I love them both, they are beautiful ❤️”
We are sorry one of your chicks have needed so much extra care and another is small enough you are concerned. Chicks do grow at different rates, so hopefully your little Peanut will continue to thrive. Please feel free to send in photos of your little one to info@mypetchicken.com so we can take a look and help if we can.
“We got 21 chickens at the end of Sept 2021. We got all different breeds so we can have a colorful egg basket. We also got one rooster - a Salmon Faverolles - to help protect the girls, but didn't want one too aggressive, so went for this breed. The rooster has turned out just the way we hoped. He could be a bit more assertive, though, as the girls pull out all his tail feathers and he doesn't do anything to stop them. But he does a good job marshalling everyone into the coop at night and won't go in himself until everyone is safe. He doesn't get all bent out of shape when we are nearby and he only crows 3 times at dawn, when he senses danger, or when they run out of food or water. I can still pick him up without being pecked, although he fights to get away.
None of them have starting laying yet, but the female salmon Faverolles chicken is one of our most friendly. She is the first to come running. She loves to be held, hunkers down and makes little happy noises while roosting on your arm or lap. She is the bottom rung of the pecking order, though, and had to be kept separate but nearby the others until we were able to move them outside where she has plenty of room to run away. We mostly got breeds that are meant to be friendly, so I wouldn't mix these hens with more aggressive breeds. She also isn't very bright. I would not trust her to survive a full free range situation. Hence, 4 stars instead of 5 stars. I worry about them. If I had it to do again, I would only get this breed if I could keep them separate from the other breeds.”
“Honestly probably the cutest bird I have. She is a loner however and isn't close with any of my other chickens. So my only slight complaint is more that I feel bad for her always being off on her own (thus never around me in proxy).”
“I ordered a hen and a rooster at time and MPC had runned out! So I ordered later from another hatchery. Let me just say that the MPC Salmon Faverolles are so beautiful in every way! The other hatchery the hens have almost black beards mixed in with the cream, giving them a dirty looking beard ‚Ķ
but MPC Faverolles are that light Gorgeous Salmon cream! You see in they’re photos! Very clean looking bird!
Now as far as personality!!! Everyone should get them!!! My gosh they keep me cracking up! Even the sounds they make they sound like a baby it‚Äôs hilarious! And the way they run??? I never get sick of it! To funny! I have all my Faverolles hens laying! Cute light cream eggs! 5 eggs a week from each hen! I want more of these girls! My 2 Faverolles Roosters are sooo docile and so good with the girls and yes one of the Salmon Faverolles Rooster is the King of the roost! Second in Command is the Barred Rock and then the 3rd in command is the other Faverolles Roo! It‚Äôs beautiful to see them all crowing and sometimes crow together! I love my Boys. You won‚Äôt regret getting them!”
“So my Favs are gorgeous, fluffy, funny and overall adorable and on top of that have already started laying! Hatched September 13th 2020 and even though they are winter chicks have started earning their keep. I just adore this breed”
“Our baby Favorelle Lou Lou makes me laugh every time I look at her. She was a little shy at first, but is starting to become more comfortable with being held and loved on. I know my family is sick of seeing photos of her, but I seriously cannot stop, she is so round and fluffy it's a wonder she can even walk around! The cutest chick I've ever encountered with those little cheeks. She loves to eat and is just so adorable. Lightening fast shipping, they arrived less than 24 hours after leaving the facility, all beautiful healthy babies.”
