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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: kelloggs on August 30, 2010, 05:13:13 pm

Title: FTGH Faverolle Cockerel
Post by: kelloggs on August 30, 2010, 05:13:13 pm

  Lovely 10 week old salmon faverolle boy looking for loving home.
  Have just recently hatched more and all are boys apart from one ::)
  So if you can offer him a home please let me know :)
  Nr Swaffham, Norfolk

  also plenty of brahma boys looking for homes
 

Title: Re: FTGH Faverolle Cockerel
Post by: sheardale on August 30, 2010, 10:14:45 pm

Oh you are too far away from me.

Title: Re: FTGH Faverolle Cockerel
Post by: kelloggs on August 31, 2010, 08:26:39 am

  Isn't that always the way :)

Title: Re: FTGH Faverolle Cockerel
Post by: Elissian on September 02, 2010, 10:31:41 pm

Interesting you should say this, I've had about 90% male hatch on my faverolles and brahmas on the last 2 hatches. I was wondering if, like reptiles,the sex could be changed by the incubation temperature or is that just crazy!

Title: Re: FTGH Faverolle Cockerel
Post by: kelloggs on September 03, 2010, 08:25:54 am

I just put it down to which birds eggs I hatch ::)This year Sharjah hens have produced all pullets  :)whereas Beauty's where all cockerels :(
and as for Sandy's girls every year seem to produce all cockerels with the occasion pullet.  :o (So have only hatched a few of his this year).
Luckerly darks are 50/50 ;)