Breeds of Chickens - f

Faverolles Chickens are a utility fowl from France. The French crossed several breeds to create them. They mature early, produce a fine textured meat, and lay four eggs a week or 170 medium-sized, creamy or salmon colored eggs per year. They lay well in the winter months. Their downy feathers equip them to endure cold. Faverolles chickens seldom go broody. Owners report that Faverolles roosters rank as some of the most docile cocks in poult ...

Fayoumi Chickens are used as a research subject and ornamental. They lay two small cream colored eggs a week starting as early as four months of age. Fayoumi chickens mature quickly but only reach four pounds at full maturity. They show remarkable resistance to viral and bacterial disease and infection. Owners refer to the Fayoumi chicken as the “escape artist.” They can really fly and love to forage when on the lam. Nearly wild, the Fayoum ...

Friesians are a Dutch chicken that originated on the Friesian Islands. They are a very old breed and excavation on the Islands have shown that they have been around for over 1000 years ago.  

They are a small chicken but also a very good layer. They can produce around 230 eggs per year.

They are gold pencilled, silver pencilled and chamois pencilled. The chamois is the most unusual color and perhaps the most attrac ...

Frizzle chickens are a unique breed characterized by their distinctive outward-curled feathers, giving them a striking and unusual appearance compared to typical chickens. This genetic trait causes their feathers to curl in an outward fashion, creating a frizzled or curly effect that sets them apart from other breeds.

Although some may consider Frizzles to be a separate breed altogether, it's important to note that chickens from variou ...