Chicken breed
Faverolles (Salmon)
Also called Salmon Faverolles, Faverolle
Faverolles are a French dual-purpose breed with beards, muffs, feathered legs and five toes. Hens are very gentle, lay tinted to light brown eggs and are good winter layers. Their docile nature can put them low in the pecking order.
At a glance
150–240eggs a year
3–5eggs a week
16–26weeks to first egg
6.5 lbhen weight
8 lbrooster weight
Mediumegg size
Traits
- Cold hardyhigh
- Heat tolerantmedium
- Goes broodymedium
- Fine in a small runhigh
- Egg colour
- tinted to light brown (sometimes pinkish)
- Temperament
- gentle, docile, friendly
- Good with kids
- Usually, yes
- Origin
- France (village of Faverolles)
- Comb
- single
- Bantam size
- Available
- APA standard
- Recognized
- Conservation
- Watch
- Purpose
- dual, pet
Good for
- families with children
- cold climates
- winter eggs
- pets
Watch out for
- often low in the pecking order; keep with calm breeds
- hatchery labels it an advanced-care breed
Looks and feathers
Five toes, feathered legs, muffs and beard; salmon coloring. APA large-fowl varieties Salmon and White.
Our drawing shows the most common US variety; colours vary.
Similar breeds
All breedsSources
- 1Salmon Faverolles Day Old Chicks (product/breed profile)Meyer Hatchery
- 2Salmon Faverolle (product/breed profile)Cackle Hatchery
- 3Faverolles Chicken (breed facts)The Livestock Conservancy
- 4Faverolles (breed page)My Pet Chicken
- 5Accepted Breeds & VarietiesAmerican Poultry Association
- 6Chicken Breeds & Varieties (A2880), incl. APA standard weightsUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension
- 7Salmon Favorelle Bantam (product/breed profile)Cackle Hatchery
Hatcheries often disagree on eggs a year; ranges span every source we read. How we check the facts.