Fayoumi Chicken | Full Details

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BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT

Fayoumi chicken is particularly well suited to hot climates and are very active and hardy breed. They are very good foragers and need very little feed to survive. So they are very economical breed. Fayoumi chicken will become very vocal when picked up, because they don’t like being handled at all. They will never be fully tamed. Although they can be tamed to a degree with treats. They are lively birds, very flighty and love to roost in trees. So care needs to be taken with boundary fencing.

Fayoumi chicken is bossy but they are not particularly aggressive and roosters are tolerant of each other. Hens are not given to broodiness as pullets, but can be when they reach two or three years of age. So incubation is required for egg hatching. Fayoumi chickens are very hardy foragers and do well free-range. They have reputation as a good free range predator resistant chicken to raise on your farm or acreage. They also do well within a large pen or barn and like to roost as high as they can. This breed is very suitable for small farm. Review full breed profile of Fayoumi chicken below.

FAYOUMI CHICKEN | Breed Profile
Breed Name	Fayoumi
Other Name	None
Breed Purpose	Ornamental
Breed Temperament	Friendly, Flighty
Breed Size	Medium
Broodiness	Seldom
Comb	Single
Climate Tolerance	Do Well in Hot Climates
Egg Color	Off-White
Egg Size	Small
Egg Productivity	Medium
Feathered Legs	No
Rarity	Common
Varieties	Silver Penciled is the Only Variety

The Good

• Alert
• Very active
• Beautiful
• Efficient layers
• Economical eaters
• Friendly
• Independent
• Very hardy
• Protective but not aggressive
• Very fast maturing breed
• Roosters are tolerant of each other
• Very predator resistant
• Good foragers
• Perform well in free range and need less feed

The Bad

• Flighty
• Sometimes the roosters can be noisy
• Don’t like being handled
• Loud
• Small eggs
• Not good for meat production

Is Fayoumi Chicken Good for You?
Fayoumi chicken is good for you if you…….

1. Want to raise some very active and hardy birds.
2. Are looking for some chicken breed which are great foragers and perform well in free range.
3. Are looking for beautiful chicken breeds for ornamental purpose.
4. Want to raise some chickens which are economical eaters and require less feeds.
5. Are willing to have some chickens which are small in size and require less space to live.
6. Want to raise some very early maturing chickens.
7. Are searching for predator resistant chicken breed.