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Hi, I have a brown red hen and a birchen hen, this year I would also like to get a splash hen and a wheaten hen. Obviously not for showing, being a mixed colour flock, but what colour cockerels would everyone recommend to get...

See now I often don't see the pointed feathers starting on d'Anvers til about 8-12 weeks old at the earliest, I'll keep my fingers tightly crossed that for the first time ever I have more girls than boys then.    

Quote: Originally Posted by Boggy Bottom Bantams    nothing variety wise, some individual birds do though. Different lines do at times, etc. so most likely is just a combo of one of those things. If they...

Does anybody know if splash d'Anvers develop later than usual? I have 3 splash that are 6 weeks old now and they have no colour in their combs and haven't got big raised combs yet either but they sure as hell act like boys. They all...

Its most definately a hen, she's POL age now and her comb is just beginning to grow and go pink. The first time, I left them together two weeks before taking out the troublemakers, as it had got to the point that the lavender hen...

Hi, I'm wondering if you guys can help me? I'm having such trouble with my little d'Anver flock this year.  I tried to introduce two new girls to my flock - a lavender and a birchen, they'd grown up next to my flock which are...

Yep, looks like a pullet to me too. :)

So what would I get if I crossed this buff columbian type girl with my silver quail boy? Also, she seems to be getting slightly more markings as she is getting older, I was really hoping they'd get less. I love her rich ginger colour...

Quote: Originally Posted by NanaKat  Glad you little guy has been caught.  And thanks for the answer about the egg laying....mine are 3.5 months old so it will be a while. Hope you are not...

Quote: Originally Posted by Den in Penn  If they are not sexually mature he will not warm up to them.  The less aggressive hen would be my first choice. The aggressive hen last. Problem is, if I...