They are an inbred lot from my son's 4H d'Anver's. Didn't realize the hen was sitting on eggs until it was too late - she was hiding them from me. The parents are siblings.
We weren't planning on breeding any of the show birds until we knew more about the breed. They had other plans.
Thank...
Thank you! I'm new to raising chicks from eggs and new to the breed so have been trying to make educated guesses. We have 3 more but their pictures were too blurry to post.
Here are a few of my Belgian Bearded D'Anver chicks. The odd thing is some, at least one, does not have the proper comb...so thinking someone else got into the mix somewhere? Would appreciate any speculations you may have. They should be listed as follows but please correct me if I mislabeled...
My D'Anver hen is laying again so we separated her from babies today. If anyone is in the San Diego area and interested in Quail and Blue Quail (poss keeping the Blue Splash) please let me know. They will be cheep, er, cheap, since parents are siblings.
Would like to add new blood to our...
Until we reinforced the door the babies would squish out any opening they could and explore making mama panic. Thankfully, my son checks on them everyday after school so they didn't get into trouble.
Loving all the pictures. Been too busy to respond. I want to get some pictures of my little ones on here to see if anyone wants to guess which are pullets and which are cokerals. I have my own guesses but this is my first clutch.
Can anyone help me identify the colors of these babies? Both parents are Blue Quaill. Not the best picture but shows the three main colors in the flock.
We got my son into 4H with poultry. Got him and my nephew each a Dutch d'Anver rooster - blue quaill. My son named his Foghorn and lives in his own little coop next to the big coop where my laying hens and Aracauna rooster live. My brother-in-law built a coop at his place for his son's bird...