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Unseasonably warm today, took advantage of the weather to clean my fountain. Let all the feathered friends out to play!

My newest Belgian d'Anvers bantams at 6 months showing off their full adult plumage. Love these little beauties! The little cockerel is the tamest we have ever had, he lets us pick him up with no fuss and as you can see, just settles and fluffs out his feathers fetchingly! Thank you Aubrey...

So, pictures to evaluate for Aubrey and/or other knowledgeable folks here. I had four chicks hatch from my dun cuckoo BBB eggs. 2 are obviously cuckoo, and from reading recent comments I'm guessing that the one which has a large spot on the back of the head is (hopefully) female and the one...

Hi Aubrey, I know that your post is from a couple weeks ago, but I stumbled across this item and wanted to share it as it offers some explanation on how hens can turn into roosters. http://m.livescience.com/13514-sex-change-chicken-gertie-hen-bertie-cockerel.html Fascinating read. Enjoy!

My experience with my d'Anvers is the roos that we have hand-raised are very sweet and will follow you around like puppies, but are not much on being handled during the day. They are more inclined to cooperate with handling when they start roosting in the evening. Additionally, all our...

I recently bought 4 black d'Anvers from a family near me (southern Oregon), they said they bought about 20 from a breeder in Northern California. The d'Anvers have good form and type, and I am very pleased with them. The 2 hens won BV and RV recently. I see, celeste, your mention of being a...

This :duc woman My Little Love Rufus was Your FIRST friendly d'anver rooster. Not my fault he loved me and flogged you. See my Avatar....my Rufus is a sweetie. Love the soggy Bottom Bantam...do those come in all colors or just certain ones? This year they only come in Lavender Cuckoo;)...

Getting ready for the PPBA 2014 show in Stockton. This is a soggy Boggy Bottom bantam Sorry, I couldn't resist.

You were in my neighborhood! I live in Talent (4 miles north of Ashland). Interesting that your experience is with "pit bull" d'Anver roos--my experience is with (some) pit bull d'Uccle roos. Or one at least. I have one d'Uccle that can bruise my ankles pretty badly if he sneaks up on me...

That's her picture in my avatar--she was raised by my son when he was in 2nd grade. He named her Fuzzy Slippers. She has been shown several times and each time won best of breed (not bad for a hatchery chick!). She was the impetus for my getting interested in keeping and breeding bantams...

I have a 14 year old (still have the original receipt for her purchase) d'Uccle hen who was 5 when she bonded with a crippled LF (Buff Orp mix) that we had rescued as a chick and from that moment on the d'Uccle would have nothing to do with any of our roosters and ferociously guarded the LF from...

When my chooks are in free range mode, the d'Anvers and d'Uccles hang out together, so I (obviously) don't keep any eggs for breeding purposes. So the d'Anvers are a 3 to 1 and the d'Uccles are a 2 to 1 exchange for a normal large egg. Taste great, like any other well cared for small allotment...

My five beautiful lavender cuckoo babies at 3 weeks. Huge thanks to Aubrey and Aimee!