Chicken Breed Focus - d'Anvers Bantams

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The Belgian d' Anver is a breed of bantam chicken from Belgium. A true bantam, it has no full-sized counterpart, males weigh about 700 grams and hens about 600 g. The Barbu d'Anvers is one of the oldest known bantam breeds, and is thought to have originated in the province of Antwerp in Northern Flanders. The first reliable written mention of the breed dates from 1858 and the first description is that of Victor La Perre De Roo in 1882. In Belgium 29 colour varieties of plumage are recognised in Germany there are six more.

The breed is usually kept for ornamental purposes, as pets or for exhibition. The hens make good sitters and are good mothers.

In the United States d'Anvers may be called the Antwerp Belgian or Belgian Bearded d'Anvers and was included the of the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection in 1949.

Details:

Breed Purpose Ornamental
Comb Rose
Broodiness Frequent
Climate Tolerance All Climates
Egg Productivity Medium
Egg Size Small
Egg Color Cream
Breed Temperament Friendly, Easily handled
Breed Colors/Varieties Quail, Black, Self Blue, Blue, Mottled, Cuckoo, Mille Fleur, Blue Quail, Buff, BBR, Porcelain, White, Colombian and Buff Colombian.
Breed Size Bantam


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Pic by @ScratchesWithChickens


Pic by @Boggy Bottom Bantams


Pic by @Boggy Bottom Bantams


Pic by @LauraLee


Pic by @dtran0268

BYC Breed Reviews:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/products/belgian-d-anver

BYC Breed Discussions:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/272737/danver-lovers-discuss-the-breed-and-post-some-pics/0_30
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/846885/bearded-danver/0_30

Do you own d'Anvers? Are you a d'Anver breeder? If so, please reply to this thread with the your thoughts and experiences, including:

· What made you decide to get this breed?
· Do you own them for fun? Breeding? Some other purpose?
· What are your favorite characteristics about this breed?
· Post some pics of your birds; male/female, chicks, eggs, etc!

We have a bunch of other awesome breed-focus threads for you to enjoy. You can see all of them here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-breed-focus-project.975504/

 

[ChickenGrass]

What made you decide to get this breed?
I decided to get this breed because I just love the look of them.
I also wanted a bantam to start breeding and this was the first one that I really wanted.

Do you own them for fun? Breeding? Some other purpose?
I own them mainly for showing and breeding, but they are also my pets!

What are your favorite characteristics about this breed?
One of the things I like about this breed is the size of them.
They are tiny and that makes them cuter!
I also like their big beard.
Another thing I like about them is the friendliness of the hens.
They are very friendly but the roosters are hit and miss.
Some are agressive and some are friendly
I have 2 breeding roosters and one will fly at me and the other dosent.
They can't harm you because they can't even get past my Wellington.

Post some pics of your birds; male/female, chicks, eggs, etc!
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All of the pictures are of my birds but I got them professionally taken,
At the Irish national and Irish young bird show.

 

[dAnverama]

One of our lavender mottleds

One of our black mottleds

 

[dAnverama]

One of our quail

One of our blues

Another of our black males

 

[dAnverama]

Hi I'm new here, saw a link to this post on facebook and fancied joining in. I'm from Wales UK and keep Belgian bantams in d'Anvers, du Grubbe, de Watermael and de Boitsfort varieties as well as Serama, Japanese bantams and Dutch bantams. Anyways just thought I'd share a few Belgian bantam photos. My husband has kept d'Anvers for over 25 years and introduced me to the breed around 14 years ago.

One of our black d'Anvers females

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[MuffMom]

Do you own d'Anvers? Are you a d'Anver breeder? If so, please reply to this thread with the your thoughts and experiences, including:

· What made you decide to get this breed?
My daughter was at showmanship with a huge Large Fowl Buff Brahma. It was her first time with showmanship and she had to wait for 40 minutes, and then hold this bird for about 20 minutes. (At the time, she only weighed about 55 pounds.) We looked around, and guess what? EVERYONE had bantams. We looked at the show the next day and asked ourselves what would we get? We liked the Belgian D'Uccles too, but knew the feathered feet would be harder to keep, so we decided the D'Anvers would be better.
· Do you own them for fun? Breeding? Some other purpose?
Showmanship was supposed to be their primary function. We couldn't find anyone to sell us just hens, so we ended up with a rooster. Now we (try) to breed/hatch, which has hit many snags along the way!!
· What are your favorite characteristics about this breed?
I love that these hens are just so incredibly docile! Also, they can fly pretty well and since we have predator/stray dog problems, I feel better about letting them out. They never go far. Often the pullets fly onto the roof of the house when the rooster is being too "a little too loving".....

One of the pullets is so tame, I call her my parakeet chicken. She actually waits for me to pick her up to get let out to play.
· Post some pics of your birds; male/female, chicks, eggs, etc!

 

[dAnverama]

One of our boys

 

[DwayneNLiz]

i had a pair of quail, the male would try to fight my 80 german shepherd and the female was the sweetest thing ever












They were a freebie thrown in to help a friend downsize her flock a bit, but i would love to get another pair
My boy actually took Best Cock in Show at our fair
unfortunately they were accidentally sold at that same fair
my daughter was heartbroken

 

[ShayB]

This is mine, Iris! My 3 years favorite!

 

[av8torcrj]

I have 5 "blue quail" ordered from Ideal about 4 weeks ago. They were troopers, placed in a box with 15 full sized chicks. The size disparity was significant but they found a corner to cower in for the trip and made it without being trampled, surprisingly.
I wanted some super friendly birds with clean legs... no muddy foot feathers, a propensity to go broody and likely to be able to both fly and forage. I've discovered, with some research, a wide variety of colors can be found.
I'm happy with the birds so far with regards to their willingness to be handled but as can be seen from the pictures they are a poor example of the breed standard. One has a single comb and another has some faint leg feathering. Yet another seems to have no potential beard but maybe that will change in time. Needless to say, I won't be purchasing any addition birds of this breed from Ideal. I do have 15 standard quail ordered from McMurray this week.