d'anver lovers,discuss the breed and post some pics!

[Alaskan]

@speckledhen

Great photos.

Are those millie fleur d'anvers? I love that color!!

And the odd man out is what color?

Lovely clean coop!

 

[speckledhen]

@speckledhen

Great photos.

Are those millie fleur d'anvers? I love that color!!

And the odd man out is what color?

Lovely clean coop!

Yes, they are Mille Fleur D'Anvers, some straight and some are split for porcelain. Aubrey is a porcelain. Two of the mille hens either belong to him or Spike. Spike appears mille but he is 3/4 porcelain. Mina, one of the milles is Aubrey's daughter with Aimee, one of my original Mille hens.

 

[Alaskan]

Gorgeous birds.

 

[speckledhen]

Gorgeous birds.

Thanks. They finally decided they liked the roost. And silly Aubrey was sitting in a nest while all the others were up there. Goofy rooster. He's molting and 5 years old. Hope he feels okay.
From left to right: Sissy, who is somewhere around 2 years old, then my original three hens, Aimee, Penny and Carly. Aimee is Sissy's mother. Mina was on the floor. She's Aimee's daughter and Spike's mother. I think she's 4 years old.

 

[Alaskan]

I find my millie fleur birds get more white with every molt.

Do yours as well?

 

[speckledhen]

I find my millie fleur birds get more white with every molt.

Do yours as well?

Some do, yes. Penny and her daughter, who I lost recently, Lucy, both were almost completely white around the face by the time they were two years old. Carly and Aimee are both 5 and are no more white than they have been since they became mature.

 

[Alaskan]

Thanks. Very interesting.

 

[speckledhen]

Caught a great picture of Mina, who is 4 years old.

 

[NanaKat]

Mina is such a pretty hen!

 

[speckledhen]

Mina is such a pretty hen!

Thanks, Kathryn. Yes, she is. And she's pretty hefty, too, for a D'Anver, the heaviest hen here. She was just posing prettily on her new roost and I called her so she'd look right at the camera for me. She's a good girl.