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

[Backwoods Bntms]

speckledhen-- I Think it is fate that Rusty should come to Virginia to live.

jj

 

[bluebird]

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S/S Db/Db Pg/Pg is silver penciled ER/ER is birchen-- silver campine?
I have just been studing and playing with the calculator for a couple of months, don't have much experience with different breeds.



jj

this is how autosomal barring looks on ER/ER
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j437/nicalandia/brakel2.jpg




WHOA! BEAUTIFUL BIRDS!

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Aubrey, Which of these is the better rooster?

No 1 This one looks kind of light and the front of his comb is kind of sunken in but he has a good beard.

No 2 This one is darker but so is his beard

One of them will be used in my blue quail project, and one will be paired with some of Art's quail hens. So what I really want to know is which one to use where.

Thanks,
jj

 

[ChickenBantam]

Here's my little hen when she was a baby

 

[speckledhen]

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I believe that is a D'Uccle hen, not a D'Anver. Single comb, feathered legs on her would suggest that. There's a great D'Uccle thread here somewhere.

She's a cutie, though.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

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Welcome to the BYC. That's a cute little hen, How old is she now?

jj

 

[ChickenBantam]

She's now almost a year old April 7 is the day she got crookneck But we're going to celebrate that day, because she made it and it's been a year since she got sick! I love my baby hen! Her names cashew.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

JJ

# 1 by a mile to me. That comb deal is no big thing to fix, it only causes trouble in a show, but for a breeder, he has everything else pretty good in comparison.
He also has a nice point at the rear of the comb and looks to have an excellent wedge shape and spikes to it. He should be a little redder but that's no major issue to me.

number 2 , I just dont like those overly black males. Obvious lacking in the beard dept. Which is way worse that a dip in comb. Also both are a little blurry, but #2's comb doesnt look as well shaped, looks kinda slick ( not many real good spikes to it) and his carriage of his body is a little sloppy. Might just be his neck in comparison, he looks thin built or something.

Both need a little more black in the saddles, but it's hard to find one like that any more.

I'd go with the first one hands down. And to be honest, I'd use him for both projects. Just rotate him out every 3 days and he'll do all the work for you. Especially over some of Art's hens, he should make some fine birds for you. And on a color project, you always want to use the best type to start with. No sense in getting the project complete and then have type issues to have to work out, IF you can avoid it to start with

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Aubrey, That sounds like pretty good advice. I thought number one was the best. He has a double dose if that "toe rag gene" (tr+/tr+) though. And I never thought about the best type, even though I have heard a million times "build the barn before youu paint it. I never thought about rotating him. DUH(as he slaps his forhead.) That's why it called learning. I have three young ones that I think are going to be better than him, but I'll will have to wait and see about that.

One day I am going to invest in a better camera.

thanks again,
jj

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

No problem JJ

Like the toerag genetics there.

Sounds like it's a dominate gene haha

If you do get some better ones from the chicks, then you'll be set. But yes if not, I'd just rotate him. I do it all the time here in the color projects If I'm low of good males to be using.
Also if you do some projects and need a cleaned out hen. It doesnt take weeks like most will tell you. With a new male, ALL my chicks are hatching from the new male after 3 days.

True, a hen can be fertile for 2-3 weeks after removing a male, she will just store the sperm. But if a new male is in there breeding her all the time, she will be using his instead of the old stuff. Works every time here. So yep, I rotate various colors depending on what I want to be working on.