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

[NanaKat]

love the cat picture!!!

 

[Bantam Username]

My munch bunch are 5 weeks old today and it looks like most of them are turning out to be boys, in earlier pics, the general consensus was that I had one boy and 4 girls, however I'm still not entirely sure. If I pop some pics on later of head shots will you all help me out please?

Also, in my new bunch, I have one 'white' chick that has grown yellow wings, will these turn white as it gets older? All the white chicks in the new bunch have cream instead of white wings but this one actually has yellow feathers! (I'll pop up a pic of that one too).

Also one last question, if I put a silver quail roo with a blue quail hen, would I get silver blue quail offspring?

I'm new at this breeding lark, and am just starting on the basics so plain talk please.

 

[Bantam Username]

I know this one is a girl, they are 5 weeks old now. This is very much girl, and I have one that is very obviously a boy, then I have 3 that are in between. I am hoping I don't have 3 boys, but I'm thinking I may have.Please give your opinion.....


This is the definate boy.....


The blacks are less pink in the comb than the photos show which makes it difficult for me to decide, black chick 1.......


black chick 2.....


and black chick 3 which I think is a girl.....


Thanks all in advance for any help, I look forward to seeing your opinions on sex of these guys.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

With a silver quail roo and a blue quail hen you will get half blues and half blacks. Of the blues the hens will be blue silver quail, the males will look like off colored blue quail because they only have one silver gene. With the blacks again the hens will be silver quail and the males will be golden looking quail. the gold and silver genes are called sex linked genes. Roosters have two hens have one. That is why the results of this cross will cause the hens to be.silver and the roosters to be off f colored because they have one silver gene and one gold. I don't know if this makes sense but Aubrey can explain it better when he gets here.



I think you are right with your genders. But some can be late bloomers.

 

[Bantam Username]

Oh and here's my weird yellow feathered dude from the youngest batch, he's a white d'anver but his feathers are actually yellow....

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

When I got home this evening I checked on my hatcher, they should start pipping tonight. The littlest egg in there was already hatched and dry. It's a blue silver quail.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

My munch bunch are 5 weeks old today and it looks like most of them are turning out to be boys, in earlier pics, the general consensus was that I had one boy and 4 girls, however I'm still not entirely sure. If I pop some pics on later of head shots will you all help me out please?

Also, in my new bunch, I have one 'white' chick that has grown yellow wings, will these turn white as it gets older? All the white chicks in the new bunch have cream instead of white wings but this one actually has yellow feathers! (I'll pop up a pic of that one too).

Also one last question, if I put a silver quail roo with a blue quail hen, would I get silver blue quail offspring?

I'm new at this breeding lark, and am just starting on the basics so plain talk please.

the silver quail looks girlish, the back is the best idicator of sex on all quail patterns, if it's laced in black, it's a girl.

the whiteish one looks to be a girl

the blacks, #2 boy, others I think are girls, sure #3 is, #1 is a bit iffy. It's just hard to tell on d'anvers til they get some good age on them. I still get tricked by my own , so just dont even bother any more and wait til it's obvious.
But those are my guesses.

On the silver quail breeding, you can, that's what JJ has been doing.
Any time you use a silver male to a red based girl, the GIRLS are the only ones that will be silver, the males will be golden based.
Think of it like the duckwing colors.
now since you have a blue quail hen, half will be blues half will be black based.

so from a silver male to a blue hen you'll get
1 gold/yellow based quail male
1 gold/yellow based bluer version quail male
1 silver quail hen
1 blue silver quail hen

Those are the ratios at least in that breeding


ETA
I forgot about the "white" chick in the last post....yea that aint white. Not sure what ya got going there. Mine often hatch that down color, but the feathers are pure white when they come in. Never seen these yellow/cream looking ones. Lord keep them, you may have something new by accedient and not know it. I'm not sure what all gene's you have floating around in them in the UK, but will be interesting to see what they end up being. Mine that come out that way are all out of a dun cross that got in. Should effect the color the way dun is with recessive white, but it seems to make the down color muddy.

That one sorta looks like a solid khaki so far?? Will be interesting to see it once it's fully feathered



oh and Cetawin,
yall killin me with that cat pic!!

 

[NanaKat]

Advice please on my little Blue Quail. His beak is growing funny...like an underbite. Should I file either the top or bottom beak or simply leave it.....He eats and drinks okay but his mouth is always slightly open. I put a brick in the cage for him to rub his beak on hoping that will help resolve the problem......

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Advice please on my little Blue Quail. His beak is growing funny...like an underbite. Should I file either the top or bottom beak or simply leave it.....He eats and drinks okay but his mouth is always slightly open. I put a brick in the cage for him to rub his beak on hoping that will help resolve the problem......

I don't know what to tell you, but I have one like that too. It is like the top beak curves but the bottom is straight. I am thinking I will try trimming the bottom because the top looks right.

 

[Cetawin]

NanaKat, I had a little Favorelle with that type of beak. I trimmed and filed the bottom and after that, it grew fine and she kept the top filed naturally on rocks and such. I used a dremel tool with a sanding/filing wheel and just barely touched the bottom with it. I used a pencil inside her beak to hold it open and just barely touched the bottom and rounded it a bit.