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

[Bantam Username]

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!!

I'll keep you updated on the yellow chick, I got 5 white chicks hatch, 2 were yellow and 3 were smoky coloured, they all have cream feathers except that one with yellow feathers.
Oh and the feathering on silver quail isn't always a way to tell as my silver quail roo had beautiful lacing all down his back but had a boy comb. He confused you guys quite a while back now because of his beautiful lacing, and that is my gorgeous boy that I showed you photos of recently.

 

[CupOJoe42]

These are 2 more of their offspring - Nugget and Nibblet!

 

[Lroach711]

I may actually be in need of a roo before too long

Not sure how far you are from me but keep me in mind when you decide to sell any boys.

Okay, I think I need to sell off some of the males already. I have a chance for only two females in the first batch of six D'Anvers and not really 100% sure of those. How about some sexing help? They hatched March 3, so are just over 3 weeks old.


This is the eyeliner kid, who is one of the possibilities for pullet. If you think not, speak up.



This is the other one, one of the smallest, I think belonging to Carly. Pullet or no? It's the one on the left in both of the next two pictures:



And you can see I have some very definite males, no question about them:






HLH recruits for LH:

 

[speckledhen]

I have an ad up in BST now. I'm in Fannin County, GA, next to the NC line so you can mapquest it if you're interested in them. If one turns out to be a pullet, SCORE! LOL. I'm pretty sure I have 3-4 males here, though, possibly 5. I have more in the brooder, so I'm not worried about accidentally selling a pullet.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/643318/belgian-danver-chicks-males-only-mille-fleur-color-n-ga

 

[NanaKat]

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.

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.

Thank you both...I will pull out the Dremel and give the little guy a small trim.

 

[Cetawin]

NanaKat be fast...touch it and remove in fast motions because it removes alot quickly if you hold it in place very long. it may bleed a little but no worries, I let her pick around in the dirt to clot it.

 

[LauraLee]

Ok JJ, You've waited long enough here goes.....
This is Big Grey

This is Big Grey, Molly & Roho

This is Lucy

The Crele Pullets, Baby is in the back, haven't named the front one yet

This is Roho

If you haven't seen one before this is the Roo Shake!!

Here are the boys, thinking of selling all of these except for Big Grey in the corner.

This is Woody, we had our first fight today, 3 rounds, I WON!!!!

This is Woody & Lucy, they are both 6 months old


Woody & Lucy came from Ideal and are 6 months old, the other came from Aubrey and are 4 months old. I had some trouble getting pics, when the camara requires at least 4 foot away to focus and they all gather at your feet. They don't know they are chickens, they are momma's babies.
I think Woody got P.O.ed because momma was sitting in the middle of all the other Roos, anyway he decided to attack, we fought 3 good rounds before the other boys kicked in and ran him across the lot. Not worried about Woody now, I have body guards. hahaha

How do the look "All Knowing Chicken Man", hehe I mean Aubrey, what about these babies, got 3 roos though that I got to get rid of, then I'll still have 3, but it's so hard to part with them and especially when the ones ya really want to sell are the friendliest!!! What to do? What to do? It's enough to drive momma nuts!!
Oh and those 3, I am considering selling they have really high combs didn't get a really good pic of them, it's hard to do when they are standing on your feet, but will they eventually flatten out? Will try to get more pics of them to show you.
Have a great night all, be yelling at you for egg babies soon Aubrey, almost ready for them.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Laura Lee those are some nice looking chickens, even the hatchery birds are decent for hatchery stock. I still have one that could be a twin to Molly and 4 splash quail hens and a splash quail rooster out of my Ideal birds.

 

[LauraLee]

Thanks JJ, those are my babies, gotta get me some more egg babies though, getting hatching fever!!

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Aubrey, need some knowledge and or advice, So far from my silver quail project, I have 5 black pullets from SQ x white, I have blue silver pullets from SQ x splash quail (hatchery birds) and I have some silver quail pullets from SQ x gold quai ( good birds I got from Art)l. When I get the SQ eggs from you I know I will get plenty of roosters (I just got it like that) I am thinking I should keep these three groups seperate
and make selections that will take them all toward the same goal. Then after a period of time I can mix in a little new blood from the other pens. Or should I just put them all togeather and work from there. I have the same deal going on with my millies at some point when my other pullet starts laying I will have three different groups of them. How would you handle it?

jj