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

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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nope. never had any issues with laying problems, some of the rarer colors lay less than the more common ones, but none have ever had any complecations.
As for feeding, they all get a 18% layer year round, a little corn thrown in in the winter for a touch of added fat for them

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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great Molly, very glad to hear it. We can definately EXPAND you next spring if you want, LOL
Just let me know
Aubrey

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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pretty sure they are partridge based just like most all others, will have to check into it to be sure.

When I bred them both to bb red (partridge) this year all offspring were 100% buff columbian

 

[Firearia]

I found out about d'Anvers not that long ago, guess what I'm ordering from Performance Poultry this march?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

glad you found out about them! Definately grab you up a few, you'll love them....

 

[Nodaksnakelover]

I know this has been touched on, but just how much cold can a bantam take? I've seen a friend in the past who had an old english game bantam rooster with their layer hens and he did just fine inside an uninsulated coop with no added heat. And he was already an old bird when I got to meet him. So getting down to thirty below isn't a problem is it? As long as they are out of the wind in a coop? Being as d'anvers don't have a normal comb, are they going to be free of comb problems due to the cold? I just might have to talk the wife into letting me bring the show birds of the bunch indoors for the worst winter months. Just to be safe. But I'm curious to hear others experiences with this. Tiny bird versus North Dakota winters! I realize we have native birds that survive all winter but are smaller. But they don't have combs on their head either!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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Yep, you hit the nail on the head. Any of them aside from tropical native breeds (games and seramas and the like) do very well in the cold, meatier breeds the better like d'anvers, d'uccles, and such especially. But the only thing to really be concerned with from what I have been told by northern breeders is comb frost bite. Mainly all they do is wind shelters, some that worry a lot do put in heat lamps, but from what they tell me, in truth, it's unneeded.
Fortuanetly for me here in south Georgia, I never have to worry about any of my birds, we may hit 20 for a few hours a night, maybe 10 times, aside from that 40-30 is it for us.
Personally, I have shiped loads of them to the Dakotas, MN, Montana, even Alaska. Maybe some of them with more hands on winter sheltering experience will chime in for you.
But, In my personal opinion, a decent shelter closed off from the wind should be all you need for most any breed.
Aubrey

 

[FourPawz]

I found my first d'Anvers finally. They're from a breeder in eastern VA:

Not the best shot, but I hope to get better photos in a few weeks when they're out of quarantine.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

congrats
nice looking quail pair

 

[FourPawz]

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Thanks Aubrey! I'm one of those poor slobs in Virginia who can't get your birds shipped in. I found a breeder/exhibitor near the coast. Her birds are really nice. This pair is young so I'm looking forward to seeing how they mature.

In the meantime I am trying to figure out how best to get my states' regulations to be more in step with the rest of the country. Some hobby person bringing in a few eggs or birds is not a menace, for goodness sakes!