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

[speckledhen]

And then you have Rufus who defies all logic.

 

[Cetawin]

Now Cyn...My Little Love is special. He tries to be mean really he does but the lure of the cuddles and swinging is just too much for him. Hahahaha

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Same with my Ders baby. He attacks my leg (which kind of tickles) then jumps in my lap and goes to sleep. He does like to cuddle, when he's in the mood.

We knew he was a rooster as soon as we got him out of the box, because he attacked my finger immediately, and then jumped in my hand and fell asleep.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

The cockerel is still around. Must be all the intensive ninja training he recieved to do battle with the Hairy Legged Horde. Been watching him and when it get darker I will try and catch him.

 

[speckledhen]

Get 'em, JJ!

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Well, "Rambo" is still at large. Right before dark he went into a pine thicket full of blowdowns and greenbriers. I looked a little but there is noway to see him in there and I didn't want to spook him out after dark, if he found a good place to roost.

jj

 

[speckledhen]

Quote: Ouch, ouch, ouch! They are rampant on my property. I think some of the bumblefoot here is caused by those nasty vines.

This stuff is the worst!

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Ouch, ouch, ouch! They are rampant on my property. I think some of the bumblefoot here is caused by those nasty vines.

This stuff is the worst!

That would be the stuff. A rhizome that you cant get rid of. Believe it or not the best thing I have found is to fertilize them and the deer will keep them eat off to the ground.

jj

 

[Cetawin]

JJ Your little guy was training here if he has gone all ninja on you. The past two weeks here have been ninja stealth and evasion training.

Most recent update on the Coon war... after last night's attack on my little person...LadyHawk. 6 Coons. 0. And the night is still young. Muahahaha


Cyn, I burned a bunch of that danged vine here and them cut it back and sprayed roundup on the roots. So far it has not grown back...still got more to get rid of.

 

[speckledhen]

I can't fertilize or spray Roundup on over 5 acres, of course. Now, if I could borrow a goat or two to stake out and move around my place, they eat that stuff. I've dug up roots of it that were larger than softballs. They are terrible! And they climb and can choke out young saplings, etc. Plus, I've had my shins and ankles ripped by that nasty vine too many times in the summer when I didn't see a vine and was tripped up by it. Even dead, it's lethally thorny.


I'm going to predict that I have at least two cockerels in this batch of chicks, late bloomers both of them. Can't be lucky enough to just have one. In fact, with my luck, I'll have 3 out of 5 be males. I can't believe they are this late showing themselves when in the past, I've been able to guess by 3 weeks of age and this batch is nearing 6 weeks old.