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

[speckledhen]

hey, D'Anver lovers, the four chicks are just over 5 weeks old now. I'm 100% positive that the porcelain and Aimee's furry-legged chick are pullets and that I have at least one cockerel. The other one that started out as a much darker colored mille is most likely a cockerel, which was my first impression, has a bit of pink in the comb, but the comb is so much flatter than the other for-sure male, I decided to get DH to hold him for a close-up for you guys to weigh in.





Here are the other three so you can see if I'm correct on my sexing of them, cockerel on left, Aimee's pajama-wearing kid on the little bar:

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

looking good on the Cynthia and yes you look to be 100% correct on your sex guessing I'd say. Pretty confident now that it's 2 pair

oh Nana, me either on the cant wait til Feb thing.

 

[speckledhen]

Thank you, Aubrey. I'm just thrilled that I have a porcelain girl now. And, of course, since the two mille cockerels are Mina's kids, that means they are 3/4 porcelain. I may just keep all four chicks unless someone decides they want a Mille Fleur D'Anver male. I don't need two more males in there, but with a total of 7 females, 3 males isn't terrible with the D'Anvers. And I sure had a devil of a time rehoming even the pullets this year so not going to sweat it if I can't.

I'm really glad you're feeling better. You had me a bit worried for a couple of days there.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Cynthia- nice looking chicks, congrats on the porcelain pullet I know you been wanting one for a while.

Aubrey-- 80+, it was 18 here this morning, I was out working on my chicken pen. Gotta get it done before I am gathering eggs out of my brooder.

Got 2 dozen eggs to day but I am not turning on the incubator until Christmas day.

 

[speckledhen]

Lucy, Mina and Carly are laying, but not Penny and, of course, Aimee is still being mama, so she isn't laying again yet.

We were 25* this morning, but colder stuff is coming toward next weekend. Guess we have to have winter sometime, but my old BR hen, Amanda, who has very bad arthritis, is not loving those cold nights at all, poor dear. She is almost 6 years old and walks like she has sticks taped to her legs. They must really hurt. In spite of that, she is still laying, if you can believe it, bless her heart.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Aubrey, if I cross my cuckoo male with black pullets will I get barred pullets?

 

[speckledhen]

Aubrey, if I cross my cuckoo male with black pullets will I get barred pullets?

I'm not Aubrey, but you should get barred pullets, JJ. Barred males pass the gene to all their progeny. Since I've had BR roosters for years and bred them over EEs, BBS Ameraucanas, RIRs, Buff Orps, etc, I know all the birds ended up barred from dear old dad. It'd be a rare thing not to get a barred daughter from a barred sire.

ETA: You probably know this, but it's different with a barred mother-a barred hen would pass her barring gene only to her sons, not her daughters.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Thanks Cynthia.

 

[ncchiclady]

Here's my 3. 1 roo, 2 hens. Had them now for a week. I was not familiar with the breed till i got home and started researching. Any input and critique is appreciated as i haven't had them long and they will only get prettier. I paid 15.00 total, judge them harshly as I would like to show them if they are worthy (best of breed would be VERY easy). How did i do?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yep, feeling much better, we did hit a whooping 47 last night here, 76 outside already though, but yes we are supposed to get some cold weather next week end, might hit 38 at night they say LOL.

Yes JJ like Cynthis said barred to anything gives all barred chicks always if you use a male barred and he is double factored barred ( came from both parents being barred)
and if you use a barred hen to a clean male yes it's just the boys that come out barred. Now if you use a single factored barred ( which your new chicks will be) things change up a bit.
For those interested, you can tell a single from a double factored male just by looks. IF there are any solid colored feathers on the male, he is single factored. Also if he is a dark version of the body color he is single factored, double factored males are washed out and paler in comparison.
Take a normal cuckoo for example, the single male will be the same blackish body color that the girls have. while a double factored male will look almost a silvery grey.