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

[warmheart]

Thanks, JJ! I've been Googling to look at photos, and there wasn't much to find that I could be sure of what I was seeing. The mottled and Gold necks are gorgeous!

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Thanks, JJ! I've been Googling to look at photos, and there wasn't much to find that I could be sure of what I was seeing. The mottled and Gold necks are gorgeous!

The goldneck is a millie with dominate white added. The dominate white makes the black in a millie white.

 

[CALI CHICK]

Hello d'anver experts. My son just aquired some d'anver chicks....At least I think they are d'anvers. The feedstore said they were "Quail d'anvers". As you can see, they are white in these pictures when the chicks were 2 weeks old. Now at 3 weeks old they have peach feathering coming in around their neck. Can anyone confirm that they are d'anver babies by the looks of the pictures and also let me know what color they might actually be........I'm at least smart enough to know they aren't quail!

They are really friendly and love to be picked up and carried around.
Here is a closeup... The chipmunk colored chicks in the background are Welsummers that are a week younger (and still bigger) than our little mystery chicks.

And a group shot:
We really appreciate any input about these little chicks.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

I would say they are white d'Anvers. Quail is the most popular or numerous color so it is common for non-d"anver people to refer to the whole breed as Quail d'Anvers.

jj

 

[CALI CHICK]

I would say they are white d'Anvers. Quail is the most popular or numerous color so it is common for non-d"anver people to refer to the whole breed as Quail d'Anvers.

jj

Thank you, JJ! You are probably right about the feedstore calling them "quail" because of lack of d'Anver knowledge. We're happy as long as they are d'anvers. It's weird though, in the last year I've searched local sources for Quail d'Anvers and can't find any quail. We'll see how they turn out and enjoy them. Here is a picture I snapped today showing all the peachy feathers growing in...


And, here is the cute, little quail d'anver that my son saw at the CA State Fair that got him interested in the d'Anver breed....

If anyone else has an idea of what our little mystery chicks' color is, I would love to hear your thoughts.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

I think those peach feathers are what is actually gold leakage. In that area most likely a rooster. would wait and get Aubrey's opinion.

 

[CALI CHICK]

I think those peach feathers are what is actually gold leakage. In that area most likely a rooster. would wait and get Aubrey's opinion.

I'm pretty sure 3 of the 6 are boys........and the one in the picture was one of the suspected boys. Three of their "combs" are widening and turning more pinkish/orange while the other 3's combs are staying narrow and yellow. What do people do with extra d'Anver roosters!

I'm not familiar with d'Anvers so much, but in my silkies I know that gold or red leakage is not good -at least not show quality. These little birds are only pets and a hobby for my 12 year old son.

I'd love Aubrey's opinion.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Hey Aubrey, or anyone, what does dun mottled look like? Is it like the buff mottled in Europe, that I think looks sort of like Goldneck?

will havwe to get you some pics up, fianlly getting some nice dun and blue mottled to grow out, just waiting on the lavender mottled now.
dun is chocolate brown. Like blue it can vary. It goes from smokey grey to very dark near black brown, with no shine like JJ was saying. but what you want and I have, is the clean chocolate version.. You cant find any on site sercehs cause I'm the only one with them haha...dont even think the Europeans have them, well I know they dont, they have been e-mailing me wanting them too...

got some nice pullets coming along, been working on the color for a coupld years now, it's finally done, so once they grow out a bit I'll have some up on here for you to see.

Mottled just like a black mottled, just chocolate instead of black

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

I had some splash quail once that came from a hatchery and they were kind of white looking and got that rusty look to them.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

I'm pretty sure 3 of the 6 are boys........and the one in the picture was one of the suspected boys. Three of their "combs" are widening and turning more pinkish/orange while the other 3's combs are staying narrow and yellow. What do people do with extra d'Anver roosters!

I'm not familiar with d'Anvers so much, but in my silkies I know that gold or red leakage is not good -at least not show quality. These little birds are only pets and a hobby for my 12 year old son.

I'd love Aubrey's opinion.

haha well here it is...
I know it's a long shot for all of them to have come out like this, but based on the blueish tint the pics apear to show and the redding of the shoulders, they are splash quail off blue quail. That's exactly how my splash quail look as chicks, odd to get a full load of them that way though.

I know several hatceries have the blue quail, virtually all of them have quail, but I know of none that have any other colors. So unless the feed store got them locally and not from a hatchery like most do, it'd be mighty hard for them to be whites.

the one sitting on the cage looks more white there. Then the above shot of the group tends to show the bluer look as well as a darker area down the back and head stripes on a couple.... would like to see a few shots of a couple on their own, good and close like the last pic showing the peach area...

yes just like in other breeds though, any color leakage is a flaw in them, espcially whites.

let me see if I can dig up a splash quail pic for you, might help