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

[warmheart]

Wow, these d'Anvers are getting the really chunky, muscular chests now, and they're just 7 weeks! The cockerels are getting the green iridesence in their tails, too. Eye color is really changing and getting ready to become that gorgeous orange! White splashes are coming through in the non-Flintstone birds. (the 2 pullets are black speckled on caramel ground, like Fred Flintstone's shirt.. they have no white splotches just yet) Watching milles develop is so exciting! What a fun pattern this is to watch!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

The most upright of them all is the Cuckoo pullet She is lovely to watch We have no APA shows this side of Fairbanks but I do believe I have the only Danvers not from a hatchery around here They still have alot of maturing to do so I will just watch them

yep I'd let them grow out and cull the one male based on type more than anything, but yes show color wise, the lighter one will be the one you want to pull for

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Now I am really confused We have been instructed to use a black Roo split for chocolate over our hens to keep the chocolate rich and not dun Does that mean these are not true Chocolates And for the record this thread is great The Duccle and Orpington threads are scary

all you posted was you had 2 chocolate birds? didn't give me much to go on so I had to cover all the bases.

I see in your post you have orps...

so are these chocolate imported orpingtons you are talking about?
If so, and they are from imported stock, then yes most likely they are true sex link recessive chocolate.
If they aren't from recently imported stock, then no they are dun. a quick breeding to a normal black bird will tell you what you have for sure.

If they are chocolate and you breed them to a black male you will only get blacks.... if you get browns they are duns.

now what is your goal , to make mottled chocolate? If so, go with the chocolate breeding out line I gave before.

Or, If you just want to continue with good dark , clean , chocolates then yes fine a chocolate male, or a black male split for chocolate. The white tipping will go away after 1 cross if it's just a split recessive pattern leaking threw.

 

[laseterlass]

Thank You I was not meaning to be evasive I am using a phone most if the time They are Marc Sacre English We keep hearing to breed them back to a black Roo but I am learning it is actually a black split for chocolate which I will probably have to make myself

 

[laseterlass]

Thank You I was not meaning to be evasive I am using a phone most if the time They are Marc Sacre English We keep hearing to breed them back to a black Roo but I am learning it is actually a black split for chocolate which I will probably have to make myself

 

[laseterlass]

Now to find black bantam Orpungtons in Alaska Fun Fun Fun

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

haha I got ya, I do that too a lot.

but yes you are right, just using a black does you no immediate good. All you'll get then is more black girls, and males that are black but split to chocolate... so if you cant find one already split, then yes you'll have to do this and burn up a season just to get a split male.

Then on year 2, use him back over the chocolate girls, and you'll get about 75% of them as chocolates then. Oh and yes, if they are the imported lines, then they most likely are chocolate. If you have to make that split male yourself, you'll know 100% for sure then. If ANY hatch out brown, they are duns, but if you know the line, your pretty save that they are. Orpintons are one of the very few breeds we have now that is a true chocolate

 

[laseterlass]

They are Marc Sacre and I did not hit reply but once I swear

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

haha I have it do that on me too every now and then

 

[warmheart]

Happy 4th, everyone!

I have rooster aggression questions.. and none of my 8-week-old boys is aggressive, just wondering some things for the future.

SpeckledHen, if you're around, I've a few questions, if I may. I know you've had quite a few mille fleur cockerels. Did any remain relatively friendly with you? Of those that became aggressive, at what age did that start? Thank you for any input!

Aubrey, my current plan is to keep both pullets, and.... two out of four the boys! I have 2 cockerels that insist on being picked up, constantly fly to my shoulder, spend forever on my arm or head if they spot me in the yard. These 2 boys MUST be on me or in my hand.

Of the males in your mille fleur breeding pen, are they all somewhat aggressive, or are some not so much?

At what age do you think it would show if a boy will be aggressive?

What about environment, such as our super-roomy pseudo-free-range situation, would that possibly lessen aggression, or is it all genetics?

All this wondering

about genetics, environment & aggression in roos is because I realize we cannot keep all 4 boys until maturity, so we want to make good choices for which to keep in about a month or two. The boys will be 3 - 4 months old by then. I'm hoping we will know by then who will be pretty friendly.

PS-- Thanks for enjoying the video. These birds are beyond friendly!

What a wonderful gift these birds are in my life. Each one is a treasure. Thank you, Aubrey!