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

[laseterlass]

MUFFY JUST CROWED..... she's 3 years and has laid eggs for sure. Just crowed

I had a hen start crowing when I sold the roosters. Her sisters shunned her after that. Once I introduced a new Roo she stopped.

 

[kendradillon]

Haha that's so wierd!!

 

[speckledhen]

Karen, I candled the 22 eggs. Tomorrow is Day 5, however, since I set them late in the day before Day One, then I guess Day 5 already technically began.

14 have definite development and seem to be right where they should be with proper vein network.
4 are completely clear
3 seem to have blood rings forming. They all started but there are red horizontal dashes and no real vein network coming from the aircells.
1 undecided what's going on with it. Seems to have something in there, but doesn't look right to me.

This is why I set so many eggs, to give us some room for things to happen. I was hoping for at least 10 viable chicks to hatch for you and maybe that is what we'll get.

I see today that Wrong Way Lucy is laying so if some of those eggs belong to Lucy, that would account for some of the clears. She lets NO rooster mate her, never has. She has never squatted for any of them, fights and screams and gets in their faces. So, if Lucy's are in the mix, that would mean in effect, I didn't even set 22 eggs in the first place. She hadn't laid in almost as long as Penny, who is also laying. Penny quit for about 15 months, Lucy almost as long. Lucy is Penny's daughter, I believe.


Aubrey, to refresh your memory of Lucy's short legs, here is a photo from 2012 of her.

 

[K Epp]

Good deal. Thanks again.

 

[Cetawin]

Crowing hens crack me up. I have one standard and a little duccle hen that crowed. The standard stopped but the duccle never stopped and she tried to dominance mount the other girls. Had to get a little man whom she beat the crap out of constantly. Hahaha

 

[speckledhen]

I had two hens who "mooed", but only one who belted out a few actual crows. Dusty, Suede's only remaining blue Orp girl, crowed several times two days in a row a few days or a week or two, can't remember the exact timing, after he died. She hasn't done it since.

By the way, I'm getting around 6-8 D'Anver eggs each day and it seems that all 12 are laying right now, so if anyone is within driving distance of Fannin County, GA, call me and stop by for a bargain on these. Otherwise, they'll be eaten.

 

[gillyfleur]

I have a 14 year old (still have the original receipt for her purchase) d'Uccle hen who was 5 when she bonded with a crippled LF (Buff Orp mix) that we had rescued as a chick and from that moment on the d'Uccle would have nothing to do with any of our roosters and ferociously guarded the LF from the roosters also. They were together 4 years until the LF was killed by a neighbor's dog that dug into my yard. The d'Uccle spent weeks looking for her flock mate, then started crowing--we think to call her. The d'Uccle still crows and still will have nothing to do with any roosters.

 

[speckledhen]

Amazing! Fourteen years old? That's a testament to your wonderful care!

 

[gillyfleur]

That's her picture in my avatar--she was raised by my son when he was in 2nd grade. He named her Fuzzy Slippers. She has been shown several times and each time won best of breed (not bad for a hatchery chick!). She was the impetus for my getting interested in keeping and breeding bantams. Plus she is an absolutely tame and cuddly little thing. We adore her!

 

[Cetawin]

Gillyfleur that is awesome. I love the personality of the duccle which is why I was crossing them with duccle for awhile. Thought I could calm the danver pit bull roo syndrome a bit.

I noticed you are in southern Oregon...may I ask where exactly? I moved east to Kentucky in 2010 from Cave Junction Oregon.