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

I allowed Spike, Aimee and the two 11 week old LF pullets that Aimee raised to leave the pen today for some brief free range time. Aimee did not want to stop eating worms, grass and clover, so she got to stay out longer under close supervision after the others were put back.










In these last pics, you can see the teensy feather stubs Aimee has that sometimes passes on to her chicks, sometimes like hers and sometimes in fully feathered legs. I noticed that about 1/3 of her daughters get them but so far, every cockerel out of her has them, not surprising since the mothers pass traits to their sons. Good thing she mostly produces pullets!


 
My chic that hatched at Easter that I'm 99% sure is a cockerel has them. The pullet from a earlier hatch has clean legs. Can't wait to see what the up coming hatch has.
 
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Little splash quail baby I got! 5 weeks old cannot tell hen or roo tho can u?
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What do you mean "look what I found"? Under a cabbage leaf? Is that part of your Watermaal project? I see a poufy head!

I was without internet since last night when we had a little lightning issue. A huge pop, a spark at the modem site next to my computer and poof! No internet until after hours of talking to the phone company reps in INDIA (why, oh why is no one in the U.S. anymore??) and now, we have it for the moment. If I disappear for long periods, that may be why.
 
Yes, I have these two millies with a porcelain D'Anver cock with 3 spikes on his comb. So next year it's "porcelain poufy heads".

Too cute! Best of luck with that project.


Penny and Carly's eggs are on Day 17. There were five, but one of Mina's was a quitter. I've had that issue with hers lately, but I noticed she was molting some, so that may be why. There remain four eggs, three from Maura, my porcelain, and one from Mina, who is 1/2 porcelain. Hoping for all porcelain chicks this time around. Maura herself is sitting on three of hers and one of Penny's, about a week behind the others.
 

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