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

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

still loving that solid khaki.
that pen was a black mottled male over dun mottled and dun split mottled hens and one blue split mottled.

everything that hatched from it will be mottled or split mottled. so yes, the solids are splits. Mottling in a split form often shows a faint tipping too, so that could be the light mottled deal you mentioned.

for the dun mottled, I would use the visible mottled ones from here on.
dun ones of course are your best bet. dun to dun will make 50% dun 25% khaki and 25% black

if needed by sex matching of course, a black could be easily used too , just get a 50/50 ratio black and dun that way.

try to breed splits to visible mottled, that way you will know all non mottled are splits and will know how to breed with them.

if you breed split to split you will get visible mottled, splits, and just plain solids. This can get confusing cause the splits will usually look just like the pure solids. so when possible don't go that route just so you will know with certainty what the chicks are

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Cynthia,
that's defiantly 2 mille and 3 porcelain. no earthly idea of the sexes though too young still. the mille you had in question does look sort of like a cockerel but not certain. It's the only one I can even guess at at this point though. The others ....no idea

 

[speckledhen]

I know one of the milles is a cockerel, bright red comb and has been for a couple of weeks, but the others are guesswork. Anyway, my customer says she'll take them all. She fell in love with them when she was here awhile back, hadn't seen any in person before. At least that way, even with two or three males, she can figure out which she likes the best or even get more pullets for them in the future.

This is the only 100% sure male in this batch, but I do think the second mille is also male. Be great if I was wrong, but it's a calm baby, either way, being one of Maura's that I handled more than the others.

 

[chickee]

still loving that solid khaki.
that pen was a black mottled male over dun mottled and dun split mottled hens and one blue split mottled.

everything that hatched from it will be mottled or split mottled. so yes, the solids are splits. Mottling in a split form often shows a faint tipping too, so that could be the light mottled deal you mentioned.

for the dun mottled, I would use the visible mottled ones from here on.
dun ones of course are your best bet. dun to dun will make 50% dun 25% khaki and 25% black

if needed by sex matching of course, a black could be easily used too , just get a 50/50 ratio black and dun that way.

try to breed splits to visible mottled, that way you will know all non mottled are splits and will know how to breed with them.

if you breed split to split you will get visible mottled, splits, and just plain solids. This can get confusing cause the splits will usually look just like the pure solids. so when possible don't go that route just so you will know with certainty what the chicks are

Thanks Aubrey! Your info was easy to understand

Good to know there was only one blue split to mottled hen in that pen. That means the mottled cockerel and pullet are brother and sister and shouldn't be mated together.

I love that khaki pullet too! She is a real stinker and likes to come after me and bite me! One of the other hens did that just before she started laying and then stopped. Her two khaki quail sisters are squatting, so it will be anytime now that I will see some eggs!

Breeding them back to their dad and hope to come up with some more solid khaki babies.

Heres a better picture of the solid khaki pullet. She has a much fuller beard than this picture shows~

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yep if they are both blue, they at least have the same mama

 

[K Epp]

At what age do D'anver typically start to lay?

 

[speckledhen]

If I recall, mine have always started between 28 and 35 weeks, but it really seems to vary. I honestly can't remember exactly but seems like I did have one lay around 25 weeks old in the last bunch that grew up here.

 

[ScratchesWithChickens]

It's been a while since I've posted pics of the birds. Here they are!

I'm loving how my little late mystery runt, Bug, is turning out. She is so cute with the white face and reddish body. She's a talker too.

My handsome little man, Mucky, is of course looking gorgeous. Such a sweet little guy.

Sunshine is the friendliest of all. She comes right up and jumps on my lap. And she's the best insect assassin. She snakes bugs right from under the other birds. She's the second to smallest too. She's got spunk!

I'll have to get some pictures of Dusty and Isis, the other two pullets. Also sweet as pie. You just can't go wrong with this breed.

 

[speckledhen]

JJ and Aubrey, I have a sort of oddball cockerel in the mille color here. He is very white already, plus his left wing goes too far over his back. At first, I thought it was just the way he was holding it and maybe it is, but he does it all the time. First time I saw it, I picked him up and straightened it out, but it keeps going back. This guy also has the left side of his comb a bit "smashed" for lack of a better word. Not sure how it will develop as he ages. He's 8 weeks old and he's very sweet and easy to handle. What would you say about this guy?






This picture in particular shows how much white he has. Will this go away do you think? I know he's young.



Now, for comparison, here is his 9 week old brother, who is a typical D'Anver male (as in OMG, you can't touch me, noooooo!)

Turns out of the 7 chicks, I had only ONE pullet.

I sold a pair and the rest are males.

Note: I will not be hatching more of these so if anyone wants 2 porcelains and 1 mille cockerel, LAST CALL! One mille and one porcelain male are spoken for, unless that falls through.

 

[K Epp]

Oh dear...

On a better note. Rusty has been moved into the cabin with the girls and chicks. The Porcelain chick is smaller than the other chicks (mixes of who knows what.). She not sleeps between his feet. It is so cute. Last night I was concerned because I couldn't find her. Them I saw this blue fluff sticking out on either side of his feet. She was there again tonight.