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

[Amer]

One flew on my head a couple days ago. But I have to sleep. Gdnite.

 

[Alaskan]

Same here. Plus they are sweet and adorable, and free range well.

where I am, nothing can free range safely unless it is at least goose size.

One flew on my head a couple days ago. But I have to sleep. Gdnite.

night!

 

[Amer]

I can imagine, with bears and stuff like that. Once a d'Anver was eaten by a Kesral, and some other chickens by raccoons, but that was because one wanted to nest outside. The other was because of a fluke in our chicken coop that we fixed

 

[Alaskan]

I have had bald Eagles attack my flock WHILE I watched!

But I have great horned owls, weasels, every hawk and eagle God ever made


Blows my mind. Haven't yet lost anything to a bear.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Blows my mind. Haven't yet lost anything to a bear.

congrats, i lost almost my entire flock to them

 

[Alaskan]

congrats, i lost almost my entire flock to them

yeah... they are so insanely strong. I had one enter my pond coop, but I saw it before it ate the baby turkeys that were inside.

Another time one tried to bust into the bantam coop, but I am guessing that when its paw got caught up in the Christmas lights I have there it got upset and left.... Or that was my guess from the wreckage it left.

Both times it didn't come back.

Did you have to put up electric to keep it from coming back?

 

[DwayneNLiz]

yeah... they are so insanely strong. I had one enter my pond coop, but I saw it before it ate the baby turkeys that were inside.

Another time one tried to bust into the bantam coop, but I am guessing that when its paw got caught up in the Christmas lights I have there it got upset and left.... Or that was my guess from the wreckage it left.

Both times it didn't come back.

Did you have to put up electric to keep it from coming back?

i have electric fence but i need to run another couple of lines before they wake up in the spring, and i am thinking some trip lines with cans/noisy stuff
and motion lights

it literally ripped the side of my barn off less than 20' from my horse

 

[Alaskan]

yeah, scary


At my house I only have blacks. ... you must have had a brown

 

[Amer]

Still must say. There are no gold, silver or buff laced d'Anvers

 

[Alaskan]

true. And I like buff laced. Very nice color.