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

[CrittersNPets]

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Oh, I definately understand your concern. But no worries - for some reason my chick starter/grower looks like corn in this picture. They were hatched first week of March and are still on the chick starter/grower. Usually I don't do adult laying feed until I see eggs. Does that sound ok?

 

[speckledhen]

Oh, good, was hoping it was just the picture. Honestly, so many do think that scratch is the normal feed, so I always want to be sure.

I wish I could help on the assessment, but I'm new to the breed and my Mille Fleurs and Porcelains are only 8 weeks old.

 

[teddiliza]

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Thanks. I'd thought about that -- I'd have to buy eggs and vaccinate the hatchlings pretty soon after hatching. This is such a tiny breed that I suspect vaccinating the chicks is a delicate operation.

I vaccinate my d'uccles with an insulin needle and it works ok. As long as you use a small needle like a 25 or 27 gauge needle you should be fine if you can keep them still. I started showing my d'uccles last year and decided to start vaccinating my own hatched ones in case I have the misfortune to ever bring something home from a show. After hearing some horror stories, I decided it was worth the prevention cost if it prevented a heartbreak.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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Thanks. I'd thought about that -- I'd have to buy eggs and vaccinate the hatchlings pretty soon after hatching. This is such a tiny breed that I suspect vaccinating the chicks is a delicate operation.

I vaccinate my d'uccles with an insulin needle and it works ok. As long as you use a small needle like a 25 or 27 gauge needle you should be fine if you can keep them still. I started showing my d'uccles last year and decided to start vaccinating my own hatched ones in case I have the misfortune to ever bring something home from a show. After hearing some horror stories, I decided it was worth the prevention cost if it prevented a heartbreak.

very true

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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well, the medium colored one is closest to the correct color though not 100% right on it's own.
the dark on has too much mahogany showing threw, the other is too yellow (most likely a line off blue quails)

need a better pic of each ones head, beard muffs, comb etc. All look a little thin in the beard /muff department and the combs look thin as well. Just hatchery stock problems is all, nothing huge, can be bred out if they shape up to good over all type.
see if you can get a little better single pics. head level with the bird, 1 at face on close head shot basically, then another in profile at bird level as close as possible while in strut if possible, their carrage play a big part in who to keep and who to cull just as much as type.
I know that's a pain, but that's what I'll need to give an honest overall opinion of their quality, a month or so more in age would hurt either as the beards and all will come in better then too.
The little pullet looks pretty good for a hatchery bird too by the way.
off given pics, I'd go with the medium colored one(roo C), but his tail looks a little pinched?? then again could just be young feathering. What I mean by that is look how full the base of the other two are, then how thin the feathers are at the base of roo C's tail, overall, the hackles should flow down the neck over the back in a thick full cone, virtually no back, then straight into tail and saddle, with a full puffed out chest rooster B seems to show that best, and if bred to a dark hen, should make some nice chicks too.

here's some pics of a few of my quail, you can see the preferred color in them in these, as well as some of the type features I mentioned

just coming out of molt

dun quail

 

[CrittersNPets]

Thank you. I will wait another month and try another picture day

That answers my questions of color as well and the great pictures of yours helped. Thanks!

 

[~Bantam-Hugger~]

Bonny, my favorite girl and a professional camera ham; she's giving us her pouty "I don't care" look.

 

[dtran0268]

Hi Aubrey! Could you tell me if I got a Roo for the silver quail? These are the D'anvers (6 silver quail, 4 porcelain, 4 black mottled and 2 lavender cuckoo) I got from you on 5/5, one of the silver quail was really week and died within the first hour.

There are 5 silver quail left but only one with any redness on the comb and they're only about 4 weeks old so I want to make sure that he's a roo. The other colors I got exact half male & half female. Thanks

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

hi Do
First off glad see they are all doing so well, hard to believe it's been 4 weeks already,
Yes without a doubt that pair pic is a male and female, roo with the bigger redder comb on left. With a little time, color gets obvious on them, males with be more over all white and pullets with have a lot of black lacing in the normal quail pattern areas. You can see a little of what I am talking about in the 3rd pic, his back is getting white looks like, hens will be a more black/silver look with all the lacing

That lavender cuckoo in the last pic looks like it's going to be a nice one too.

 

[dtran0268]

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Thank you Aubrey! I think the silver quail that died was my fault too. The post office called me at 9am and I did not pick them up till 1pm due to work schedule. If I picked them up right away in the morning and put them under the heat lamp, that silver quail still alive now.