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

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

good to hear they are getting better.
If they are still in blood feather leave them alone, you dont want to damage a soft quill and make them start bleeding. The process is totally normal and they should preen themselves clean. If they feathers are ALL hard at the base now, you can help them out a bit, but BE SURE they are all hard to avoid any more damage to the poor things.

The crums in the beard is fairly common, some seem to stay that way, so never get a problem with it. Guess they are like us, some are messy eaters some arent

 

[chipmunkridge]

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It's probably a good thing I am working a few 12 hour days
in a row. I won't have time to pet any chickens!
Thanks for the info, the feathers are hard at the base.
But, I should just let them work it out themselves.
Susan

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

they will on their own, dont worry about it, but if you are bored and want something to do

and all are truely hard now you can help them out, the only ones they have trouble with are a few that dont split and leave a circular tube at the base of the feather. They'll still get them, but have a harder time with it. I have never once helped any of mine...it'll make them lazy

 

[chicken stalker]

Can you help me identify these 3 colors. They are almost 4 mo. old....I think. Please excuse the mess...it has been raining here for the past few days and their runs are swamped

. Everyone is getting a bath tomorrow!
I know this one is porcelain

but what is this.....lavender columbian??

Quail or Laced....I'm hoping laced

Buff Columbian?

New saddle feathers coming in

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

you got them all labled right

porcelain
lavender columbian
that laced project (looks to be double laced, mine have feathered up exactly the same, a lot more lacing as they mature)
buff columbian

 

[chicken stalker]

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sweeeeettt!!!! I only have one each of the above. I know the columbians can go together but what about the laced? What can I breed her with? I have a pair of millies and a trio of porcelains also.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

any or all of those could be bred together, just depends on what you are looking to get.
The columbians are nothing more than non mottled millies or porcelains.
Could bred them over millie or porcelain and get more of them that way, they'd also make some millies and porcelains as yours are split to mottled form my original breeding.

That laced project bird is a result of a millie male over a gold laced hen. To get more correct lacing, it's going to need to be bred back to another gold laced bird to correct color, then continue back to buff columbian or millie fluer for type.

if nothing else, It could be bred back to millie now, will make penciled mottled buff columbians basically

 

[chicken stalker]

hmmmmm thinking....might need to order some laced eggs from you

 

[speckledhen]

Some pics from today of all the boys except Rusty. They're 19 weeks old now.


Angus and Aubrey:

Aubrey, full of himself, as usual

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Rufus's awesome comb:

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

looking good. and that is about as perfect a rose comb as you can get too