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

[laceynoelle]

The hens are cute, and have awesome personalities. :] And dont worry about not getting rid of your rooster, Im sure he's happy at your house. You're not a wimp.

 

[bluebird]

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Awww....she's a cutie! Looks like she sayin " what? you talkin to me?" Great picture!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

haha

I knew you couldnt do it,

I'd keep him too at least like you said, til you got a season of breeding with them under your belt. That way you'd have more to pick and choose from.
Personally, I always like to keep a spare of each color on hand just incase something happens to my primary ones.

laceynoelle,

glad to have you here, and yep nice pic of your little girl too

 

[speckledhen]

Aubrey, Rufus and Rusty were having a knockdown drag-out fight today! First my RIR broke it up, then my Buff Orp hen broke it up, then DH had to go in and separate them, flipped them upside down and told them "NO!" a couple times. Finally, they kept just circling each other, then would look over at DH, who'd say no again, then they'd walk away from each other. Rufus wanted to come to DH for a chest rub, LOL. He's such a little goof. I'm wondering if Rufus and Rusty are battling it out for the top spot. So far, Rufus has been top dog in there, but since I've been letting Rusty go out on range with the older hens, I think maybe he's getting delusions of grandeur. I know they're going to have to settle this between them one way or another. Have you had too many of these fights between coop mates go on long? They are turning 22 weeks Wednesday and this is their first fight.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

na,
They workit out pretty quick.
Even in the project pens where I'm constanly changing out males or adding new ones. They will spar a little right at first, but usually within an hour os so they know their place in the chain of command

 

[speckledhen]

I told DH that he couldn't be with them 24/7 so they'd eventually have to get it settled, one way or another. I just hate having to fix wounds, silly boys, so hope it doesn't get that far. Never saw their combs so flaming red, LOL!



ETA: BTW, they started back up later on and I let them go at it. In a couple minutes, they separated, faced off, then Rusty walked away. Guess that means Rufus holds onto his top spot, eh?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yep, that's usually the end of it. Once they decide they've had enough

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

My 5 week old porcelain cockrel started making a noise like a rusty gate today. Not much on style yet but he's got some lungs.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

haha, they can be ear piercing once they get the hang of it

 

[arianna]

Today was photo day, so here's few pictures with my d'Anvers. Brace your self for lots and lots of photos

I hope that's ok.

Dun quail cockerel (For sale

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Here's with my Buff Columbian cockerel

Buff Columbian cockerel

Buff Columbian as a baby (love the stinky eye)

Dun quail pullet (she was very hard to take a photo with, always on the move)

Dun pullet split to mottled

Splash pullet (a real sweetheart and very tiny)

Splash cockerel (he loves to jump on my back and so far he has the best personality. I put him on my "keep rooster" list. I'll know better few more months down the road if he remains sweet.

Before

Porcelain pullet (the largest one of them all)
Now

Before

Blue quail cockerel (on the "keep rooster" list, if he is not aggressive)

Now

Before

Blue quail pullet (the most beautiful d'Anver pullet I have, and the smallest one in my group)
Now

Next to Khaki pullet

Before

White pullet
(from my splash group)

Quail cockerel (He is very sweet so far but I had to put him on my "got to go" list)

Quail pullet (she is very pretty, but hard to take a photo with her)
Now

Before

Khaki pullet and cockerel (the cockerel is on the "keep rooster" list , again only if he is not aggressive.

Now

The pullet is on the left and the cockerel is on the right, in this photo you can see the slightly different pattern on the back. The pullet has more blue.

Before

Blue/splash pullet (from my splash group)
Now

Before

Mottled cockerel #1 this one is the most dominant out of all cockerels (he's on the "got to go" list)

Mottled cockerrel#2 ("got to go" list)

Black cockerel split to mottled (on the "keep rooster" list), this poor little boy is on the bottom of the power chain in the group. He's very shy and gentle.

In front of my dun pullet

Group photos
Now

Before

The solid roof for the run is finally finish, and after few more touches I can move my babies back in the big area. Right now they are still in the "nursery tractor" claiming the last patch of grass in my back yard.

Before all the back area was covered with a temporary tarp

The tractor

and the usual back yard visitors (sometimes in groups of 7 or 8)

THE END, for now