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

[Backwoods Bntms]

I have a question about the mille fluer color. I have noticed that some roosters have white tips on their tail feathers and some don't. Is this an age thing or is one wrong?

jj

 

[chicken boy sam]

I believe they are supposed to have that tip of white...

 

[KWAK]

I love D`Anvers!
although mine were just killed by a dog

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

red,

Yes, a "perfect" Millie fluer or porcelain, or any mottled for that matter is supposed to have each feather tipped off in a white V .
But yes, you are right too, it takes 2 years to see the full effect of their mottling pattern. They are one of the slowest developing of the patterns.

Now with that, yes like all birds, some have it, some dont, and some even have too much.

A perfect "world class" millie should have a red base, then toward the tip of each feather, ( excluding the tail, it's all black with the white tip) it should be chevroned (V ' ed) in black, and finally tipped off in white.
Genetically speaking, it's a very complex pattern and yep, few birds express it in a perfect way.

The tail tips are usually the last ones to develop it. In my eyes, it's better to have one lacking a little tipping, than it is to have one with white blobs of color all over it.


here's one coming 2

here's his 1 year old brother ( he now looks just like the older one)

here's a 3 year old lighter hen

Sorry for the blurry images, the millies are my hardest ones to get to hold still for a pic

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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hate to hear that KMS

 

[chicken stalker]

Could you post a picture of some of your columbian projects. I have a buff columbian roo and I think a coronation looking roo, but I can't tell the difference between the pocelain boys and a coro boy.

 

[Heiko27]

what are the differences between d' anver and d' uccles?

 

[speckledhen]

Though they are related breeds, D'Anvers are clean legged with rose combs while D'Uccles are feather legged with single combs. Those are the most obvious differences between the two.

 

[Heiko27]

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Are there any notice-able temperament differences or egg laying numbers between them? Will they go broody?

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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Are there any notice-able temperament differences or egg laying numbers between them? Will they go broody?

They are about the same as far as that goes. D'anver males may be a bit fiestier

In addition to what Cynthia said about them, there are also slight feather type differences as well as body posture and carrage