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

[Bantam Username]

Marvellous, he seems very roo ish but his feathers are coming through laced all down his back, and wings, he has white down each side of his chest. I wondered if you could tell by the feathers on these, now I know.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

sometimes the very first "chick" feathers can be deceiving. Give him a bit, 90% sure it's a boy.
The chest and shoulders will start turning solid white and the back pretty much black.
the hens will have a solid white breastm just about everything else will be black and white laced. The back feathers are the first ones you can tell by, they will all be laced.

Is this color as rare in the UK as it is here in the states?

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

How about pictures of the golden necks?

 

[LauraLee]

Ok, all great knowing chicken man, got another question for ya.

Brinsea says stop turning at 2 days prior to hatch, Texas A&M says 3 days prior.

What do you do?

Should start seeing some peeps on Friday!!!

Candled last night still got lots of movement.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Laura Lee, all the d'Anvers I have hatched pip on day 19 and hatch on day 20. I quit turning on day 18. but I have had a few hatch that were upside down in the egg, not shure what causes that. I am sure Aubrey will have a better answer.

jj

 

[schuloger]

I am not the " Chicken man" but this is what we do>>>

We always move all ours over on the 18th day and gives them enought time to setup and turn to where they need to be.

Also if some of your levels are off in your bator and they start hatching a day early its still plenty of time for them to turn and setup.

 

[LauraLee]

Ok, so day 18 it is!!! Thanks so much!

 

[Bantam Username]

He's got quite good mottled feathers all down his back, I'll try and take a picture later and post it up too. D'anvers in general are very hard to get in the UK, not just the silver quail.
I bought these eggs online but only 2 of 6 made it to lockdown and then only one hatched, I've been unable to buy any of the breeds I wanted as birds so have been hatching my own with limited success since all the eggs have been posted. Out of the 4 I've hatched, if this guy ends up a roo, thats 3 roos out of 4 eggs. I managed to get 2 chicks from a breeder after incubating 2 batches of her eggs with zero hatch, one of which is also a roo. So all in all, I now have 2 pullets and 4 roos if this guy is a guy!
The chicks he lives with are chamois sebrights, the sebright roos are known for being non aggressive so I'm hoping they'll stay living together.
I guess I'll just have to remove the hens at some point until I can hatch more. Or would it be ok to leave the 2 hens with the 2 roos until my spring hatch gets big enough?

 

[QuailHollow]

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[nicalandia]

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