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

[NanaKat]

Great info there. No discernible air bubble at the base of the neck on this one-I remember that chick a couple years ago and that was easy to fix. No clicking when this one breathes. Will have to check again in the morning. At least, it's eating and drinking on its own just fine.

Hope you find it very healthy in the morning.

 

[Cetawin]

What you are looking is the start of the heavy calvary.
jj

I got something for heavy calvary...her name is Delilah. She will take out anyone who messes with her and she considers messing with her as looking at her wrong from across the battlefield.

Delilah is Heavy Calvary!

 

[speckledhen]

Well, shut my mouth, that chick is clicking this morning! I examined it and cannot find an air bubble to save my life. If I can't find one, I can't prick it and let air out. It's really hard to hold it still and part fluff on something this tiny without hurting it, too. Have to go to a dr appt and can't stay home to deal with it. Hope it resolves on its own somehow.




ETA: After arriving back home, DH and I together examined the chick. We cannot find an air bubble to fix anywhere on the body. We both are noticing that its head is large compared to its body, which seems rather short, so there may be internal issues, not related to an air sac. It may pass away, but there is nothing we can fix/adjust/cure on this one, unfortunately.


Aubrey, did you decide if you're going to the Dalton show? I see there are really two in one, not sure when the times are yet. Going to check on that now.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

If a rooster is molting do they get less fertile or just not "active" enough to get the job done.

jj

 

[speckledhen]

I know I answered this, good grief! It didn't take.

It works like that with standard breeds, surely it would with bantams, JJ.

The chick is still alive, just not as active as the others. I had a Speckled Sussex once from Ideal who died at two weeks old. Her body never grew, just her wings got bigger and bigger and she became more and more lethargic.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Thanks, Ithink that may be the problem in one of my pens.

jj

 

[speckledhen]

Since I don't need to deliver a bird or eggs to anyone at the show, I may just skip it tomorrow. I really don't have much reason to go, I guess. I'm not into showing and I'm not even sure I'll continue with the D'Anvers so I'm less and less enthused about spending the $$ to drive to Dalton, though it's only about an hour's drive from here.

The chick is still hanging in there. It just isn't growing like the others, though I see its tail starting to come in now. There are more under the broodies and a few more in the bator, too.



ETA: I have found one deformity on that chick. I was picking some minor poop, more urates than anything really solid, off its bum, when I noticed that where the vent should be is closed over, just under the tail. The actual vent is lower than it should be and the opening is just a pinhole, not at all normal. It is so sweet, just sings when I hold it; I'm sure its too precious for this world and will pass on in due time. Had a similar vent deformity in a BR chick last year and it died within two to three weeks of age.

 

[KrisH]

Cyn, I am so sorry to hear about your couple of chick trouble. Its never easy to loos any, but its part of the job.
I too have decided to not make the 4 hr drive each way. Hubby has to work all weekend, and I dont even know if any D'Anvers will be there. I think I will go to the Winston-Salem show.

I also hope you dont decide not to continue with the D'anvers. I have enjoyed your story's.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Since I don't need to deliver a bird or eggs to anyone at the show, I may just skip it tomorrow. I really don't have much reason to go, I guess. I'm not into showing and I'm not even sure I'll continue with the D'Anvers so I'm less and less enthused about spending the $$ to drive to Dalton, though it's only about an hour's drive from here.

Hate to hear that. The way you have beamed about the birds, I am sure it is not a decision that comes easy or because you don't care for the birds any more.

Krish- I was planning on going to the Winston-Salem show but then I found out that is the day I have to go get my Va. poultry testing certification, Maybe the fall show.

jj

 

[speckledhen]

I have tried to answer this three times and it never submits. I give up.


Now, if this actually posts....I am thinking that the D'Anver coop may better serve us as a retirement coop for hens who don't need a rooster bothering them all the time. Rufus had my big Brahma hens running for their lives in there, so I can't even put older hens in and think they'll be unmolested. My buff Orp hen, Sunny, just ignores them unless they get too irritating, then she thunks them on the head and chases them all over the pen, but she's used to the little goofs. I'm not breeding them, really, or selling hatching eggs as a business and the D'Anver eggs are so tiny, they aren't really great for eating eggs, either. The birds are fun and I adore the little girls (and Angus, who is my buddy), so it's not that I don't enjoy them. I really have. They were a good choice for my bantam breed trial. I still can't think of another one I'd rather have.

I just may be really tired so you probably shouldn't even listen to me.