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

[Backwoods Bntms]

yep I forgot about the splits, I do have 3-4 silver split to lavender, so same thing, they'll be going in with them project males. little easier with them being pullets instead of cockerels. Dont have to worry about which boy to use, I'll just use all the girls and pic out what I need when they hatch.
But yep that color does seem weak so far. The splits and cull colors seem tuff as nails. I can keep all them going, but the silver lavender and the silver duckwing that come from them just seem like runts so far to start with. Hopefully between the two of us, we can get some going good next year. I'll be happy to send you some mates if I do and we can deversify them a little for the following year

I hope to have a decent year and have some stuff to trade next fall. I am thinking the blue silver quail are going to look really good next year and my silver quail should be alot better too. My young millies are starting to look real good but it takes a long time to see if they really are. I hope to end up with a whole pen of columbians, they should be easy to make with what I have.
Got a few other I am going to start on, silver stuff, birchens,duckwings and laced.

 

[Pault76]

Well my son showed in his first show this weekend. He had the only D'anvers in the youth show but he won champ rccl. He's hooked pretty good now.

I'd post a pic but can't figure out how. Can someone help me out.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Well my son showed in his first show this weekend. He had the only D'anvers in the youth show but he won champ rccl. He's hooked pretty good now. I'd post a pic but can't figure out how. Can someone help me out.

Congrats on the win. To post a pic click on the Icon that looks like a picture at the top of the reply box (the one beside the film strip looking icon). a box will open and you browse for the pic and sumit.

jj

 

[Pault76]

Hmm I don't have anything when I reply to a post all it says is content and no other icons or anything.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Hmm I don't have anything when I reply to a post all it says is content and no other icons or anything.

Look and see if there is a little arrow on the right side of the reply box. click it.

 

[speckledhen]

Hey, D'Anver lovers! Molly, my Phoenix, has a little mille baby this morning. And the other egg is pipped. Not sure who the first one belongs to, but I had guessed it was Mina's. It's mille colored, not porcelain. The pipped one belongs to Aimee so it will be mille, but a split, since the dad is porcelain.

Aimee's two eggs (which belong to Mina) are on Day 17 today. Those two should tell me if Mina was sired by one of the porcelain males, I'd think. I realize that a porcelain over a mille split would not give all porcelains so just that one hatched mille baby under Molly (if it is Mina's) doesn't mean Mina is not a split herself, necessarily, right? I hope this makes sense. I'm not sure if I say things well sometimes.

I hope Molly is finally happy. She has been broody since September 12. Never had one so insistent that she was going to have a chick. She's a sweet broody, never bites, always lets us see the babies. Are all Phoenix hens so sweet? She's the only one I've ever owned.

 

[Backwoods Bntms]

Cynthia- a porcelain roo over a millie split to lav, should get you 50/ 50 porcelain and millie. Of course that is an average, you could get 3 millies first,then 3 porcelain. But you got a good shot at porcelain if she is split.

 

[coffeekittie]

Hey, D'Anver lovers! Molly, my Phoenix, has a little mille baby this morning. And the other egg is pipped. Not sure who the first one belongs to, but I had guessed it was Mina's. It's mille colored, not porcelain. The pipped one belongs to Aimee so it will be mille, but a split, since the dad is porcelain.

Aimee's two eggs (which belong to Mina) are on Day 17 today. Those two should tell me if Mina was sired by one of the porcelain males, I'd think. I realize that a porcelain over a mille split would not give all porcelains so just that one hatched mille baby under Molly (if it is Mina's) doesn't mean Mina is not a split herself, necessarily, right? I hope this makes sense. I'm not sure if I say things well sometimes.

I hope Molly is finally happy. She has been broody since September 12. Never had one so insistent that she was going to have a chick. She's a sweet broody, never bites, always lets us see the babies. Are all Phoenix hens so sweet? She's the only one I've ever owned.

I have 2 Phoenix pullets who are the gentlest and friendliest chickies I own. I won't be surprised if they act the same way as Molly.

 

[KrisH]

Ok so I am trying to get a plan together for next years hatching.

So I have the porclain roo and the goldneck roo. Goal is good goldnecks.

I have several Milliesgirls and 2 goldneck girls.

The millies I have 1 with lots of white, actuall,y she is streaking white from her head into her shoulders, not correct pattern.
I have 1 that has the oppisite with black streaks head to shoulder.
1 millie that is extreamly light, the rest are similar in the pattern.

So do I have a pen with the porclain roo with the millies what about the goldnecks? do I take a chance and try to see if my goldneck roo with the girls give me some decent goldnecks to move forward. or do I put the goldneck girls with the porclain roo, and put the better millies with the goldneck, or should I not give the goldneck any girls that I hatch eggs from?

I also have the use of a really good looking goldneck booted bantam. He has produced several goldneck pullets from a white duccle hen. They had really good tyoe and color, nice beards and muffs, but of course feather feet. I know using him would take me backwards with the feather feet, but maybe it would be worth it for trying to get good type and color? Not sure I should attempt this, but he is a really good one.

thanks for all the help. I just need to plan my coop needs now.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I also have the use of a really good looking goldneck booted bantam. He has produced several goldneck pullets from a white duccle hen. They had really good tyoe and color, nice beards and muffs, but of course feather feet. I know using him would take me backwards with the feather feet, but maybe it would be worth it for trying to get good type and color? Not sure I should attempt this, but he is a really good one.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/331764/duccle-color-genetics
You might enjoy this thread on d'Uccle color genetics.