I was unsure where to post this, actually. Is this the best forum?
I raise d’Anvers and have had issues with beard picking from time to time. This makes it challenging to select my breeders properly. However, I have started to notice differences in the looseness of the skin around the face in some of my birds. A thought occurred to me, perhaps more loose skin around the face could contribute to more surface area for feathers. Now I am curious about the relationship between the presence of dewlaps and beards. If your bird has a pea or walnut comb, then a dewlap is also likely as it seems to be linked (Ameraucana and most bearded silkies have this!). I was hoping some BYC members might be able to share some photos of their birds with beards… and those same birds without beards (or if you know for sure they have a dewlap or not you can just say it). Preferably the photo where they are missing part of the beard will be showing the degree of dewlap.
Favorelles tend to have dewlaps too, I’ve noticed.
But to better understand if there is a relationship I need to see birds with dewlaps and those without and I need to see if there is any impact on the beard at all.
My D’Anvers do not have dewlaps and I wonder if this gets in the way of the full development of the beard. I will include pictures of one of my plucked hens (current appearance of her) and a photo of when she was a pullet and actually had a beard. As you can see, it is somewhat flat from the side.
I am really excited to see what people have. Let’s do some citizen science and learn something new together!!
I raise d’Anvers and have had issues with beard picking from time to time. This makes it challenging to select my breeders properly. However, I have started to notice differences in the looseness of the skin around the face in some of my birds. A thought occurred to me, perhaps more loose skin around the face could contribute to more surface area for feathers. Now I am curious about the relationship between the presence of dewlaps and beards. If your bird has a pea or walnut comb, then a dewlap is also likely as it seems to be linked (Ameraucana and most bearded silkies have this!). I was hoping some BYC members might be able to share some photos of their birds with beards… and those same birds without beards (or if you know for sure they have a dewlap or not you can just say it). Preferably the photo where they are missing part of the beard will be showing the degree of dewlap.
Favorelles tend to have dewlaps too, I’ve noticed.
But to better understand if there is a relationship I need to see birds with dewlaps and those without and I need to see if there is any impact on the beard at all.
My D’Anvers do not have dewlaps and I wonder if this gets in the way of the full development of the beard. I will include pictures of one of my plucked hens (current appearance of her) and a photo of when she was a pullet and actually had a beard. As you can see, it is somewhat flat from the side.
I am really excited to see what people have. Let’s do some citizen science and learn something new together!!
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