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In the Brooder
So we have a two week old Self Blue d'Anver chick, Fig. We got him February 11th along with 16 other varied bantams (*not Ideal's choice of assorted bantams, we picked them all out ourselves!). I got three d'Anvers in total, 1 Quail d'Anver, 1 Blue Quail d'Anver, and the chick of the hour, Fig, a Self Blue d'Anver. Fig is just like his fellow d'Anvers except... he's got feathers on his legs !!!
Now before you say the obvious thing, that either myself or Ideal Poultry simply made a mistake and Fig's just a different, feathered-legged breed, let give you some things to consider before you get too hasty in your replies!
If your guess might be cochin, you should know in our order we also got a Lavender Cochin bantam, that we call Poppy, and she's(?) about twice the size of Fig! (I attached comparison images, Poppy is the bigger one on the left). The 3 d'Anvers are notably smaller than the rest of the bantams, though they're all the same age at two weeks old.
And before you guess d'Uccle - which is basically a feather-legged cousin to the clean-legged d'Anver - we also got one of each d'Uccle type available (3) in our order, and Ideal Poultry does not sell any Self Blue d'Uccles. Also - our d'Uccle chicks have more of a beard going on around the neck area and the d'Anvers not so much, they look more like dainty little OEGB chicks.
Another important detail, on the printed sticker receipt of our Ideal Poultry order that we got attached to our box of baby chicks, everything is exactly as we ordered. Including 1 Self Blue d'Anver and 1 Lavender/Self Blue Cochin, no other Self Blues/Lavenders were included or missing.
Help us solve this mystery! Although we love Fig, hairy legs or not, we've never had d'Anvers before and I do like that they're (supposed to be) clean-legged. Please leave a reply if you have anything insightful to add! I'd really like to know if this is a mutation or a mistake, and if I should contact Ideal Poultry or if i'm just a dummy
Now before you say the obvious thing, that either myself or Ideal Poultry simply made a mistake and Fig's just a different, feathered-legged breed, let give you some things to consider before you get too hasty in your replies!
If your guess might be cochin, you should know in our order we also got a Lavender Cochin bantam, that we call Poppy, and she's(?) about twice the size of Fig! (I attached comparison images, Poppy is the bigger one on the left). The 3 d'Anvers are notably smaller than the rest of the bantams, though they're all the same age at two weeks old.
And before you guess d'Uccle - which is basically a feather-legged cousin to the clean-legged d'Anver - we also got one of each d'Uccle type available (3) in our order, and Ideal Poultry does not sell any Self Blue d'Uccles. Also - our d'Uccle chicks have more of a beard going on around the neck area and the d'Anvers not so much, they look more like dainty little OEGB chicks.
Another important detail, on the printed sticker receipt of our Ideal Poultry order that we got attached to our box of baby chicks, everything is exactly as we ordered. Including 1 Self Blue d'Anver and 1 Lavender/Self Blue Cochin, no other Self Blues/Lavenders were included or missing.
Help us solve this mystery! Although we love Fig, hairy legs or not, we've never had d'Anvers before and I do like that they're (supposed to be) clean-legged. Please leave a reply if you have anything insightful to add! I'd really like to know if this is a mutation or a mistake, and if I should contact Ideal Poultry or if i'm just a dummy
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