The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[Twizzler]

I think the flightyness depends a bit on how theyre raised. Ive raised some that were pretty much free ranged 24/7 while others stayed penned a lot. Same line but the penned ones were a lot less flighty.
Some colors have seemed to be calmer probably because of what breed were used to bring in the pattern. MF and Isabel have seemed the least flighty.
None lay as well as hatchery whites. Hatchery Browns can lay as well but not every stain.
The rarer colors don't lay as well and most show line birds ive had lay kinda poorly.

Thanks for the info! I think a project I’d love to tackle one day is breeding rare colors to be productive layers. Not as productive as a hatchery white, but still respectable

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

She’s gorgeous! And yep, I see that fight’n blood in her. My blue quail hen is a spitfire. Now I have a couple blue quail pullets too.

(Okay one more D'anvers hijack then I'll go back to just lurking. Saw the chickens at a friends house and had never had bantams. She had plenty running around and offered to collect some eggs for me. Had like 30 eggs, 7 hatched. 2 roosters (a blue and a color that I can't remember) and 4 hens. A blue mottled, a cuckoo (best name that I can use to describe it), a blue quail, and a black that has been getting more white. Blue quail and black hens are the o ly two we still have.

 

[Amer]

(Okay one more D'anvers hijack then I'll go back to just lurking. Saw the chickens at a friends house and had never had bantams. She had plenty running around and offered to collect some eggs for me. Had like 30 eggs, 7 hatched. 2 roosters (a blue and a color that I can't remember) and 4 hens. A blue mottled, a cuckoo (best name that I can use to describe it), a blue quail, and a black that has been getting more white. Blue quail and black hens are the o ly two we still have.

Mottled! Gorgeous! I’d start my own d’Anvers showcase but I only have 7 colors.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Mottled! Gorgeous! I’d start my own d’Anvers showcase but I only have 7 colors.

You should start a thread.
I don't think d’Anvers are really popular or well known. As you can see though there is interest once theyre discovered.
I actually don't know much about them and have never owned any.
I think you'd get some followers. Id follow it.

 

[Amer]

You should start a thread.
I don't think d’Anvers are really popular or well known. As you can see though there is interest once theyre discovered.
I actually don't know much about them and have never owned any.
I think you'd get some followers. Id follow it.

I don’t think I’m a very good source of info, but I’ll take the risk, I guess. Too bad @Boggy Bottom Bantams isn’t active anymore. Aubrey doesn’t raise d’Anvers anymore but he’s got a wealth of info.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Lol I don't think I'm a good source of info either but I didn't let that stop me and it didn't stop others from stopping in.

 

[The Moonshiner]

@Sapphire Sebright
You have read this whole thread right?

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

@Sapphire Sebright
You have read this whole thread right?

Ah. No, actually....

 

[The Moonshiner]

Ah. No, actually....

Overo hasn't either so don't feel bad.
You should read it sometime. It's a whole different side of me then what you know.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Overo hasn't either so don't feel bad.
You should read it sometime. It's a whole different side of me then what you know.

Okay!