We’ve been looking for this breed for two years.
Both years the hatcheries presold out for the upcoming year, then sold out in seconds when they did have openings in the breed because I never made it to the website in time.
No local breeders carry any and no matter how I google it I can’t find...
Over 1 months ago I purchased my first batch of newly hatched chicks, got a variety of 51 bantam chicks and 2 standard size chicks from Ideal Poultry. 6 died due to the stress of shipping, and of the 47 survivors I was able to correctly identify the breed and sex of most of the chicks, except...
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...
I want to hatch a porcelain d'anver but every where I look they've only got quail d'anvers(if they have d'anvers at all)! Anyone know where I can get one?
I have the following hatching eggs available, all are tested for fertility at least twice a month:
Serama (smooth feathered) $35 / doz.
Porcelain D'Uccle $35 / doz.
Porcelain Booted Bantam $35 / doz.
Quail D'Anver $35 / doz.
Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben $30 / doz.
Japanese Bantam &...
We are thinking about making a metal shed coop and moving our current flock of 6 (soon to be 10)into it. We put a lot of effort into our current coop and originally thought that it would be the coop for winter since it is just easier to move around and get fresh grass weekly with, and the shed...
The adorable chubby cheeked Belgian Bearded d'Anvers bantams are a wonderful breed for novices and experts. They are great for cold weather because of their rose combs and they are easy to take care of, because of their clean legs. They are naturally curious and social and like to forage...
I normally desperate my chickens when breeding, but we not planning on breeding anything. So all of our free range chickens were in a mixed flock and a bantam Dominique hen Zealand and her bantam Dominique hen partner in crime Dominique decided to make a nest in secret. They layed eggs, along...