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    Looking for Belgian d’Anvers

    I just stumbled across this. Glad you were able to post those photos. The breed club doesn’t have a directory posted but you can always email the club too! [email protected]
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    Considering hatching chicks to sell, advice?

    It’s hard for me to tell at a glance whether your birds are show quality. The black ones look to represent the breed visually. But with blacks, there are some color faults that can prove problematic. For example: white tipping in the wings can be a problem that renders them useless for show (two...
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    Considering hatching chicks to sell, advice?

    I would say making $1000 a week selling chicks is unlikely and unrealistic unless you only do it in the spring, when demand and production are highest. It isn’t a year-round gig for a few reasons- weather conditions during the heat of summer and cold during the winter can both cause massive...
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    Barbu D'Anvers color question. Silver Quail?

    The recessive mo gene is a plague, to be sure. Once a very long time ago, I tried to preserve a line of mottled Belgian d’Anvers by breeding them into my blacks. I was 17 years old and new to color breeding and tracking babies and lost track of some of my recessive carriers. The year was 2002...
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    Barbu D'Anvers color question. Silver Quail?

    I think in summary, we really don’t know other than he looks like a half spangled, half mottled, golden (dirty silver) quail. It is possible the Mille Fleur sire does carry some spangling genes to help him out with the Mille Fleur color pattern. The mom does appear to have reduced Columbian...
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    Barbu D'Anvers color question. Silver Quail?

    Sigrid is usually pretty astute. I think she gets some of her information from what breeders know about their own lines. Her history on the Mille Fleur pattern is likely accurate. I don’t have access to much European stock, nor much time to experiment. We can entertain the possibility that some...
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    Barbu D'Anvers color question. Silver Quail?

    I will chime in here. First, correct me if I’m wrong, but it doesn’t look like this is US stock. Most US Watermaal are e^+ based but Mille Fleur can be on any of three bases: e^wh, e^+, or e^b, depending on where the pattern was originally acquired from in the formation of the Mille Fleur Barbu...
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    Belgian Watermaal

    Lisa your cage set up looks awesome! I think you made the correct choice in keeping the darker male.
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    North Carolina

    @MenelausMontrose - Heidi is currently working on Mille Fleur Watermaal. A lot of them are in the project phase right now, a mixture of Mottled Watermaal and Mille Fleur d’Uccle. She will be breeding her F2s this year. I am not sure if she is going to keep her Mottled and Lavender mottled...
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    Does anybody have pictures of beard picking?

    These are great before and after photos, thank you for sharing jess330
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    Belgian Bearded d’Anvers and Watermaal bantams spring 2023

    I can do assortments, for sure. And if you want me to pick, I can do it. And I can band the chicks and send along a key as well, so you know which varieties you have.
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    Belgian Bearded d’Anvers and Watermaal bantams spring 2023

    I typically do in the fall. Right now I only have a blue quail pullet (9 months old).
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    Belgian Watermaal

    Or if you are a female and select a degree in biology you might spend the first half of your “career” life working temporary jobs and shifting gears every 6 months and then finding a new venue every 3-4 years. And sweating about where you might move, if you can take the chickens or afford them…...
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    Belgian Bearded d’Anvers and Watermaal bantams spring 2023

    I do need to create a new website. Webs changed ownership and deleted all the free websites hosted by them. I need to come up with something new. I’ve set up the breeding pens for 2024: 3 pens of quail and blue quail Watermaal (7 females that will produce blue quail, 5 for solid quail) 3...
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    Belgian Watermaal

    This was my BV blue quail watermaal cockerel, I believe :)
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