The minimum on Belgian D'anver BANTAMS is is 20. There is no minimum per color. The colors not above are not available at this time. We carry self blue, silver quail, blue quail, quail, cuckoo, millie fluer, porcelain, black, blue, white, black mottled , spash , b.b. red , lavender cuckoo, buff, ginger red, dun quail
The American Bantam Association Bantam Standard recognizes Black Belgian Bearded d' Anver Bantams, Black Breasted Red Belgian Bearded d' Anver Bantams, Blue, Blue Quail, Buff, Buff Columbian, Columbian, Cuckoo, Millie Fleur, Mottled, Porcelain, Quail, Self Blue, and White.
British Standards also recognize Blue Mottled, Partridge, Silver, Gold, and Spangled.
Belgian Bearded d'Anvers are known as Barbu d'Anvers in Belgium and is probably the oldest of miniature breeds. It is believed that it originated in Anvers, Belgium. The earliest pictured bantams painted by the Dutch artist Albert Cuyp, who lived from 1620 till 1691. On one painting he pictured some small sized birds heavily bearded, clean legged and showing the gait of Antwerp Bearded bantams , and more or less the color markings of the present day Quail Antwerp Bearded bantams. These bantams were no doubt the forerunners for the fairly small Bearded Antwerp. Martin (1949) gives his impressions of Belgian Bearded d'Anvers on the basis of spending one year in Antwerp during World War II. "Due to the shortage of feed the
Belgian Bearded d' Anver Club Of America
The Belgian dĘ Anver Club is the breed of the future. Antwerp Belgian were recognized by the A.P.A. in 1949. The National Antwerp Belgian Society was organized Sept. 1, 1961 in Durham, North Carolina. In 1965 the word National was dropped from our name. Antwerp Belgians Society Thereafter the Name "Society" was dropped and the word Antwerp removed. Although the breed is still known in Germany and England as Antwerp Belgians our first standard admitted them as Antwerp Belgians, we now call them d'Anvers. The name "anver" is a section in Belgian which claims the origin of our breed. Around 1970 the newly named Belgian d'Anver Club started districts throughout the United States. As of this day we have 15 districts and around 90+ members. One of the True bantams, meaning there is no standard bird of the same type. Three or four newsletters put out per year. One National Meet per year. One Semi-Annual Meet per year. District, State and Special Meets also placed throughout the country
References: Bantam Chickens by Fred Jeffery, Bantam Standard of Perfection by American Bantam Association, Bantams Intriguing Miniatures by John Skinner, APA Standard of Perfection by American Poultry Association
