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Member Reviews: Belgian d'Uccle

Ducclelover10

I love d'Uccles!

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By Ducclelover10

Pros: Cute, sweet, fun, pretty, lovable, and a true bantam.

These chickens are so nice, and they are real lap chickens! I have one that's the bottom of the pecking order and whenever she gets chased or pecked she'll come running to me! She loves to be snuggled! Unfortunately she is too scared too eat on her own so I have to hand feed her. And she goes through phases where she won't eat a certain type of food for a few days ,and a lot of the foods the other chickens love, she won't eat. After a while of me being gone she'll come looking for me. Here are a few picks of her: Her name is Millie!  
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ducclebreeder

great birds

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By ducclebreeder

Pros: friendly, pretty easy to breed.

Cons: feet get dirty

i love these birds. They are friendly and i really enjoy taking care of them. I'll try to post some pics in the future.
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TweetyNPetey

Adorable bird!

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By TweetyNPetey

Pros: Small, Friendly, Affectionate, and above all, ADORABLE!

Cons: Flighty, NOTHING!!!!!!!!

I used to have a Mille Fleur D'Uccle rooster. but he died last week.  I loved that little guy, and I am hoping to get D'Uccle eggs to incubate soon. D'Uccles are the sweetest, most adorable, affectionate chicken breed ever!
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Sparky2133

Beautiful Little Buggers

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By Sparky2133

Pros: Beautiful, pretty good egg layers, nice to newcomers

Cons: a bit flighty, the foot feathers

Pearl, the alpha of the flock, is very pretty. She also is a dependable layer, laying pretty large eggs for a bantam. She also doesn't really care about the newcomers into our flock, as long as they don't try to usurp her.    Now for the cons; she's flighty. I don't think, though, it's in her personality. I didn't spend as much time with her as I did with the Modern Game girls. Also, the foot feathers can be a problem too.    I love this breed, and I would recommend it to anyone!
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Africanchild

Great personality

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By Africanchild

Pros: beautiful, docile, inquisitive, with a comical personality

Cons: None

I only have one belgian d'uccle and I know all chickens have unique personalities but out of my mixed flock he has the most comical and winning personality of the bunch.  Aloysius, my  belgian d'uccle rooster, is extremely inquisitive.  He follows me around the yard, eats out of my hand, and is the head man in charge.  He is the head rooster even though my LF golden laced wyandotte rooster Goliath is 3-4 times his size.  If Goliath is making my hens squak when mounting Aloysius runs over to make sure they're okay.  His crow is way nicer to listen too than Goliath's.  I'm in the process of integrating more hens into the flock and it's so funny to watch...
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Min27

They're a joy to have

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By Min27

Pros: Docile breed and easy to keep. Loyal and can get used to being cuddled

Cons: Doesn't lay often and the eggs are small

Some of our quietest and most docile chickens were Belgian d'Uccles. If you handle them from an early age, they won't mind being picked up and cuddled (and might even follow you around) when they reach adulthood. They also come in a wide variety of colours. We once had a purple one (well it was really a blueish greyish colour).   If you're raising them in your yard, it's easy to train them to stay there and go back to their cage at night. They like routine, and will get stressed if their routine is disrupted.   This is a bantam breed, so the eggs they lay are small and sometimes pointy, but the yolk takes up nearly all of the egg. Unfortunately, these are not good...
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SilkiesForEver

The best Bantams anyone could want.

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By SilkiesForEver

Pros: Sweet, gentle, NOT aggressive, small, beautiful, and the list goes on and on!

Cons: NOTHING!

I have 5 D'uccles hens, and 3 cockerels of various colors.  These birds are the best!!  They fly onto the feed tray in the morning, eat out of my hand, the roosters are not aggressive AT ALL, and they come in many lovely colors.  I really can't say enough good things about this breed!                 
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ChickensAreSweet

Just Amazingly Sweet Birds!

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By ChickensAreSweet

Pros: friendly, easy to tame!

Cons: too docile to hold their own with aggressive breeds

I really LOVE d'Uccles!!!!!!! My favorite color is Golden Neck. We have had Golden Neck, Mille Fleur, Black Mottled, Self Blue, and Porcelain. All have the same sweet personality in my experience.   I first had some d'Uccles last year I think...or the year before. I sold them thinking that I would go back to large fowl, and ended up missing them so much that now we have ordered more from Welp Hatchery (where we bought them the first time). We are only ordering Mille Fleur, Golden Neck, and Porcelain this time.   They are so very docile. Even the roosters were not aggressive. They never seemed to want to free range with the other birds- they wanted to get to the feeders...
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