Not that roo, but I have others coming along.
With shipping being so expensive, I suggest you find some poultry shows within driving distance.
Folks are always selling at shows. And there must be d'Uccle people in Ohio???
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I'm thrilled to see you have d'Uccles!
My friend Nancy )who lives a mile from me) says she is about to receive some black silkies from you!
We're a chicken lovin' group here in Central Maine
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Yep, I'm hooked!!!
My Porcelain gang (one cockerel and 7 pullets) are now in the pen with a four hole nesting box. Most of these are Teddi babies - hatched from your eggs. They are starting to lay. Next step will be hatching their eggs next Spring!
Pen #2 has a Mille Fleur cockerel...
OK.....so I Googled "Gray D'Uccles" and a UK "for sale" ad popped up with this picture:
They are described as a trio of grey Barbu D'uccles bantams
The ad is at http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adverts.showadvert/index-1033618330/6a1c1777.html
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Actually, I was meaning the true Gray -- not lavender. I can't even find pictures of any truly 'gray' d'uccles!
After reading the standards for the color gray, I believe Ronnie was right when he told me no one in the US had grays any longer. They sound like beautiful birds!
They are...
I just got my eggs from Nathan today!!!
Teddi's eggs are in the incubator. We'll see how they do after having a very long trip thanks to the slow postal service.
All the rest of my D'Uccles are chicks who are about a month old now.
Getting time to choose which ones are keepers.
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