D'uccle Thread - Page 4

I was told it is pronounced "du clay" and I sure hope that is right.

There are several colors of d'Uccle -- mille fleur is just the most common. My personal favorite is gold-necked.

I believe the correct pronunciation is "dookel".

Robin'sBrood :

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Originally Posted by KellyandKatie 

how would you pronounce d'uccle?

I was told it is pronounced "du clay" and I sure hope that is right.

Yes. And NOT "de-uncle."

What kind of temps do you all keep your D'uccles in the winter? Mine are house birds but because of wood heat the temps go from 50's to 80's. Right now they're in my son's electrically heated bedroom because it's pretty stable.

For pronunciation -- remember that the breed is Belgian, NOT French.

Here's one pronunciation for the Belgian town Uccle -- http://www.answers.com/topic/uccle?cat=travel -- just click to hear it pronounced.

And here's an earlier thread on the same topic: http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=71712&p=1

ETA a couple more audio pronunciation variations:

http://media.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Uccle

Clover......



And her parents, who I do not have any more.....



I need to get a pic of my little cockerel, he's pet quality, but SOOOOOOOOO sweet!  ETA: That's him in front of Clover in the first pic, didn't realize he was even in it!! haa haa

Lavender

If i breed my porcelain pullets with my mille fleur cockeral what are the possible colors of resulting chicks? i have tried to do some research (hard to find) and think all chicks would be mille fleur?

I think someone on the Belgian D'uccle website posted a similar query and  they said first gen would be mille fleur unless the rooster had a recessive gene, but that the next gen might have some porcelains.  I had been looking for porcelain hens, and someone suggested I buy Mille fleur hens to breed with my porcelain males and then wait a generation to see some porcelain pop up.  But I'm no expert, this is just what someone else has told me.

Here are a couple of mine.







I'm so looking for some black mottled if anyone has some coming in the spring, please please PM me so I can get on your list