D'uccle Thread - Page 487

  Hi guys! I think i may have picked up some du'ccle chicks from my TSC. They look like they have a single comb,  normal # of  toes, foot feathering, and little beards,. I was trying for porcelain, but when i got into better lighting i saw they were buff, not yellow.  Thoughts????  I'm getting a buff and black feather pattern now.

Okay, another up date on my kids I hatched from BabyMakes6. They have colored up really well. Foot feathering is fantastic. The roo is a bit of a snot but he is probably hormonal at this age. The girls are lovely! I put them outside in a grassy pen every morning and bring them inside to a cage at night. Can't have my babies sleeping out at night.

And yes, there are 2 Silkies in the pen with them. Those came from Sandy at Bat Cave Silkies in NC.

I love the pattern and sweetness on these birds. I hope the boy turns out to be as great as his sisters. They are around 5 months old now and are fat and happy little birds.

Thanks Amy! Look for eggs anytime-mine were laying at 5 1/2 months!

Wow! I hope mine start laying that soon! My Porcelains from last year are barely laying!

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Originally Posted by fuzzybutt love 

  Hi guys! I think i may have picked up some du'ccle chicks from my TSC. They look like they have a single comb,  normal # of  toes, foot feathering, and little beards,. I was trying for porcelain, but when i got into better lighting i saw they were buff, not yellow.  Thoughts????  I'm getting a buff and black feather pattern now.

 

Those look like Porcelain chicks to me. Hope you have some good experiences with them! I have a couple d'Uccles from TSC and they are nice birds, especially the cock, who is a total knockout 

~Gresh~
 

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Originally Posted by WestKnollAmy 

Okay, another up date on my kids I hatched from BabyMakes6. They have colored up really well. Foot feathering is fantastic. The roo is a bit of a snot but he is probably hormonal at this age. The girls are lovely! I put them outside in a grassy pen every morning and bring them inside to a cage at night. Can't have my babies sleeping out at night.

And yes, there are 2 Silkies in the pen with them. Those came from Sandy at Bat Cave Silkies in NC.

 

 

I love the pattern and sweetness on these birds. I hope the boy turns out to be as great as his sisters. They are around 5 months old now and are fat and happy little birds.

Wow, nice birds! The coloring looks very good.

My d'Uccle roo was also a snot when he was younger  He was frequently biting us and tried to mate with the pullets a lot. But after he turned like seven months old, he started to be a real gentleman, with us and with his girls. Hope your roo does the same!

~Gresh~
 

I don't know, mine have black, but it's not in a polka-dot pattern like i expected.  One of my MI peeps had this one, this is a porcelain chick, right?  

Whatever they are, they sure are spunky, trying to fly already and beating each other up for food rights, and perching rights! I hope i don't have all roos!  I really needed the porcelain for my breeding project, so i will have to keep trying. One of them is a runt, and is so calm and cuddly that i am thinking i want to keep him/her.

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Originally Posted by SillyChicken 
In the mean time.. time for the cuteness!... what do you guys think... is this a porcelain d'uucle?