D'uccle Thread - Page 543

Originally Posted by FairLeaBantams 

I have the perfect black mottled hen, too bad she's his full sister:( I'm thinking about showing her because she's probably the best D'Uccle I've got, the problem is, she doesn't have much white mottling at all. I was hoping she would get more after this years molt, but she barely got any, (she's about 1 year old). I just don't want to have the saddest looking D'Uccle in the show.......

Originally Posted by SIMZ 

Oh, that's so good to hear!  She's been my daughter's favorite and is such a sweetie!  None of us want to see her suffer, though.  I'll have to look more closely at the feathers you're talking about.  Thanks for the reply! 

Originally Posted by wegotchickens 

Be very careful and watch her closely as she matures. Walking on blood feathers can cause a lot of bleeding, and can also lead to infection. In a weakened state, she can pick up an illness and transmit it to the other birds in the flock, giving them something they otherwise could've resisted. So I would make sure to isolate her any time she acts 'depressed' or looks 'off'.

Also, if her foot feathers are bleeding it can cause other birds to peck at them and make it worse.

Originally Posted by SIMZ 

 

Ok- thank you for that advice, too!  She's definitely acting "off", so we're probably going to have to make a decision in the next couple days.  :( 

Originally Posted by wegotchickens 

Are they siblings? If so, then you'll probably end up reinforcing the leakage. If not, then it may be invironment or feed.

Feed with a lot of corn in it can enhance yellow in legs & feathers. I've been told this by quite a few breeders of both standard & bantam showbirds. Some breeders feed a lot of corn to enhance the yellow, some eradicate it from the birds' diet to get rid of yellowing. Just depends on the breed traits.

Sun can also cause some yellowing.

It could also be that they had porcelain somewhere in the heritage, and they could throw you some porcelain chicks.

You can't be sure until you breed them!

Originally Posted by SIMZ 

Oh, that's so good to hear!  She's been my daughter's favorite and is such a sweetie!  None of us want to see her suffer, though.  I'll have to look more closely at the feathers you're talking about.  Thanks for the reply! 

Originally Posted by wegotchickens 

Technically, the mottleds being shown these days have too much white (by the SOP), but white is 'in'.

Show her! If her type is good, she can still win. And even if she doesn't win, you'll meet new people and be able to network.

 

Also, are you SURE she's a full sibling, and were their parents siblings?

If the answer is 'no' to either of these questions, then I would do a test breeding between them. He's clearly carrying something she's not. If you were closer, I'd sell you one of my black pullets that has some white in her to use. Mine are not coming out truly mottled, but with white primaries on their wings and a few white feathers on their feet.

 

 

 

I do have one very odd little man that has a black head, white beard & muffs, white primaries on mostly black wings that have little patches of white on the shoulder. His neck and chest are mostly white but become mottled towards his belly. I need to get pictures of him because he's actually kinda cool-looking! Not sure what I'll do with him, and I need another roo like I need a hole in my head.... But I wanna see what he looks like when he matures! I was hoping he would be blue *sigh* but it looks like he's a two-tone d'Uccle in basic black & white.

Originally Posted by FairLeaBantams 

Okay, I'll go for it! I'll show her and see what happens. As far as the genetics, I am not 100% sure they are full siblings, I know they have the same dad, but mom could be different. I KNOW the parents were not related at all. I'll give breeding them a try and see what I get.

 

I'm curious about your odd little guy. Put up some pics. I have a 2 mo. old mille like that too, if I could just get my husband to download the dang pics I could show you! She's got white on some of her wing feathers and the top of her tail and nowhere else.

Originally Posted by FairLeaBantams 

I have one that has both feet like that! I never even knew until I checked her to see if she had all her nails. Those foot feathers hide a lot and she gets around just like the normal ones.