October hatch "Grow-a-long"🐥

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I’m creating a new variety/color of D’Uccles. It’s called Brown Red Mottled DUccles. The chicks I shared are F2s of the project. I can share pics of the grandparents, parents and grow outs if any one wants to see them!


They don’t have any Cochin in them. They’ve got about 1/4 of Japanese in them and the rest of the % is D’Uccles. They’re are mottled ones and a few regular colored ones (Mille Fleur) because I haven’t got my project to breed true mottled yet. I think, I may be wrong, it’s because the Mille Fleur (gold columbian pattern) is a recessive gene, I think.

Oh yes do share! Sounds exciting!!!
I've got cochin and d'uccles I'm trying to incorporate into my breeding for mille fleur and porcelain to eventually have mille fleur and porcelain Satins!

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Oh yes do share! Sounds exciting!!!
I've got cochin and d'uccles I'm trying to incorporate into my breeding for mille fleur and porcelain to eventually have mille fleur and porcelain Satins!

I’ll have to get some new pics of the grow outs.

Here is the grandparents, so the ones that started the project!
Brown red Japanese

Mille Fleur

And the hen I thought was a Mille Fleur with out muff. It turns out shes a booted bantam.

They’re babies
These two babies were hatched out in 2020.

This was the rooster I was going to use for the project until he passed away. I’m glad I didn’t use him though and bred for a new rooster. He had to muck leakage, not enough mottling and had the Mille Fleur featheres, he also didn’t have muffs.

The 2021 babies still f1s

And then..,, this year I breed the f1 roo to the f1 hens, then to my better quality Mille D’Uccles

I did notice that I have improved the vulture hocks, feathered feet and muffs in my project!

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I’ll have to get some new pics of the grow outs.

Here is the grandparents, so the ones that started the project!
Brown red Japanese View attachment 3311874
Mille Fleur View attachment 3311875
And the hen I thought was a Mille Fleur with out muff. It turns out shes a booted bantam.View attachment 3311876

They’re babies
These two babies were hatched out in 2020.
View attachment 3311878
This was the rooster I was going to use for the project until he passed away. I’m glad I didn’t use him though and bred for a new rooster. He had to muck leakage, not enough mottling and had the Mille Fleur featheres, he also didn’t have muffs.View attachment 3311873

The 2021 babies still f1sView attachment 3311872View attachment 3311871View attachment 3311869

And then..,, this year I breed the f1 roo to the f1 hens, then to my better quality Mille D’Uccles
View attachment 3311881View attachment 3311882
I did notice that I have improved the vulture hocks, feathered feet and muffs in my project!

Oh! Those f2s are looking so good!!! How many hatches did it take u to get to this point?! I'm told to be prepared for hundreds of chicks and only end up with a handful good outta that!

 

[BellaCassels]

I’ll have to get some new pics of the grow outs.

Here is the grandparents, so the ones that started the project!
Brown red Japanese View attachment 3311874
Mille Fleur View attachment 3311875
And the hen I thought was a Mille Fleur with out muff. It turns out shes a booted bantam.View attachment 3311876

They’re babies
These two babies were hatched out in 2020.
View attachment 3311878
This was the rooster I was going to use for the project until he passed away. I’m glad I didn’t use him though and bred for a new rooster. He had to muck leakage, not enough mottling and had the Mille Fleur featheres, he also didn’t have muffs.View attachment 3311873

The 2021 babies still f1sView attachment 3311872View attachment 3311871View attachment 3311869

And then..,, this year I breed the f1 roo to the f1 hens, then to my better quality Mille D’Uccles
View attachment 3311881View attachment 3311882
I did notice that I have improved the vulture hocks, feathered feet and muffs in my project!

Wow, very cool looking birds! The last picture almost has a hawk-like vibe going on. Maybe that'll keep the predators away haha!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I’ll have to get some new pics of the grow outs.

Here is the grandparents, so the ones that started the project!
Brown red Japanese View attachment 3311874
Mille Fleur View attachment 3311875
And the hen I thought was a Mille Fleur with out muff. It turns out shes a booted bantam.View attachment 3311876

They’re babies
These two babies were hatched out in 2020.
View attachment 3311878
This was the rooster I was going to use for the project until he passed away. I’m glad I didn’t use him though and bred for a new rooster. He had to muck leakage, not enough mottling and had the Mille Fleur featheres, he also didn’t have muffs.View attachment 3311873

The 2021 babies still f1sView attachment 3311872View attachment 3311871View attachment 3311869

And then..,, this year I breed the f1 roo to the f1 hens, then to my better quality Mille D’Uccles
View attachment 3311881View attachment 3311882
I did notice that I have improved the vulture hocks, feathered feet and muffs in my project!

Gorgeous birds you have there! Looks like you’re making progress in your project as well.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Here I am! Joining the grow along cuz I finally have beeebies!! Hehehe!

Congrats! They’re finally here! Must see more photos of these cuties.

 

[kurby22]

Congrats! They’re finally here! Must see more photos of these cuties.

Hehe! I just love their faces! Here they are fully dry

 

[WIchickMama]

3 weeks tomorrow, they look so small compared to some of the ones being posted! The one has such orange legs!! They are starting to fly around a little, my youngest calls it turning on their zoomies!

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

3 weeks tomorrow, they look so small compared to some of the ones being posted! The one has such orange legs!! They are starting to fly around a little, my youngest calls it turning on their zoomies!

They remind me of our Easter Eggers as chicks! What breed are they? Sorry if you had already said, I hadn't been keeping much track of the conversation around here!

 

[WIchickMama]

They remind me of our Easter Eggers as chicks! What breed are they? Sorry if you had already said, I hadn't been keeping much track of the conversation around here!

They are, at least two of them anyways. Two hatched from mint green eyes and one (the one with the orange legs) hatched from a small brownish/pink almost round egg.

I had 5 eggs hatch (keep the 3 girls) from the same flock in July and this is how they turned out (their siblings). 2 have full beards and muffs (cream/silver and blue) and the golden one I am not sure her mix.