Misfitmorgan - so sorry ! My hens never had issues with LF - but my little roos always stayed out of the way - never challenging ....
I'll have millie flur eggs - but not for a while - I just put my breeder roo in with the hens and separated them to a breeder pen .... I'm in Vermont -...
Yeah - My Millie when broody her first full year - I pulled off the first time & she went broody again in weeks and hatched out 3 peeps and was a brave and good mom .... of FULL SIZED peeps ! (since she was on a communal nest - she took on full sized eggs)
Well - sure - if anyone specifically gets D'Uccles - then they want the "type" but may not care about extra wattles, or no face puffs - they may like the puffs - but not care ... as the bird is still a little D'uccle
:) and hey - those of us like that are great for you show breeders...
I also do not and do not want to show --- but when I had two roos to choose from - I picked the one closest to SOP just to my millie's millies you know ?
Now - if I had something I wanted that was different than SOP - I would go for it with both feet - but I don't - and therefore when...
Opened the door - not real takers today - they all prefer to stay in the coop when snow is in the air .....
One millie is near the red water bowl.
Then a mixed flock shot ....
so you see how open my coop is and how mixed my flock is .... never had any problems ......
Franny glass - I'll take a picture this afternoon ... it is snowing now ... you will get an idea :) I haven't let them out for the day yet - usually don't when it is actively snowing ... but will this afternoon
I live in Vermont - with a non-heated outside coop .... the front of my coop is completely hardwire ... NOT closed in at all ....
We just had a night that went down to -20F !!! I have 3 older D'Uccles and 3 that were hatched out in the spring - so not a year old yet.
All of them did fine...
true enough - most people let me down and now I do usually expect the worse and hope for the best
My wee little flock is handing this winter weather well - Vermont - lots of cold and slush so far - snow has turned to slush which is worse for animals
This is a good lesson for all of us .... keeping quiet does no one any good - and if this person truly was dupped by another ... and is honest - then they WANT to know what people have to say about the misinformation !
This sounds like it could turn out well and she could still sell her...
Not like the faces of my birds .... and I wouldn't dare to call mine show quality - but they are better than these!
I think you should let ebay know ....
if someone wants these bird's babies - that is totally cool - but they should be honest about what they are ! Please report them for...
My extra roo from this spring was taken to his new home a week ago ....
I just got a card with his picture on the couch, on shoulders, everywhere ! He has turned into an inside / outside roo .... like a cat!
I think my boy found a good home.
What is the market for healthy, good (but...
My 3 little ones are similar color ... and I am wondering too - at first I thought both mom and dad may have had some porcilin coloring ... but now they are showing more orange - so I think mine will be traditional millie flor ....
I hope others here can tell us :)