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  1. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    I have just been avoiding this thread because I really just want ot get in the country where I can have roos so I can start breeding them! All summer I kept seeing these beautiful show quality mille fleur d'uccle eggs on Ebay, but I kept telling myself there was no point in getting really nice...
  2. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    Can I just say how much I like that this thread isn't derisive of hatchery D'uccles? I know they aren't the quality of private breeders but my hatchery birds have been lovely, adorable sweet birds, that made me fall in live with the breed. When I get out of the city and can keep roosters and...
  3. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    How did you breed all these colors? (in particular Hikee?)
  4. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    I love d'uccles! Along with Dutch bantams they are my favorite of all breeds. (Though LF Sussex, EE and Brahmas are also great.) I live in the city and I have a flock of all bantam hens + two LF, and most are d'uccle. But anyway I have found many hatchery d'uccles (Dutch too) are very good egg...
  5. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    I think you'd be able to tell by now, I usually have an idea of gender at 2 weeks, and know for sure by 4 weeks. None of the ones in your pictures looked like boys to me. I have really good luck with d'uccles in getting lots of girls. My last batch was 8 girls, 3 boys.
  6. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    Haha, I'm watching that on Hulu and browsing BYC during the commercials.
  7. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    I thought you all would be interested to know how a Belgian told me D'uccle is pronounced. My husband and I were at Disney (not really our thing, but his parents offered to pay for the vacation in full, so it was great), and as some of you may know, people from all over the world work there...
  8. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    I would recommend once you can tell the males from females to not to hold the roos as much, until they are a couple months old. I hold them a lot the first few weeks, then only if they come up seeking attention. I've found forcing attention on a cocky little cocks is good way to make them...
  9. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    Were these all bred from crossing various colors of D'uccles, or did you outcross to other breeds?
  10. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    Fuzzy butt, yes I agree about standard EEs. I have mostly bantams becouse of limited space, but my two LF exceptions are a LF EE, and a Sussex
  11. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    Yeah, I definitely dont understand the logistics of getting a color approved, because I dont show, I just keep D'uccles for pleasure and eggs, so the only crosses Ive actually done are just experimental crossbreeds. But recently I have just been reminded how much I really do love the breed (more...
  12. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    Why are there to few colors of D'uccles in America, compared to Europe? I was messing around on the chicken genetic calculator, and it seems like crossing D'uccles, even just in the colors fairly commonly available (from, say, hatcheries) you could produce many new, cool colors that breed true...
  13. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    This might help with the golden neck confusion... appartently there are two genetically different forms of golden neck, one lighter than the other. Now I just want to know which kind Ideal sells! https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/367832/gold-neck-duccle-vs-regular-mille
  14. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    How many chicks are there? Is each picture a different chick? Top and bottom mille fleurs are definitely a boys (if different chicks). Once you get the knack of it D'uccles are pretty easy to sex at 2-3 weeks old. Boys have bigger, pinker combs
  15. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    Yup, that's what I was saying, the spangles are splash colored (basically white:)
  16. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    I think you could have normal SOLID splash in d'uccles, because one of the combos I ran (cant remember which one) had normal solid blue (not self blue) as the result, which if bred together should produce 25% splash. Splash MILLE FLUER D'uccles I think would be different, because the splash gene...
  17. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    If you go on the chicken calculator, put in mille fleur coloration, and then chage the "blue" gene tab to splash, it is golden neck. After finding this out I was messing around, to see what cool colors could come out of normal D'uccle colors.
  18. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    So golden neck over normal mille split to blue, produces all blue? But golden neck breeds true though, right? So if you order golden neck, or breed golden neck to golden neck you get only golden neck?
  19. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    So if you order blue mille fleurs from a hatchery you'll get blue millies, regular millies, and golden neck? I did not know golden neck was the splash of the blue mille fleur coloration!
  20. QuoVadis

    D'uccle Thread

    Can someone tell me more about blue mille fleur colororation? I have a basic understanding of blue coloration, that it does not breed true, so half will be blue, a quarter black, and a quarter splash. How does this work when combined with the mille fleur color? Are half of the birds blue, a a...
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