Brown Red Mottled D’Uccles Project

[Egg Snatcher]

Looks like we got at boy!!!

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Unfortunately my little boy died. I let him and his friends out of their coop to around the yard a found him dead right beside the door of the coop last night. He did have slime all over his head so Idk if he tried to eat a slug and it suffocated him or it could be completely unrelated. Today I’m going to pair my last two hens with my last rooster to try to save the project.

 

[ChickenCameFirst]

Ah, man. That’s just no fun. I recently had the only serama chick to hatch out of three eggs die on its first day.

I do have a couple questions.
What’s your plan going forward?
What happened to the rooster with the weird eye? Was he the one that the fox got?
What do you think the cause is to the seemingly high number of defects in your chicks? Could it be that you need a larger gene pool?

I really hope that things start to look up for you. I really like this project and has inspired me to start my own d’uccle color project!