I adore D’Uccles!!! I had such fun hatching them, I found they were tough little guys, withstanding my crappy first little incubator and hatching without any problems. Definitely going to try again with these, after such a great experience. When my porcelain D’Uccle came, He was a little soft in the abdomen, so I kept him in the shell while his yolk closed. Somehow, he shifted his legs and got it on an awkward position for too long, and could not walk. I taped and splinted for a few days, came up with a ridiculous contraption involving a tiny grocery cart but after a little while, he fully recovered and is now a beautiful and boisterous adult.Welcome to my hatching thread
I am jumping into my first year of hatching D'Uccle bantams on a larger scale and I'm excited. This thread will document however many hatches I get in by the end of July. Not all chicks will be kept, expect that.
This post is going to be a little dishevelled, I know
My clutches of this year are being set in a new Farm Innovator Model 4250 that I accidentally bought (whoops). So now I have an incubator
Currently, I am incubating 24 eggs. 4 Mille Fleur D'Uccle eggs from my own pair and 20 Porcelain D'Uccle eggs won in auction from @TJChickens
I am on day 2 today.
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During this time, I will be collecting eggs from my only D'Uccle female since I'm limited in breeders and want to set asap after these hatch (if they do).
