D'uccle breeders Database

[twinlights]

Ok, my updated list is:
(and I will not have any available this year, next year will have chicks and hatching eggs)
I have been working on type and building up my flock before I offer them.
I have some very beautiful project colors.

Mille fleur
originals came from Kenny Rowe.

Blue mill fleur,
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Golden necked and butterscotch
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Blue Mottled
Lynn Vandyke

white
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Quail
Karl Urshel

Black
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Brown Red
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and working on silver mille fleur, citron mille fleur and blue.

 

[twinlights]

Here are a couple photos of my quail d'Uccle trio.

 

[Godiva]

Twinlights I am hoping to get into breeding d'Uccles in the near future and I am very interested in the brown red d'Uccles. I know you said you would not have any eggs available this year, but I sure am very interested in getting some of those and also some of your lavender and mille fleur etc colours once they are available! Boy is that going to be a LOOOONNNGGG wait! In the meantime I am going to try and get my head around some of those d'Uccle genetics !!!! Anyone got some suggestions on good reading for the complete novice? I really need to figure out what the alleles and all the other terms mean... enough to make my head spin! But SO interesting...

 

[twinlights]

Godiva, I may have some brown red hatching eggs this fall. All depends on the girls and how they are laying then. My plan is to hatch as many as I can this summer, too warm to ship anyway. Then whatever I have available in the fall can go.

 

[Godiva]

Ooooh! THat is exciting Twinlights! The first time I saw that colour I just fell in love with it and then when I saw it on d'Uccles.... well I was done for

Of course I just adore the d'Uccle personality and looks but that colour is just stunning to me. Please keep me in mind for the fall - I would be thrilled to get some of those if it worked out! I know my birds often go broody in the fall so that would probably work well for us. What colour are the chicks?

 

[chicken grandma]

Is anyone near West Michigan?
I have one D'Uccle hen, shown in my profile photo.

 

[twinlights]

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The chicks are black, as the feathes come in you start to see the brown around the neck and wings. I will try to get some photos of some of mine, its raining here and been raining forever it seems. IF the sun ever comes out I will post some.

 

[Godiva]

Thanks Twinlights.... I would love to see some pics of your birds. Do you have any pics of some of your other colours? I had a look at your website but a number of the colours were not shown... when the sun comes out anyway

 

[twinlights]

I will try to get some photos. I have been so very busy with the horses.
I am having trouble with photos on my web site. It won't let me change stuff, keeps saying it is shutting down and then does so, before I can save and publish. Grrrr!

 

[Godiva]

Thanks Twinlights! I can totally sympathise with your tech troubles! And being spring I am sure the horse side of things is crazy busy too. I am in no rush - when things settle down will be fine

- I will not be able to take any for a little while anyway..... I have to wait until we have figured out our next accomodation as well, I don't want to be moving with a whole bunch of little chicks. We are in this rental until October and then hopefully we will find a place that will be even better for us and our birds.