d'Uccle color genetics

[ChickensAreSweet]

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Thank you for posting those! I LOVE the golden necked roo! So are Dahlia and peaches golden-necked too (see my two posts above with links to the pics)? They are awfully light compared to your roo.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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I crossed a buff d'Uccle with a porcelain and got some chicks like the one you are describing. The buff on the edges are so mild that I entered her in the show as a white d'Uccle just to see if I got corrected. I didn't.

Since they are hatchery, you'll just have to breed them to see how what comes up. They are probably split to porcelain, but who really knows?

Would you take a look at my two links I posted yesterday to see if you think Dahlia and Peaches are butterscotch?

 

[GypsyChic]

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Thank you for posting those! I LOVE the golden necked roo! So are Dahlia and peaches golden-necked too (see my two posts above with links to the pics)? They are awfully light compared to your roo.

I would say with all the excess white on your girls, they are possibly splash. I also see feathers on them in 1st pic that have an 'eye' in center of the gold color, another reason I believe they may be splash. Either way, they are both very pretty girls and sure do turn a head

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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Thank you for posting those! I LOVE the golden necked roo! So are Dahlia and peaches golden-necked too (see my two posts above with links to the pics)? They are awfully light compared to your roo.

I would say with all the excess white on your girls, they are possibly splash. I also see feathers on them in 1st pic that have an 'eye' in center of the gold color, another reason I believe they may be splash. Either way, they are both very pretty girls and sure do turn a head

Thank you!

 

[lilcrow]

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per APA standards, there is no such color. There is someone, or some folks working on this as a project color, but it is not recognized as a color in the d'Uccle standard in the U.S. The problem also with using terms like this is it leaves a lot of room for interpretation and confusion because of the lack of standardization. You will need to be more specific about the the color you are referring to by discribing it.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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per APA standards, there is no such color. There is someone, or some folks working on this as a project color, but it is not recognized as a color in the d'Uccle standard in the U.S. The problem also with using terms like this is it leaves a lot of room for interpretation and confusion because of the lack of standardization. You will need to be more specific about the the color you are referring to by discribing it.

Thank you for the information! I would still be interested to know if he or she thinks they look like what she thinks of as butterscotch, just out of curiosity.

 

[GypsyChic]

I would ask "Wegotchickens" as she's working on butterscotch color and would probably have a better idea for you than the rest of us would. She also has some nice golden necks and may see variations in her colors where she could give a more accurate 'color name' to your birds. Hope that helps

 

[wegotchickens]

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I crossed a buff d'Uccle with a porcelain and got some chicks like the one you are describing. The buff on the edges are so mild that I entered her in the show as a white d'Uccle just to see if I got corrected. I didn't.

Since they are hatchery, you'll just have to breed them to see how what comes up. They are probably split to porcelain, but who really knows?

Would you take a look at my two links I posted yesterday to see if you think Dahlia and Peaches are butterscotch?

I'd give them a little more time to grow and see what color they end up. I think they will develope more gold as they mature. I've had several that looked like yours while young, but were darker, more even gold at maturity. The hen the won RB /BV as a pullet was like that as a chick.

Butterscotch isn't accepted by the ABA, but there is a color standard description on the d'Uccle club site. I think my white bird with gold trim may be headed in that direction. We'll have to see what color babes she throws...

I took some pics of the blacks birds and mottleds yesterday. Will have to upload them later; I'm off to the fair soon to get my showbirds. Am taking a couple of teenagers so I may be worn out by the end of the day!

Gypsychic, do you have any pics of your wild-colored boy as a youngster? I'm wondering if some of my mottleds are headed in that direction....

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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Would you take a look at my two links I posted yesterday to see if you think Dahlia and Peaches are butterscotch?

I'd give them a little more time to grow and see what color they end up. I think they will develope more gold as they mature. I've had several that looked like yours while young, but were darker, more even gold at maturity. The hen the won RB /BV as a pullet was like that as a chick.

Butterscotch isn't accepted by the ABA, but there is a color standard description on the d'Uccle club site. I think my white bird with gold trim may be headed in that direction. We'll have to see what color babes she throws...

I took some pics of the blacks birds and mottleds yesterday. Will have to upload them later; I'm off to the fair soon to get my showbirds. Am taking a couple of teenagers so I may be worn out by the end of the day!

Gypsychic, do you have any pics of your wild-colored boy as a youngster? I'm wondering if some of my mottleds are headed in that direction....

Thanks for the response!

 

[lilcrow]

GypsyChic, your wildboy or wildchild or whatever he is, is WILD!!!! I'm impressed!! I've never seen anything like that on a d'Uccle or anything else for that matter and he's "purty." Do I see a hint of lemon or citron in him also? It looks like it back over his saddle maybe, and some up around his hackles? What a trip. Is he breeding age and have you used him? That will be very interesting and what to breed him to?
Hummmmmm.........