D'uccle Thread

[Doug the Chicken Man]

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Our D'Uccles love to be outside in the winter down to -20 C no problem as long as they have a draft proof coop and thawed water. we don't heat the coop and have the water in a heated dog bowl. They love to play in the snow. Just keep an eye on the comb and wattles for frostbite.

 

[GypsyChic]

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Very NICE Booteds. The Roo is very eligant looking...how old is your pair? Same here, heated building, fresh water and mine seem to do fine.

 

[wegotchickens]

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I need to take a couple more photos of the baby blues. They are really a pretty color! One is much larger than the other, and I'm praying I have a pair. I can put the roo with my split-to-lav black babes, and the girl in with Parti-boy.
My pet-sitter is in love with Parti-boy. He is definitely in charge of the rooster coop!



As far as winter care, my birds have a building to sleep in, out of the weather. Plenty of shavings on the floor, and also on top of the nesting box where they sleep cuddled together. I only close the pop doors to the runs when the temp dips towards single digits, and only supply enough extra heat that the water doesn't freeze solid (although a crust of ice often forms on the surface).

It is hysterically funny to watch young birds chasing snowflakes! They give me looks that say, "Mom, why does the sky-bread taste like water?" I laugh until I cry on those first snow days. The older birds are more jaded, and their looks say, "Isn't about time you threw us some scratch???!"

 

[texasgal]

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I need to take a couple more photos of the baby blues. They are really a pretty color! One is much larger than the other, and I'm praying I have a pair. I can put the roo with my split-to-lav black babes, and the girl in with Parti-boy.
My pet-sitter is in love with Parti-boy. He is definitely in charge of the rooster coop!



As far as winter care, my birds have a building to sleep in, out of the weather. Plenty of shavings on the floor, and also on top of the nesting box where they sleep cuddled together. I only close the pop doors to the runs when the temp dips towards single digits, and only supply enough extra heat that the water doesn't freeze solid (although a crust of ice often forms on the surface).

It is hysterically funny to watch young birds chasing snowflakes! They give me looks that say, "Mom, why does the sky-bread taste like water?" I laugh until I cry on those first snow days. The older birds are more jaded, and their looks say, "Isn't about time you threw us some scratch???!"

 

[Celtic Hill]

So i hatched out my duccles the first of may, when should i expect them to start laying?

 

[wegotchickens]

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Next May.

Seriously, if you get one before spring count your blessings.

 

[Celtic Hill]

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Next May.

Seriously, if you get one before spring count your blessings.

haha okay!

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so guys the silkie thread has 111 thread pages, let's beat them! haha

 

[texasgal]

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Next May.

Seriously, if you get one before spring count your blessings.

Really? Wow .. mine are July babies .. I guess I''m waiting until summer ... *pout*

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

Mine hatched in March and gave 2 eggs then went on break due to lack of light.
We are not supplementing the light so I will see them in the spring.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Next May.

Seriously, if you get one before spring count your blessings.

The funniest part of that is you think she's joking