D'uccle Thread

[CGinJCMO]

D'uccle hen being mother to 8 light colored silkie chicks; she didn't like the dark colored chicks so I have them, along with the chicks that finished hatching after she got up, in a brooder in the house. The bantams belong to my son and when she went broody, the cockerels were too young to fertilize the eggs so I found some fertile silkie eggs locally. Of course, now we aren't going to have pure bantam breeds (I am not building another coop/run for each breed) because we have d'uccles, bramha and now silkie.

CG

 

[pbono9]

Anyone know what colors you would get breeding a mille fleur roo to black molted hens?

 

[Mah1Mah1]

Guess what my little d'uccle trio did today?

I went out to feed them, and I couldn't find them anywhere and I was calling for them. All of a sudden I heard this soft clucking and I run out the gate and see my little girls in the middle of the neighbours driveway with a car coming.

So I run out, signal the car to stop, grab my girls (which were frozen with fright -.-) and apologise for getting in the way. The lady didn't care, she just stated that they were cute

. I told her I had no idea how they got out and took them back to the yard.

 

[flockofbantams]

Oh dear, I glad u found them and they were ok!

 

[SonRise Silkies]

D'uccle hen being mother to 8 light colored silkie chicks; she didn't like the dark colored chicks so I have them, along with the chicks that finished hatching after she got up, in a brooder in the house. The bantams belong to my son and when she went broody, the cockerels were too young to fertilize the eggs so I found some fertile silkie eggs locally. Of course, now we aren't going to have pure bantam breeds (I am not building another coop/run for each breed) because we have d'uccles, bramha and now silkie.

CG

Thats a gorgeous Mama and babies! You will love the Silkies.

 

[CGinJCMO]

Quote: Thank you. We've had porcelain d'uccles for a couple of years but this year we bought 6 assorted bantams to get the one d'uccle in the bin hoping for a male because we only had 4 hens (the rooster died). Wouldn't you know it, we get a self-blue female (although it doesn't have a beard so it's a booted bantam), a black cochin female, and 4 cockerels: a light brahma, a red frizzled cochin, a white silkie, and a red pyle OEGB. I also get from the person I got the eggs from, a frizzled silkie that also ended up being a rooster. I manage to sell all those boys except the light brahma and another someone gives my son some babies that I haven't figured out what they are but except for the feathered legs look similar to the light brahma (maybe sussex?)). There is a couple of frizzled chicks in there with feathered legs so I think they may have frizzled cochin in their background somewhere. And now, we have silkies (surely these won't all end up being males).
This year will be the end of having pure d'uccle. From now on, we'll have barnyard mixes. But the bantams are my 10 year old son's responsibility and all he wants is babies/ cuetness. I guess our future barnyard mixes will be cute or freaky. LOL
I wonder since she normally roosts on the roosting bar if she'll get them up or if they'll be more like other silkies, and they'll pile and snuggle together to sleep. The four in the house won't get that lesson and I think I don't want the outside chicks to learn it because the 4 in the house will be at a disadvantage already because they'll be the "new kids on the block" and if the 8 outside ones already snuggle, then maybe the other 4 can snuggle too when they get out there.

CG

 

[flockofbantams]

D'uccle hen being mother to 8 light colored silkie chicks; she didn't like the dark colored chicks so I have them, along with the chicks that finished hatching after she got up, in a brooder in the house. The bantams belong to my son and when she went broody, the cockerels were too young to fertilize the eggs so I found some fertile silkie eggs locally. Of course, now we aren't going to have pure bantam breeds (I am not building another coop/run for each breed) because we have d'uccles, bramha and now silkie. CG

Thats a gorgeous Mama and babies! You will love the Silkies.

Thank you. We've had porcelain d'uccles for a couple of years but this year we bought 6 assorted bantams to get the one d'uccle in the bin hoping for a male because we only had 4 hens (the rooster died). Wouldn't you know it, we get a self-blue female (although it doesn't have a beard so it's a booted bantam), a black cochin female, and 4 cockerels: a light brahma, a red frizzled cochin, a white silkie, and a red pyle OEGB. I also get from the person I got the eggs from, a frizzled silkie that also ended up being a rooster. I manage to sell all those boys except the light brahma and another someone gives my son some babies that I haven't figured out what they are but except for the feathered legs look similar to the light brahma (maybe sussex?)). There is a couple of frizzled chicks in there with feathered legs so I think they may have frizzled cochin in their background somewhere. And now, we have silkies (surely these won't all end up being males). This year will be the end of having pure d'uccle. From now on, we'll have barnyard mixes. But the bantams are my 10 year old son's responsibility and all he wants is babies/ cuetness. I guess our future barnyard mixes will be cute or freaky. LOL I wonder since she normally roosts on the roosting bar if she'll get them up or if they'll be more like other silkies, and they'll pile and snuggle together to sleep. The four in the house won't get that lesson and I think I don't want the outside chicks to learn it because the 4 in the house will be at a disadvantage already because they'll be the "new kids on the block" and if the 8 outside ones already snuggle, then maybe the other 4 can snuggle too when they get out there. CG

That was a lot to follow... I'm already lost! Lol! But I it the part about there being lots of babies/cuteness!!!! All I needed to here! Hope most if your silkies are girls!!!!!

 

[CGinJCMO]

Sorry. I try not to go off into too many tangents but it still happens sometimes. LOL

CG

 

[saraiquimby1]

Can anyone tell me whether these are gonna be roos or pullets? And what color they may end up being? Supposed to be about 3 weeks old. D'uccle Bantam mixes of some sort.
Thanks!!


Chick 1




Chick 2



Chick 3



Also if anyone can tell me why just the one chick has dark colored legs, and the other two don't. Chick 1 has the dark legs. Here's a close up of her/him



Thanks!!

 

[flockofbantams]

Can anyone tell me whether these are gonna be roos or pullets? And what color they may end up being? Supposed to be about 3 weeks old. D'uccle Bantam mixes of some sort. Thanks!! Chick 1 Chick 2 Chick 3 Also if anyone can tell me why just the one chick has dark colored legs, and the other two don't. Chick 1 has the dark legs. Here's a close up of her/him Thanks!!

Looks to me like chick 1 is a roo and chick2 pullet and chick 3 roo again. Could be wrong sbout chick 3. Colors hard to tell b/c they are mixes they could be anything really. And the legs also goes back to bring a mix. He could be any mix breed with dark legs.