D'uccle Thread

[nothingbutbirds]

Hey everyone just wondering what this chicks would be considered the Roo is supposed to be a lavender and hens that were breed are Millie's

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They are Blacks that have red leakage, split to Lavender and split to Mottled. I just call mine Lavender splits.
The Lavender gene will turn most colors to Black, and red has a tendency to leak through, as they get older they will most likely get a bit of white in them, showing that they are split to Mottled.

 

[heatherschicks]

So would the coloring be qualified for showing and if so what would we put them as mottled'

 

[nothingbutbirds]

So would the coloring be qualified for showing and if so what would we put them as mottled'

They look closest to Brown Reds, but they aren't a recognized color, thus you could only go as far as best of variety with them.

 

[heatherschicks]

They look closest to Brown Reds, but they aren't a recognized color, thus you could only go as far as best of variety with them.

So would you say this Roo is a lavender this is the one who breed the hens

 

[nothingbutbirds]

Well, he's Lavender/ Self Blue all right. He has a lot of cream in him though.

 

[heatherschicks]

Thank you I don't know that much about the breed we originally bought two hens for my daughters 4h show but as they mottled they were two white

 

[nothingbutbirds]

The male doesn't seem to have a beard?
If you have any questions about the breed, feel free to ask me if you would like. I would be happy to answer them.

 

[heatherschicks]

He doesn't have a beard so would he even be considered the same breed ? My girls have beards and the chicks came out with beards as well.

 

[nothingbutbirds]

He would be considered a seperate breed; a Booted Bantam to be exact.
The offspring have beards, because the gene that calls for beards and muffs is dominate. The cockerels may end up with wattles and a beard, so I guess that would be more of a co-dominant relationship. He doesn't seem to have very large wattles, so you may luck out with his offspring and have little to no wattles.

 

[heatherschicks]

Okay I figured he would be different than them we are going to be doing game bantams this year but would like to come back to this breed with some pure breed show ones if we can find a breeder here in California or someone who ships them here