D'uccle Thread

[GypsyChic]

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I hope you get a TON og gorgeous babies!!!

And I'm glad the little stinker is behaving for you!!


About size issues for breeding: We had a silkie roo that used to jump on the buff orps from a ramp. The hen that cooperated had fertile eggs...
Also, he fertilized both EE hens as well. Only problem I had was that the eggs failed during incubation, and I never got one to hatch. I suspect that it had something to do with the size of the chick vs the egg size? Not sure. I was very new to it all back then. But I successfully hatched shipped eggs that were incubated with my homegrown EExsilkie crosses, so it had to have been genetic or size issues.

I am very happy because I met a guy at a party who's 8-year old daughter wants silkies. I will have much more room for d'Uccles if I can move out the 5 silkie babies!!

"Jump from a ramp" to land on the BULLSEYE! Sorry Lori, that just cracks me up!
How are all your birds and projects coming along?? I'm setting eggs from a couple projects right now to see what I end up with. I've got a blue buff mottled roo covering porc and washed out blue mille hens right now. I want to see what my blue-buff roo will produce with them as I'm hoping it will be more blue buffs since the girls are a washed out blue as well. Might be interesting, we'll see I guess. BTW, I loved the card!!! That was perfect, thank you so much hun!
How are everyone elses birds coming along??
Doug, do you have whites or any lavenders?? I need to post pics of my lone lavender mottled hen so you and Lori/Spook can check her out. Another 'project' I've been working on

Take care all...

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

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I hope you get a TON og gorgeous babies!!!

And I'm glad the little stinker is behaving for you!!


About size issues for breeding: We had a silkie roo that used to jump on the buff orps from a ramp. The hen that cooperated had fertile eggs...
Also, he fertilized both EE hens as well. Only problem I had was that the eggs failed during incubation, and I never got one to hatch. I suspect that it had something to do with the size of the chick vs the egg size? Not sure. I was very new to it all back then. But I successfully hatched shipped eggs that were incubated with my homegrown EExsilkie crosses, so it had to have been genetic or size issues.

I am very happy because I met a guy at a party who's 8-year old daughter wants silkies. I will have much more room for d'Uccles if I can move out the 5 silkie babies!!

"Jump from a ramp" to land on the BULLSEYE! Sorry Lori, that just cracks me up!
How are all your birds and projects coming along?? I'm setting eggs from a couple projects right now to see what I end up with. I've got a blue buff mottled roo covering porc and washed out blue mille hens right now. I want to see what my blue-buff roo will produce with them as I'm hoping it will be more blue buffs since the girls are a washed out blue as well. Might be interesting, we'll see I guess. BTW, I loved the card!!! That was perfect, thank you so much hun!
How are everyone elses birds coming along??
Doug, do you have whites or any lavenders?? I need to post pics of my lone lavender mottled hen so you and Lori/Spook can check her out. Another 'project' I've been working on

Take care all...

We have two lav roos and one lav hen. So we are also have blue MF and MF girls in with lavs to get splits then to cross. also with the lav girl we will see what hatches this year comming. All the hens other than the silkies and the commercial layers have quite laying for about 2 months now. We will see when they start again.
Then we will be working on the Lemon, Lav, Blue MF and MF

 

[GypsyChic]

Doug....YES!!!

Would love to work with someone else who has the lemons as we are all going to "bottleneck" our lines without new blood/lines/breeding in our programs eventually. Is it possible to ship eggs from CAN to Mo, or is it a trail of paperwork and inspection through customs??? Sounds like everything is pretty well on track for you though w/laves, so that's great. Do the lav mottled interest you at all?

Misty

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

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I'm running out of room.
We have 4 coops with d'Uccles - DD wants porc.
2 coops of Polish 1 gold laced one silver laced - DS wants Buff laced
2 coops with silkies - on coop with red roo's one with black roo, blue, white and red Hens
1 coop of faverolles
1 coop with pheonix and leghorns gold and silver pheonix's hens and roos, white leghorn and brown legorn hens
1 coop with EE's and Commercial brown layers both rumpless and tailed EE's and lohman browns
1 coop for growing out that has silkies, D'Uccles, EE's
1 coop Mixed Bantams D'Uccle Roos, SilkieXDuccle hens and a D'Uccle hen not for breeding and
1 coop for runner ducks.
so we are about full at the Inn.

Also have to watch the number of Hens we have as Ontario has a rule about ony 100 hens are allowed due to egg production and only 300 meat birds so I am trying to balance this as well.

 

[wegotchickens]

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Glad to make you smile, and more than once!

DH loved it when the silkie roo used the ramp to jump the girls. I'd be busy and hear

as he watched chicken porn.

My split girls are looking lovely! They are not big fans of winter, though. My 4 roos are going through a power struggle. I find it interesting that the 2 I like least are the ones all bloodied up. I am leaving them to work it out, since I don't want anyone with the girls until they are laying.

The white d'Uccles have settled into the coop and the roo is happy with his harem. The little girl would like to go live in the garage again. Another bird that's not a fan of winter.

The baby blues are coming along. I'm very grateful. The foot feathers aren't so hot yet, but I can work with that.
A couple of the beige babies (cockerals) had no shoulder feathers coming in. They are now food for the raptor rehab center. I don't have enough room for bad genes to stick around.

I took recent pics of alot the birds a few days ago, and have never had a chance to upload them. Bad me....

 

[spook]

I'm eager to see all D's, they are so special. You know, I had thought about giving up on my D's and go with clean legged D'anvers, but they don't have that same sweet disposition as my MF D's seem to have. So, I'll stick around with you guys!
I sound like a broken record...I need a rooster... someday I know. Its to early to hatch anything regardless up here. The MF's are really doing exceptional in this weather, almost like its a treat. So thank you all for your support and encouragement.

Now..............Show me your D's!!!! New pictures guys, make me drool!!!

 

[Carolynspeeps]

I am up for more pictures.....can't wait to get my first d'uccles. I am eagerly watching the posts for all the great info. Would love to see new pics.

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

Spook, let me know when you might be ready for that D'uccle roo! i have a 2 month old golden neck boy that has been growing up in my house right now! he's been pampered being in the house with 2 other chickies at the moment. i will post some pics tomorrow night when my batteries for the camera are charged again.

 

[GypsyChic]

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Hang in there Spook, dont give up. I've been there a million and one times thinking to myself "what ARE you thinking", lol, but I've stuck with it. Like you, I just adore this little breed and my Faverolles too. Just wouldnt know what to do without them

If it does not work out for you to get the roo from ChickiesMoma, then I'm sure one of us on here will have some to send your way! How many you need...2, 4 5 maybe (I can send em as an early 2011 Christmas gift, lol)!!

 

[GypsyChic]

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Glad to make you smile, and more than once!

DH loved it when the silkie roo used the ramp to jump the girls. I'd be busy and hear

as he watched chicken porn.

My split girls are looking lovely! They are not big fans of winter, though. My 4 roos are going through a power struggle. I find it interesting that the 2 I like least are the ones all bloodied up. I am leaving them to work it out, since I don't want anyone with the girls until they are laying.

The white d'Uccles have settled into the coop and the roo is happy with his harem. The little girl would like to go live in the garage again. Another bird that's not a fan of winter.

The baby blues are coming along. I'm very grateful. The foot feathers aren't so hot yet, but I can work with that.
A couple of the beige babies (cockerals) had no shoulder feathers coming in. They are now food for the raptor rehab center. I don't have enough room for bad genes to stick around.

I took recent pics of alot the birds a few days ago, and have never had a chance to upload them. Bad me....

Glad everything is working out, especially your whites. I'm having a heck of a time finding any, but do have the gene in one of my pens to work with,...Just need new birds now to continue. When your millies and whites start laying, let me know and we'll swap some eggs. I'd love to see how your blues are coming along...I bet they are sweet lil boogers