D'uccle Thread

[Barred Rocks forever]

would anyone know where i could get a blue mottled duccle rooster before i could save my other black mottled duccle roo a hawk picked him up and flew away with him

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy - - Your roo looks like a lemon mille fleur (p. 124). ?? Has anyone heard of this color in the States? I have only seen pics of European birds. I would LOVE to hear from someone in the US getting together a good line of lemons. They are gorgeous!

(scroll down the Feathersite page to check out some lemon millies)
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGK/Millies/BRKMilleFleur.html

I had seen a picture some where of a D'uccle roo that looked like him - I plan on hatching as many eggs are the D'uccle girls give me. I don't know what the chicks will look like but....

Thanks for the link.

 

[GypsyChic]

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I have mottleds but it will be a while before I will have pure eggs to send. Should I hatch a roo I'll keep you posted.

Hey everyone, my first hatch from the lemons are coming right along. So far it looks like blues, lemons and laveys. I'll know more tomorrow and will post pics of the babies. Now I've got, what I'm sure

are 8 lemon so far. Gotta keep a good head count and my 13yr old daughter is helping me "paint toenails" (

) to keep them seperate. Such as it is, I'm tickled with so many fertile eggs! More are zipped/pipped so I'll keep you posted. Keep your fingers crossed everyone! Take care.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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I've got a extra blue mottled roo, he has no ladies, and very spoiled, where are you?

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

im in maryland thank your for the responces guys i was gonna add new blood to my duccles later on but i guess god wanted me to do it faster by sending mr hawk to eat my duccle roo

 

[GypsyChic]

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Um, no.

I don't keep blue millies or porcelains. Both look like someone dunked a perfectly good millie into a bleaching agent of some sort.


Yes, they change and change again, as the color gets pushed around by other colors. And then later in life millies get more white with every molt.
It's kinda cool if you only have a few and can watch the millies every day. You can almost see the red pushing the black into place on some feathers.

I have one porc hen and she is the 'crem of the crem', but is in a breeding project pen because I need her lavender, not the pattern, the color. As far as blue MF, I dont have any in my program but do think they are pretty. I would rather have the solid blues, lavs & blacks and white right now, as I need them for *base colors* to keep my lines going.

Someone mentioned GN's, what gorgeous birds. Wait till you see a Blue GN

(which is what I think I have a pen full of). Not a tech term, just a hobby name that I'm throwing on them because thats what they are...GN with blue (lavender) where white should be

not sure WHAT to call them yet, grin.

ETA: I forgot to say, Cynthia hold on to those babies and shoot some more pics in a week or so. I'm gonna go back through and see if I can adjust my laptop color, then I'll look at your pics again. Everyone but me seems to think they are mille, so that tells me my puter has a mind of it's own, I mean needs adjusting LOL

Watch the darn thing blow up on me now, that's my luck!

 

[Carolynspeeps]

You ladies are killing me

You must post pics of these beautiful babies. Here I thought I wanted Porcelain for sure. Now I am in big trouble!

Can't wait to see more. I wish you were closer!

 

[wegotchickens]

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Can't wait to see pics!!!

 

[GypsyChic]

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Can't wait to see pics!!!

I'll send some soon as they poof up a bit. We are using food coloring and water paint...she's creative, I'm not. After toe inspection I say give me a color leg tie and "NEXT"

terrible, I know...

 

[wegotchickens]

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Can't wait to see pics!!!

I'll send some soon as they poof up a bit. We are using food coloring and water paint...she's creative, I'm not. After toe inspection I say give me a color leg tie and "NEXT"

terrible, I know...

I'd use ties, too, or 2 brooder boxes.
We used marker on their down once. That only works for the pale chicks....