D'uccle Thread

[wegotchickens]

Doug, you are a kinder more patient sould that me. I'd've have culled her, out of concern that it was genetic. Like the crummy shoulder feathering on some porcelains & self-blues.

Turont turont (imagine bugles blowing)

I cheated and candled. Veeeeery carefully.

1 clear
2 quite small, probably going to quit, or at least be late
9 doing well so far

All 4 of the remaining white x self blue eggs are due any day now. Due to the broody factor there is no certain delivery date. one will hatch pretty early compared to the other 3.
And I added a new egg from the same pen 2 days ago and added another today. I'm going to check and see if she laid me another one in the garage last night (but I doubt it).

 

[Carolynspeeps]

No eggs for me...

I am not sure what good the tracking number is!

postal service!

Thanks for the encouragement Doug and the hugs from Lori.

 

[wegotchickens]

I was told it's not a tracking number, it's a delivery confirmation number.

Personally, think it's a new way to torment paying customers....

 

[speckledhen]

I don't like to even purchase those Del conf things. They only confirm that the package was mailed. And even if the employees along the way do their jobs and scan them, they only tell you where the package was, not where it is. So, they really have limited value, IMO. They may not even scan them upon delivery as I found out a couple years ago. I think the P.O. is guilty of fraud, really, in taking money for a service they really don't intend to provide.

 

[Carolynspeeps]

AMEN to that! Speckled, I totally agree. Every other delivery service is reliable with tracking, the USPS just doesn't care.

 

[GypsyChic]

WGC wrote: I cheated and candled. Veeeeery carefully.

1 clear
2 quite small, probably going to quit, or at least be late
9 doing well so far

Are these the eggs I sent you Lori? 9 are good and developing? Gosh I hope so, that's great for shipped eggs. Let me know for sure hun, now I'm all

 

[GypsyChic]

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Yes Ladies, I'm begining to belive this is true too!

 

[elmo]

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My half d'Uccle hen had a spot on the underside of her foot that I was worried could be the start of a bumblefoot infection, so I took her to the vet last week. At the same time, I asked our vet about the raised scales on her legs. He said it was not scaly leg mites, but just something normal to her as a feather footed breed.

 

[speckledhen]

That makes sense because my Brahmas have those thick scales on their feet. They are currently the only feather legged birds I have other than a banty Cochin hen and the three D'Uccle chicks.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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That's what I was told too, though if you print the scan form when you purchase the label through the USPS site, they do scan it when they pick it up. At least then it has some sort of record of actually being IN the system. I think the P.O. in my area is just lazy, cause I've had several shipments come to me that were scanned 4 or more times during their journey.