D'uccle Thread

[Doug the Chicken Man]

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Our silkies are just brutal to figure out who is who until it eather crows or pops and egg. We have some that are 7 Months and still no idea.

 

[speckledhen]

Those Silkies! You have to wait till they crow or lay and egg....and even then, you can't be too sure, LOL.

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

At least with the D's you know by 3 weeks who is who. no ifs ands or buts.

 

[spook]

I agree with the D's, its like they grow up so fast! I don't know about silkies, but Bob has laughed at me for keeping my rose colored glasses on to long by not seeing the roosters! Like the last cochin we "saved" from the stew pot. Misty is now Mister. If I hadn't seen "the" deed done, I would still be in doubt.

Also, survival of the fittest I agree with, yet this winters loss' were brutal to the 3 breeds I hatched and I wonder if the D's are a resistant bird or one easily picked off. What your giving me for info is that they can become resistant, which leaves me on a better note of trying again asap.

Off subject, how much snow have you guys gotten so far? we are around 3 inches.

 

[Carolynspeeps]

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Tell me about it!!! doing chores this morning when all of a sudden I hear this god awful sound from my coop (happens to be in my basement).

YEP...3 month old silkie decided to come out of the closet!! Bummer, now he needs a new home and fast!!!!

 

[acid_chipmunk]

Lori, how old, about, is the little Butterscotch girl. I noticed today she is getting pretty red. I've gotta take some new pics of her, too. Her coloring is very pretty.

 

[GypsyChic]

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Tell me about it!!! doing chores this morning when all of a sudden I hear this god awful sound from my coop (happens to be in my basement).

YEP...3 month old silkie decided to come out of the closet!! Bummer, now he needs a new home and fast!!!!

LOL CP, out of the BASMENT you mean

cant help it, struck, or is that cluck, me funny!

Hubby says <----needs medication sometimes

Do I??? "Chicken Addiction", hummmmmmmmm

 

[GypsyChic]

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Cyn, your babies are growing like weeds! What adorable little faces!

 

[GypsyChic]

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We currently have a Pheonix Roo and Hen plus a leghorn hen in a non heated non insulated triangle tractor that we did not plan on using but on saterday night he got in a scrap with the other pheonix roo and almost lost the back half of his comb. So we needed to segregate him for his own saftey. We added the hens to ensure there was some body warmth. We swap out the water a couple times a day.
Even with our cool temps for the last couple days they are actually better than the ones in the insulated coops.

Good way to 'harden' young birds WGC. That's how I do it

They make winter w 1 heatlamp, they are considered for following yrs projects/program.

Doug I know how that goes. I've got a few bantam Phoenix and it can get rough at times even when cockerels have grown up together. Hope your boy heals well. Stunning birds the Phoenix are

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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no no no, you're getting porcelains and that's it!!!!

Just kidding, you know I'll hook you up with what ever you want, got 21 colors breeding this year, so picking might just be your biggest problem.
Is there a color goal you have in mind, or just playing with them for enjoyment? Might could narrow it down a bit that way.
If just for fun, I'd go with the millies, they are beautiful to me, the ginger reds, dun quail, mottled, whites, all look really good too. Any you'll never go wrong with these bb red in them, some of the brightest colored bb's in any breed. Plan of getting new up dated pics on my d'anver thread as soon as we get soem decent not wet picture taking days.

Oh and I take personal offense to that south Georgia aint pretty comment!

At least we're close to the ocean....

come on and move this way though, would be nice having you within driving distance..

You're right though, those mountains sure are pretty aint they...

Uh, oh, didn't mean to insult south Georgia!

Just used to hills and/or mountains. I'm not an ocean girl at all, but the area in the triangle made up by Ft. Benning, Warner Robins and Moody AFB's would be good for us if we went south because we're retired Air Force.

Aubrey, if you have all porcelains when you go to fill my order, that's what I want. I've just had it happen that a breeder couldn't fill my order and asked if she could substitute and was thinking ahead. You do have the most awesome collection of colors, I agree!! I love the lavender cuckoos. It's funny-I dont like lav in large fowl usually, but I love it in the little guys. If I had to get a different color, just wanted it to be compatible with the porcelains because they'll be living together in case I decide to hatch from them. No special breeding project in mind at all.

well Moody's about 12 miles from me, dog gone A-10'S flying over all the time, so come on, LOL

Should be good on porcelains, got 8-10 hens out there. Like Misty said, if not go with millies, pretty much will get all millies for that cross with not lethal combo as the porcelain is just a lavender millie anyway..