D'uccle Thread

[teddiliza]

Hey, I found a great 'info blog' on d'uccles that really shares the best qualities of a d'uccle, and I didn't even write it!

http://www.infobarrel.com/DUccle_Bantam_Chickens_-_Why_are_they_a_favourite_Heritage_Chicken_Breed

I also posted info on the Missouri Fall show on the BBB club board hoping I'll get some more fellow d'uccle owners there.

 

[Jloeffler]

Excellent article, thanks for posting!

Does anyone have pics of the lemon colored D'Uccles ?

 

[mopargal1972]

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Sales are slow for bantams here in Missouri too. I just wrote my check to mail for our Missouri Poutry Association Fall show on October 22. I am going to take 1 mille and 1 porcelain pullet, and 3 porcelain cockerels and 4 mille cockerels (with porcelain heritage) There was only 2 other d'uccles shown this spring by someone else (Mopargal72), and that was out of eggs from my own flock. Ironic, eh? So I'm not going to worry too much about the status of their foot feathers from running around in the Missouri Clay. I am hoping there will be more d'uccles this fall. My mille hens are not really up to being shown as they originated out of hatchery stock, and I only have 1 generation away from hatchery with the Milles. The boys look pretty good actually, except for skimpy on on the black that is supposed to go with their white speckles. I think one is going to definitely be my Mille breeding choice for next year to offset the too much white of the hatchery hens. I am also picking which porcelains to breed for next year. One of the two roosters I'm using this year (Bo Diddly) isn't putting out very fluffy beards in his offspring, though their combs are better than the ones Sugardaddy has put out. So I'm having to decide if beard or comb is more important to go for. Any advice from you seasoned breeders? I'm hoping the show results will help me decide which ones score better and might have better offspring as they are on even keel with me. In another week or two I'll post some pics and you all can help me decide. (All in all personality is still the #1 trait for me over looks)

I am sad that I will not be able to make it to the show next month. I hope you have some competition there. You have beautiful birds. I am going to try to be able to make it to Sedalia in the spring though. I should have more self-blues by then. Good luck! I can't wait to see pics.

 

[kevlar]

we just got a lil D'uccle rooster he is 12 weeks old and doesn't have a name yet but here he is

anyone know what colour he would be?

 

[Jloeffler]

Looks like a porcelain?? He sure posed nice for you!

 

[kevlar]

Thank you that's what I thought but I was not to sure. He is super cute we love him he is our only bantam all our hens are standards so he shouldn't give the girls too much trouble

 

[Animalian]

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Looks like a Gerald or Damien to me!!!

 

[mopargal1972]

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Pretty boy. Looks like a Terrence to me

 

[painterpeach]

has anyone crossed a d uccle roo and a d anver hen?

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

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Skeffling Farms does love her D'Uccles.
She is on a different bourd I am on.

Here is a picture of a Lemon D'Uccle. There are others back a hundred or so pages on this thread.