D'uccle Thread

[hdowden]

ok as far as sexing gos. has anyone noticed if the girls feather in faster than the boys or vise versa?

 

[wegotchickens]

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Only with self-blue. Otherwise they all go about the same.
Self-blue the boys can be slower to feather out, in my experience.

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

Here are some other pictures of our D'Uccles

Black Mottled Roo, Blue Mottled Pullet, and a Blue Pullet.

The spare roos we kept from the Mille Fluer to Self Blue (Lavendar) crossing.

Close up of a Mille FLuer Roo's Face.

I will see what other Pictures I can come up with.

 

[hdowden]

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Only with self-blue. Otherwise they all go about the same.
Self-blue the boys can be slower to feather out, in my experience.

how about feather/wing sexing after hatching?

 

[lcw1995]

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nice lookin duccles

 

[wegotchickens]

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Only with self-blue. Otherwise they all go about the same.
Self-blue the boys can be slower to feather out, in my experience.

how about feather/wing sexing after hatching?

I don't even try to tell. I'll know soon enough with the little boogers.

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

With the little red combs on the Roo's by 4or 5 weeks I dont bother with the feather sexing.

Thanks for the compliments on the D'Uccles.

 

[hdowden]

just asking since i did look at their wings once they were completly dried from hatching and they both had different leanths of feathers on their wings and i have read that that would make them both pullets. i so hope that they are both pullets.

they were hatched on the 8th which would make 4 weeks around the 6th next month if i counted right lol

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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I love his beard and muffs. He has a really pretty face.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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I have been able to tell boys from girls in most of the d'Uccles before they start to feather in with the combs. I had one boy to fool me before and may have others but they have been very noticeable so far.