D'uccle Thread

[hdowden]

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hes got those wattles like mine does

cant see his feet eaither

on the little guy or the big guy?! I know its not a close up of My Porcelain, as of now Aunry still doesn't have any wattles, and isn't crowing going on 7 months now!

big guy, the less wattles they have the better...heres the site that was given to me its the only one i have seen with the standerd on it

http://belgianduccle.hypermart.net/dUccle1page.html

this is what it has on wattles
WATTLES: Rudimentary only, preferably none.

edit: at the bottom of the page it has all the colors and their standereds you can look the first page also has the disquilfications for all verities

 

[Grumpypantsmomma]

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on the little guy or the big guy?! I know its not a close up of My Porcelain, as of now Aunry still doesn't have any wattles, and isn't crowing going on 7 months now!

big guy, the less wattles they have the better...heres the site that was given to me its the only one i have seen with the standerd on it

http://belgianduccle.hypermart.net/dUccle1page.html

this is what it has on wattles
WATTLES: Rudimentary only, preferably none.

edit: at the bottom of the page it has all the colors and their standereds you can look the first page also has the disquilfications for all verities

Thank You

 

[hdowden]

this is blue boy. i want to show him and i know he would have points taking off for his wattles and possably having a small beard (i prefer a nice full beard) but other than that everyone who has seen him says he is a great example for a d'uccle(he is from a hatchry) and the self blue color and the wattles and beard are his only down falls heres my photo bucket link which also includes my oegb
http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c263/babygurl_tha_demon/my chickens/

heres a frontal shot of him and if you want to see more just follow the link above or go back a page (change that its page 434)

 

[joanie_maine]

This is Louis XIV- my porcelain cockerel. I believe he'll be a year old in March.

What do you think? Should I be looking for a better roo?

 

[hdowden]

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he looks pretty good to me i cant really see the foot feathering on him though

 

[joanie_maine]

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he looks pretty good to me i cant really see the foot feathering on him though

I'd like better feathering on hs feet - of course I want the foot feathering of your blue roo

I guess my plan is to breed my boy to the hens with the most foot feathering and see if that helps.

Any other magic anywhere to produce the feet that everyone seems to want now? I read the standard and it says "plumage, outside toe and outside of middle toe covered"

I guess that is "adequate"?

 

[dsfrango]

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He does have a very nice comb and beard and minimal wattles. VERY pretty bird

 

[HHandbasket]

Ok guys.... remember my "blue mille fleur" d'uccle I just hatched out in October from my 2 porcelain parents?

Well... it turns out his mother was a tramp & his "father" wasn't his father! No wonder he looks so weird.

About 10 days ago, he suddenly started changing. A LOT. All of a sudden, he's TWICE the size of his mother and has a strong resemblance to a 12-pound delawegger rooster we sold about 6 weeks ago!

How could a 12-pound delawegger rooster and a tiny porcelain d'uccle hen produce an offspring?

It was the delawegger that accidentally ran over the porcelain rooster in the yard, inflicting the injuries that took his life a few weeks later. I am wondering now if there was a scuffle between them because Charlie (the porcelain roo) didn't let any of the other roos near Portia.

But little Linus (which is what I named the chick) is GINORMOUS. He is not quite 3 months old and is already trying to mount his mother.

 

[hdowden]

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any pics?

 

[Grumpypantsmomma]

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Sorry to here about losing D'Uccle Roo! Also sorry to here that Linus isn't pure bred, but that happens, and with that some become fantastic birds. Are you going to keep him with momma if he's already trying to breed her?