D'uccle Thread

[mstricer]

I thought at first it was a Porcelain, but the red came in and I didn't know what to think. Maybe I will throw one of the Blue Mottled Roosters in with the Milles to see what happens. What do you think?

 

[Kerstin]

I live in Georgia and am looking to add two hens and one rooster to our Mille flock. I am having the HARDEST time finding somewhere to get these...is there anybody out there that can help?

 

[millesfollies]

Hi!!! I have 5 lovely ladies in Central CT. Two of my girls are broody and are not cooperating when I try to stop the broodiness!! So I figure I would get some fertilized eggs. Anyone out there selling any???

I can't have a rooster where I am and don't have any local contacts.

 

[FairLeaBantams]

Hdowden, I'm bummed about my non-silkied silkie mixes too! I actually thought they were pure silkies, but evidently cochin boy was naughty. I guess the silkie gene must be recessive and therefore we get normal feathers with mixes. They sure are cute though.

Folly's Place, I think the dark one is ineresting, do you have a pic with a side view?

WeGotChickens, so, is this a blue mille then, or just something mish-mashey?

 

[hdowden]

the silkie gene is recessive but the parents were supposed to have silkie in them and i was hoping for at least one silkied one but it might have been the other buff colored one i lost, thats why im thinking that my lavender got to them because they have features from the silkie in them (black skin, 1 has the 5 toes). im still trying to figure out were im getting solid blacks from.

 

[wegotchickens]

the silkie gene is recessive but the parents were supposed to have silkie in them and i was hoping for at least one silkied one but it might have been the other buff colored one i lost, thats why im thinking that my lavender got to them because they have features from the silkie in them (black skin, 1 has the 5 toes). im still trying to figure out were im getting solid blacks from.

Solid black is the lav gene battling other colors. Lav x mille fleur = black (usually, although there can be leakage)

Any time my d'Uccle roo gets a silkie, the resulting chick may have a crest, dark skin & extra toes, but never ever has silky feathers. I don't know what the next generation would look like because I always give such mixes to small children, who adore them at shows (with the parent's permission, of course).

 

[wegotchickens]

I live in Georgia and am looking to add two hens and one rooster to our Mille flock. I am having the HARDEST time finding somewhere to get these...is there anybody out there that can help?

Sent you a PM....

 

[wegotchickens]

Hdowden, I'm bummed about my non-silkied silkie mixes too! I actually thought they were pure silkies, but evidently cochin boy was naughty. I guess the silkie gene must be recessive and therefore we get normal feathers with mixes. They sure are cute though.

Folly's Place, I think the dark one is ineresting, do you have a pic with a side view?

WeGotChickens, so, is this a blue mille then, or just something mish-mashey?

Looks young. I'd say its spangles haven't come in yet. But the black looks black & not blue, but it's so hard to tell from photos.....
If I had to guess, right now I say approximately 6-week old mille fleur....

 

[hdowden]

Solid black is the lav gene battling other colors. Lav x mille fleur = black (usually, although there can be leakage)

Any time my d'Uccle roo gets a silkie, the resulting chick may have a crest, dark skin & extra toes, but never ever has silky feathers. I don't know what the next generation would look like because I always give such mixes to small children, who adore them at shows (with the parent's permission, of course).

parents to my current mixes are/were a white silkie mom and a mille dad
the offspring of those 2 i call a buff Columbine (pics in one of my albums)
and i have those 2 buffs and 4-5 blacks.

if i breed the blacks back to a black silkie or take a black silkie and breed it to my lave then breed those offspring to my current babies i would get at least 1-2 with silkie feathers right? (not the colors i was hoping to start this project with but it can give me a better idea of how to approach the project) making sure i have down how the silkie gene works

 

[hdowden]

this is my milli

this is what i call my blue (there is a good color difference between the black on the above chick and what the "black" on him is)