D'uccle Thread

[Stewzoo]

If the picture color is accurate, then the hen looks like she is uneven in her base russet brown. So either she's about to molt, or she's just not an evenly-colored bird. If so, that could account for some of the variation. Are you CERTAIN that your millies come from pure millie lines? Even then you can get sports that are oddly colored, but with this much variation you either have a cockerel hopping the fence to romance her, or you have a genetic stew going on with the adult birds.....

That's my opinion

My guess is she's got goldneck somewhere in her background DNA, if you can rule out a male visitor. That would account for the yellow & whitish chick, for sure. The black mottled is liable to feather in with a considered amount of red leakage. Not sure wherre the black is coming from, but pray that's a hen so you can try for mahogany mf later.

The picture is not accurate. She is quite beautiful and was one of the top 3 in the state last year. I am hoping they are all hens!! Hahaha! Yeah, my luck and they are all roos.

 

[wegotchickens]

The picture is not accurate. She is quite beautiful and was one of the top 3 in the state last year. I am hoping they are all hens!! Hahaha! Yeah, my luck and they are all roos.

Interesting! Try hatching chicks in December/January and see what colors you get out of the same breeders. Temp can cause some variation & so can chemicals in the feed. Color is not all based on genetics, according to a forensic scientist I spoke with recently.

Chicks are only all hens if you are desperate for a roo....

 

[JulieNKC]

Yay! Finally got it to post. As you can see, there is a lot of wiggle room in this size. I like that, because they don't get crud all up inside them like tight bands do....
Those spiral gren ones in the large size will fit a mature d'Uccle unless it's a cockerel with stout legs. These numbered ones work for silkies as well as d'Uccles.

Isn't she being a super-model in this shot?

I've been wondering why everyone wants self blue or lilac chickens, when they all looked like boring gray birds to me, lol. Seeing your girl I see why, those feathers are gorgeous!

 

[wegotchickens]

I've been wondering why everyone wants self blue or lilac chickens, when they all looked like boring gray birds to me, lol. Seeing your girl I see why, those feathers are gorgeous!

Thanks!
A nice self-blue or lavender is a gorgeous bird, for sure!!

 

[coffeekittie]

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I've had millie hens knock the cats out of my lap to cuddle me when I was feeling really blue. It was an "awwwwww!!!" moment for sure.
The problem with breeding to show is that I don't have as much time to just play with my birds these days.

I finally got the pics of the leg bands for you:


The yellow is the one from the box. The green one is un-numbered, just a simple plastic spiral band. I have a slightly smaller size that I use on brooder babies, if I have to band them. When I graduate them to a pen with no lamp, I switch them to the one on the left. I save the numbered ones for showbirds, and switch over to them so that I can use Excel to track show performance.

I keep trying to post a pic of a bird modelling one for you, but BYC is not posting images well this evening. Tried 3 times before I got the legband one to post.....


THANK YOU!!!

It's impossible to just figure out what size to get...so frustrating! I'm an impatient sort with things like this. Now I can pull the trigger on buying some bands for my little flock of porcelains.

Your girl is certainly looking like a model on the end of a runway! I wish I could vogue like that. She's got some style....

 

[CGinJCMO]

I've been wondering why everyone wants self blue or lilac chickens, when they all looked like boring gray birds to me, lol. Seeing your girl I see why, those feathers are gorgeous!

I have mostly porcilins but did get one blue just because I love blue in general (like a royal/sapphire blue).
She's not bad to look at but not sure she's as good looking as the one above.

 

[coffeekittie]

I have mostly porcilins but did get one blue just because I love blue in general (like a royal/sapphire blue).
She's not bad to look at but not sure she's as good looking as the one above.

Come'on, you know she's a beauty!

 

[JulieNKC]

Thanks!
A nice self-blue or lavender is a gorgeous bird, for sure!!

Lol, oops! I have turkeys and ducks too and always forget which is lilac and which are lavender and selfblue.

I have mostly porcilins but did get one blue just because I love blue in general (like a royal/sapphire blue).
She's not bad to look at but not sure she's as good looking as the one above.

She's pretty and silvery too. Maybe it's just the lavender chickens with softer feathering I'm not as impressed with because it doesn't come out so glossy? I like her color, it matches my turkeys.

 

[phoebs]

Yay! Finally got it to post. As you can see, there is a lot of wiggle room in this size. I like that, because they don't get crud all up inside them like tight bands do....
Those spiral gren ones in the large size will fit a mature d'Uccle unless it's a cockerel with stout legs. These numbered ones work for silkies as well as d'Uccles.

Isn't she being a super-model in this shot?

i love it

strike that stuff!!!

!

 

[phoebs]

i am just puuting the pics on i 1 sec i have just got to put them on the computior