D'uccle Thread

[hdowden]

thanks! so it is possible to get a silkie cross with smooth head feathers.

i have several silkie/d'uccle crosses my 2nd gens don't have any head feathers, they still have black skin, and some have 5 toes while others have 4. again you should be able to see them in one of my albums.

 

[JulieNKC]

Ok, so I'm trying to introduce the silver or creme gene to my d'uccles and I think I have done it. What do you think?
I bred my blue mille roo



to my half silky buff hen



All the chicks came to what I initially thought was blue millies, with the exception of one reg mille. (Pay no attention to the partridge silky) These are the chicks at birth. Note the silver one standing in the front.



These are the chicks now. Keep in mind that both grandmother hen, nor the mama, has any markings- they are solid color, except for blue feathers on mama's tail,more than likely a result of the colombian gene from her goldneck father. So these are all marking of the mille fleur.








And the silver one now. He's the one to the far right. Looking like a cirton or golden.




Any takers?
So, did I successfully add the creme gene?
PS- the comb and toes are back to d'uccle standards, as are the vulture hocks. Only one chick has poor vulture hocks.

They are gorgeous whatever color they are. I'm interested, keep updating with pics please.

 

[mstricer]

I have a d'Uccle x Marans cross cute as button

 

[hdowden]

I have a d'Uccle x Marans cross cute as button

i'm still shocked the hens didn't get squashed cant wait to see what they look like full grown

 

[JulieNKC]

I have a d'Uccle x Marans cross cute as button

 

[WIChookchick]

How can a silkie/d'uccle mix, then bred to a d'uccle roo have offspring -descendants that will ever be allowed to be shown, or sold as anything but a cross breed?

I keep my horses at a place that was trying to breed for a pinto colored arabian, there are some cropping up now, and there is a registry called Pintabian,
they are technically 99% pure bred OR higher, if you count the purebred/registered arabian parents. They must always be bred to a purebred registered arabian.
BUT you would never be able to show them (unless they are the "sabino" marked pure arabians) AS purebreds, because there will always be a small % of
NON purebred arabian in them.
I use this as an example.

I have some of the d'uccle that KristiP has for her/my breeding projects for the d'uccle.

 

[JulieNKC]

How can a silkie/d'uccle mix, then bred to a d'uccle roo have offspring -descendants that will ever be allowed to be shown, or sold as anything but a cross breed?

I keep my horses at a place that was trying to breed for a pinto colored arabian, there are some cropping up now, and there is a registry called Pintabian,
they are technically 99% pure bred OR higher, if you count the purebred/registered arabian parents. They must always be bred to a purebred registered arabian.
BUT you would never be able to show them (unless they are the "sabino" marked pure arabians) AS purebreds, because there will always be a small % of
NON purebred arabian in them.
I use this as an example.

I have some of the d'uccle that KristiP has for her/my breeding projects for the d'uccle.

Chickens don't have pedigrees. You can have a random mix, and as long as it fits standard and breeds true then it is that breed, no matter what the parents are.

 

[coffeekittie]

Chickens don't have pedigrees. You can have a random mix, and as long as it fits standard and breeds true then it is that breed, no matter what the parents are.

Ah, good. I *thought* that this was the case, but it's reassuring to have it made clear.

 

[wegotchickens]

Ah, good. I *thought* that this was the case, but it's reassuring to have it made clear.

It is still good policy, if selling offspring, to make sure the buyer is aware that they are "project" birds and have silkie in their background. Extra toes, off-color skin, can still show up every now and then, and that can be really upsetting to someone who thought they were buying pure birds.
Having bought "pure" silkie eggs from someone that were supposed to be from SQ parents, and yet 2 hatched with pink skin and it STAYED pink. One of those had 4 toes, not 5. I was not a happy camper. The parents may be SQ, but that doesn't ever guarantee the offspring will be. I've owned & bred enough silkies to know that there was something in that seller's genetics that shouldn't be..... but she never admitted it. I got rid of the whole hatch, even the ones that had SQ potential.

My project birds are all pure d'Uccle, even if non-standard colors. I am very careful about that.

I had a millie roo who was in love with the silkie hens. Every now and then he managed to sneak over, and the resulting chicks were given to small children (with their parent's permission) at shows. I still get updates on one of those chicks, who watches TV after school with his young owner

 

[mstricer]

That's what happen with kids above. That Marans cockerel was sneaky about getting in the little run and back out again. I had no idea, until I came home and found him there, 12 days worth of eggs already in bator and under hens.
hdowden he was still small and the girls are submissive, but I imagine their thought was better lay down or be squished. He is no longer with us, he had a big abscess and culled. I think they are gorgeous, I sold about 15 and kept 3, Just have them in the big coop with Olive Eggers, Marans and brooders. I sold all mine at auction and when you buy that's what you get. I always hang around and answer question about the birds I sell their. I give my number in case they want to buy better birds. That way I'm not overrun with birds and I don't have to cull the cuties.