D'uccle Thread

[Gagirly]

I hatched a chick about 10 days ago from 2 golden necks that is extremely pale yellow. It's wing feathers are coming in now-white and pale yellow with the black dots like a mille. Dare I say it may be citroen ?

 

[Gagirly]

I don't know how big serama chicks are as I haven't ever seen any, but would suspect they would be smaller than d'uccles. There are SOME porcelain d'uccle chicks in GA. I have some and eggs in the incubator.

 

[warmheart]

A few D'uccle questions, for those kind enough to help my understanding. Given gradual, sensible flock-introduction procedures, could a D'uccle started pullet safely intergrate with a flock of standard-sized hens? (We have an extremely ancient bantam mix rooster who is likely much too old to be a Papa, but cares well for his girls)

Can D'uccle safely free-range, if she is intergrated into the group of standard-sized birds? There are hawks in the area, but they've apparently been horrified by the gargantuan, collossal Barred Rock within our cohesive foraging group. We have good cover, a fully-fenced yard, and a devoted cat who hangs with the chickens to dust-bathe next to them.

(no lie)

Are D'uccle roosters given lots of room to roam, and a stable, small, peaceful flock, loud/frequent crowers? Our tiny, ancient OEGB mix roo crows seldom, maybe a few times a day, in sets of ten or so, but it isn't deafening. Kinda musical.

Are D'uccles only inclined to be held gently if they were gotten as chicks/eggs? Would a started pullet ever be inclined to be gently held?

How does one find a D'uccle that is c-a-l-m? I've been reading about folks who have some who are calm, and others say theirs tend to be flighty, anxious.

I'm quite fond of the mille fleurs! I'd sure love to spoil a friendly, calm hen.

My fantasy would be to take in a rescue, ideally an older hen who wanted to live on grass with a small, peaceful flock. Anyway, I'm curious to learn more. Thank you for your input. It is greatly appreciated!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

A few D'uccle questions, for those kind enough to help my understanding. Given gradual, sensible flock-introduction procedures, could a D'uccle started pullet safely intergrate with a flock of standard-sized hens? (We have an extremely ancient bantam mix rooster who is likely much too old to be a Papa, but cares well for his girls)

Can D'uccle safely free-range, if she is intergrated into the group of standard-sized birds? There are hawks in the area, but they've apparently been horrified by the gargantuan, collossal Barred Rock within our cohesive foraging group. We have good cover, a fully-fenced yard, and a devoted cat who hangs with the chickens to dust-bathe next to them.

(no lie)

Are D'uccle roosters given lots of room to roam, and a stable, small, peaceful flock, loud/frequent crowers? Our tiny, ancient OEGB mix roo crows seldom, maybe a few times a day, in sets of ten or so, but it isn't deafening. Kinda musical.

Are D'uccles only inclined to be held gently if they were gotten as chicks/eggs? Would a started pullet ever be inclined to be gently held?

How does one find a D'uccle that is c-a-l-m? I've been reading about folks who have some who are calm, and others say theirs tend to be flighty, anxious.

I'm quite fond of the mille fleurs! I'd sure love to spoil a friendly, calm hen.

My fantasy would be to take in a rescue, ideally an older hen who wanted to live on grass with a small, peaceful flock. Anyway, I'm curious to learn more. Thank you for your input. It is greatly appreciated!

Yes d'Uccles will integrate OK into a large fowl flock but give them several feeders and lots of roost space. Additionally a large roo can kill or injure them in mating from the heavy weight. They are timid and low on the pecking order. They are friendly and seek out human contact, but can be flighty too. An adult hen could be tamed but they are individuals with their own personalities like people- so ultimately it depends on the hen.

 

[nothingbutbirds]

I have hatched my first lemon d'uccle cross. Also a silver and blue dilution d'uccle cross. Check out these chicks! I will have some projects birds for sale later on in the year. I may also be producing chocolate, but that is still out for the jury. She's the one on the far left. Her father is the roo in the next picture after that, whom I suspect to have chocolate.. I carry a lot of blue diluted d'uccle/serama and d'uccle/silkie/serama cross projects. Check back later this summer. I'll also be posting the chick's colors as they age. I forgot, I have some pumpkin dilutes in the hatch as well. They are coming out pale pink coral color and they also have the blue gene, as there is no black, only gray patterns on them. This picture does not do justice to the pink salmon hue of the feathers. The one on the left is another chick I'm guessing is carrying both the silver and blue gene, but I'm not sure.. His chick down is pink gray. Several of my silkie/d'uccle crosses have any extra diluter other than buff, which is why I'm getting those pale buffs. Here's a picture of what those pale buffs look like. I expect the offspring to go even lighter because of the pumpkin and other diluters in the serama roosters. The lemon chick is on the right, next to my mille d'uccle chicks. He is turning out quite cute, don't you think, with his gray puffed head? So...that's how my project is going.... \

are you going to be selling eggs from your projects this spring or summer

 

[SamanthaBrooke]

I don't know how big serama chicks are as I haven't ever seen any, but would suspect they would be smaller than d'uccles. There are SOME porcelain d'uccle chicks in GA. I have some and eggs in the incubator.

Thank you, I bred seramas for a year but got disinterested in the lines I had gotten so I sold out of them to get into these d'Uccle Bantams. I did find some porcelain chicks in lower ga, much to far from me and much too expensive.

 

[nothingbutbirds]

i hatched some of my self blue/mille fleur eggs and im getting really nice black chicks i have another that is almost feathered out

 

[Gagirly]

Cute chicks ! Some of my black chicks are from that same cross.

 

[nothingbutbirds]

Cute chicks ! Some of my black chicks are from that same cross.

Cute chicks ! Some of my black chicks are from that same cross.

Cute chicks ! Some of my black chicks are from that same cross.

thanks.do you sell eggs?i see you have golden neck and self blue,those are two of the colors I have been looking for.

 

[Gagirly]

I could probably send you some golden neck right now. My self blue has hurt her leg somehow so I took her away from the rooster until she heals up.