D'uccle Thread

[Lorilyn Farms]

I thought you all would be interested to know how a Belgian told me D'uccle is pronounced.

My husband and I were at Disney (not really our thing, but his parents offered to pay for the vacation in full, so it was great), and as some of you may know, people from all over the world work there. At one restaurant we were waited on by a nice man whose name tag said he was from Antwerp, Belgium. After dinner my husband was talking to him about Belgian beers, and the whole time I was thinking of my chickens at home - D'uccles (my favorite breed) and dDanvers (from the waiter's hometown), and I ended up mentioning this to him in a joking way. He thought it was very funny, and he said they do have a chicken they are known for that has long feathers on it's cheeks. I don't know which one he meant because every Belgian chicken I know of has a beard! I asked him how to pronounce D'uccle, and after I spelled it for him he said it was pronounced "dickel" (rhymes with nickel). It sounds funny to my ears, but there you go, that's how it's pronounced, at least according to a native Belgian!

Sounds much better than "du-clay", which I never liked. I always just say "Dee-oo-cle." Like uncle, only ooo.

 

[schnebbles]

I like the pronunciation just like it's spelled. I hate du-clay too. dickle is new to me! Mabye that's right though coming straight from a belgian's mouth, lol!

 

[alibra]

My boyfriends mom who lived in Belgium says it's "De- oo- ck- luh" or " de-oo-ck-la"

 

[alibra]

I'm getting a splash cockerel & black mottled hen tomorrow!

 

[alibra]

This is my Nacho <3 She is pecked on by all the others, so we got her a hiding fort hehehe.. she's my favourite out of my six chickens. So sweet.. Loves to be held and stroked!

Red based?!

 

[alibra]

Getting my first D'uccles tomorrow. Is there any way to help prevent the breakage of foot feathers other than extreme "child-proofing" with shavings? Any solutions to soften them?

 

[K Epp]

Be ready for the chance of a blood feather being broken. I love the black mottled.


Is anyone going yo the Calhoun show next Sat Feb 1?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I pronounced it "de-uncle"

 

[schnebbles]

I let my d'uccles in the yard and ya, their feathers break. They still have feathers just not as beautiful. My girl with the prettiest feather on her feet died from mareks. Are you showing them? If not, I wouldn't worry much about the foot feathers. I figure they are happy in the yard and so I didn't let it bother me.

 

[alibra]

Got my D'uccles! Splash and black mottled!