D'uccle Thread

[triplejfarm2]

Good grief... that is one GORGEOUS hen. 

Thanks !!

 

[FarmGirlForLife]

Would anyone happen to be selling d'uccle hatching eggs? I'm most interested in the porcelain and mille fleur coloring.

 

[SIMZ]

Thank you all for the compliments on "Slim", we love him.... I will try to get more picture of him... And all the show birds we have

Yay! Can't wait to see them!

 

[triplejfarm2]

so in this picture you can see the "u" shape that the judges want... and theVERY full and even tail shaped in a V and the color with the white on each tip in just about the same amount on the primary feathers make a stair step down the back of her wing.. and the first line of covert white tips make a uniform line accross her wing... you can see where the 2nd and third line and 4th line start to line up but not 100%,,,, she has a good beard, but she could havea a better head... other than that I cant fault her much in "body type"....


this hen has really nice body type...cant tell from the picture... but they were champion and reserve champion Duccle at the Ohio National show in November.... but you can see that her tail fans out to a nice V... and its all even, you can see the primary feathers form a nice stair step... and the last row of wing coverts make a line, but you cant see any more rows of white up from that... there should be 2 to 3 more "lines" but she wasnt fully finished moulting so they wont line up until they are "perfect"...but some NEVER get it... she will never be as good as the first hen...in color... but as a breeder told us... "you have to build the barn before you can paint it"... a millie shoudl look short and stocky thick neck, not rangey looking... they shoudl look "squatty"... and this hen does that...she looks like a little linebacker... haha

 

[triplejfarm2]

this is a younger rooster than the other one... you can see he doesnt have all the white filled in yet... and he isnst as uniform as the others... and maybe getting a bit taller...ok but you sure woudlnt want to breed him to tall hens.... and not quite the amazing tail as the older roo... but you can still see the nice U in this picture....

 

[SIMZ]

Wow! Great info....thank you so much for taking the time to post that!

I've been looking over my chickens today with that in mind, and will keep going back to it. I noticed that my original hen has the linebacker look, while the younger girls don't. Is that something they should display now at a year old, or are they still maturing?

I am excited because my original hen has been laying some. My last batch of chicks are some of hers, too. I'm doing lots of hatching this year so I can see what they're hatching out and to have lots of choices to add to my little flock.

 

[triplejfarm2]

Wow! Great info....thank you so much for taking the time to post that!

I've been looking over my chickens today with that in mind, and will keep going back to it. I noticed that my original hen has the linebacker look, while the younger girls don't. Is that something they should display now at a year old, or are they still maturing?

I am excited because my original hen has been laying some. My last batch of chicks are some of hers, too. I'm doing lots of hatching this year so I can see what they're hatching out and to have lots of choices to add to my little flock.

a word of caution... they should be built thick...but not look like meat birds... as in they should still be small...I have started to see some really nice colors at shows, but on 3 pound birds... they look big... and they loose to the 1.5 pound birds.... so I guess when I think linebacker... think wide chest, wide shoulders, short neck... but still very small...

go to google images.... and do a search.... and look for the U shape... paying attention to the rooster tails.... and look for a longer scrawny neck.... you see lots of good and bad ones... if you start picking out those shapes.... you can quickly see which ones are YUK.... its kind of a fun expercise to go and see what their biggest flaw or good trait is....
Pullets shoudl be a bit darker, if they have LOTS of white... get rid of them it only gets worse. they should still be a bit darker until they moult, and they should be approaching a good size, but still may be smaller... but remember small is GOOD.... they just need the right SHAPE.... not size... take a picture of them from the side, back anf front.... its so much easier when you look at a picture of them standing stil ...sometimes we havae to take pictures to appreciate how bad one really is.... you like them, then take a picture and BLECH.... haha

 

[SkylineFarms]

Hello everyone! I purchased a quad of bantams sold to me as "Mille Fleurs". I think that they might be Golden Neck D'uccles, but the Roo does not look like the pictures of Golden Necks I have seen. He is mostly white. Can anyone help me identify what they are? Sorry for not-so-great pics!

 

[FluffyPuff]

I'm getting sucked in!!!! Noooo must resist! Can't get more chickies nooooooooooo! Too cute!

 

[roostercantrell]

I'm getting sucked in!!!! Noooo must resist! Can't get more chickies nooooooooooo! Too cute!

lol take 10 deep breathes hold the last one count to 10 and slowly release lol