D'uccle Thread

[mstricer]

Do they have wattles and no beard and muffs?

 

[Lorilyn Farms]

Why would you do that. You couldn't give him away free. Not trying be accusing, I just don't under stand. I'm lucky I guess, my BF will kill ill or mamed birds and I give the Amish unwanted roo's. I won't just put a bantam in a tree. Was he sick?



No, HE was a huge Australorp and was mounting my tiny banties.

I couldn't have him doing that or his size might have damaged my tiny hens. I tried craigslist list and here, no takers--I was giving him away. I even tried to pen him in, but he escaped from my not finished pen. I have no Amish running around here, and not many want to kill my birds for me, so into the back country he went. I just couldn't kill him because he was mounting ALL the birds instead of his full-sized girls. This is why I'm terrible at farming, there has to be a reason to kill, and I didn't have a good enough one.

 

[NYREDS]

Just a question, why not just enter them as "Booted Bantams"?

The only difference between Booted Bantams & d'Uccles is the beard & muff on the d'Uccles. Otherwise their breed description is exactly the same.

 

[hdowden]

I thought about that too. What do you think the judges would accept?

d'uccle have to have a beard. they should have not won anything for the d'uccle but should have been disqualified. enter them as booted bantams.

 

[Lorilyn Farms]

There WILL BE cuteness involved....






Plus three more just hatched, they are all wet still, 2 dark, 1 light

 

[nothingbutbirds]

There WILL BE cuteness involved.... Plus three more just hatched, they are all wet still, 2 dark, 1 light

ahh how cute!!!!!!!what color?

 

[nothingbutbirds]

The only difference between Booted Bantams & d'Uccles is the beard & muff on the d'Uccles. Otherwise their breed description is exactly the same.

i thought the stance was a bit different as well.

 

[Lorilyn Farms]

Looks like a khaki, but I THOUGHT I only had roos with dun. Everywhere I look, they say this chick down color is khaki, duck wing type feathering when a mature. I'm trying to bring the dun gene into d'uccles. this first batch is showing great color, but they've lost their beards and vulture hocks.

 

[hdowden]

There WILL BE cuteness involved....






Plus three more just hatched, they are all wet still, 2 dark, 1 light

looks like it has a small beard

 

[nothingbutbirds]

Looks like a khaki, but I THOUGHT I only had roos with dun. Everywhere I look, they say this chick down color is khaki, duck wing type feathering when a mature. I'm trying to bring the dun gene into d'uccles. this first batch is showing great color, but they've lost their beards and vulture hocks.

strange that they lost there beards and vulture hocks.