D'uccle Thread

[1Cluckygirl]

So sorry !         He looks just like my boy  ...

He was lovely. I'm sorry you lost him

 

[dsfrango]

This afternoon my sq mille fleur roo got killed by a hawk
I was planing to show him at Fort Worth later this month

This is him

That's really disappointing, I'm sorry to hear. It's worse when he's one of your better show birds. I also just lost one last Sunday, my younger blue mottled Roo. Literally took this pic 3 days before I beleive a hawk got him trying to narrow down what got him, weasels and raccoons eat heads, foxes take and run and Hawks pull feathers and go for the soft underside. Pretty sure a hawk

 

[redrooster99]

That's really disappointing, I'm sorry to hear. It's worse when he's one of your better show birds. I also just lost one last Sunday, my younger blue mottled Roo. Literally took this pic 3 days before I beleive a hawk got him trying to narrow down what got him, weasels and raccoons eat heads, foxes take and run and Hawks pull feathers and go for the soft underside. Pretty sure a hawk

Aww I am so sorry. Best wishes to u and prayers going your way.

 

[chickenman5024]

The hawk flew 10 feet into the barn and got him plus we found out later that another hen was gone darn hawks.
I was also going to show her

This is her

 

[dsfrango]

The hawk flew 10 feet into the barn and got him plus we found out later that another hen was gone darn hawks.
I was also going to show her

This is her

She really looks like she had potential too hopefully you'll get some good hatches this coming spring to make up for it. I'll definitely be trying to breed many more to both increase my overall flocks and be able to cull harder.

 

[chickenman5024]

I have a genetics question
If I breed a porcelain to light colored mille fleur hens can I get a blue mille fleur
Thanks in advance

 

[SkylineFarms]

I have a genetics question
If I breed a porcelain to light colored mille fleur hens can I get a blue mille fleur
Thanks in advance

From what I understand, porcelain is a Mille Fleur that has two copies of the Lavendar gene.
If you bred Porcelain (Lav/Lav) to Mille Fleur (lav/lav) you would get chickens that look like Mille Fleur but carry one copy of the lavendar gene (Lav/lav).

To get Blue Mille Fleur from a Mille Fleur you would need to breed them to a Splash Golden Neck colored D'uccle or to another Blue Mille Fleur D'uccle.

 

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[/IMG] my new baby I named Oreo

 

[misfitmorgan]

From what I understand, porcelain is a Mille Fleur that has two copies of the Lavendar gene.
If you bred Porcelain (Lav/Lav) to Mille Fleur (lav/lav) you would get chickens that look like Mille Fleur but carry one copy of the lavendar gene (Lav/lav).

To get Blue Mille Fleur from a Mille Fleur you would need to breed them to a Splash Golden Neck colored D'uccle or to another Blue Mille Fleur D'uccle.

A millie fleur does not have a Lav gene it is wheaten, gold, columbian, and mottling.
Millie Fleur (Col/Col) X Porcelain (Lav/Lav)
Offspring = Millie Fleur (Dom Col/Rec Lav) aka mille look, genetically split to porcelain

These are the genetics as far as i know:

Millie Fleur - Col/Col
Porcelain - Lav/Lav (black and columbian dilution)
Blue - Col/Splash (1 black dilution)
Golden Neck - Col/White (1 dominant white)
Splash - splash/splash (2 black dilution)
White - white/white (2 dominant white)
Black - Black/Black

To get a blue you need
Blue (Col/Splash) X Blue (Col/Splash) = Blue (Col/Splash)
Blue (Col/Splash) X Splash (Splash/Splash) = 50% Blue (Col/Splash) 50% Splash (Splash/Splash)
Black (BL/BL) X Blue (Col/Splash) = 50% Black split to Mille Fleur 50% Black split to Splash

Believe that is all correct, feel free to correct it if it isnt!!!

 

[misfitmorgan]

my new baby I named Oreo

He is adorable!!