D'uccle Thread

it is amazing-as the season progresses the chicks are getting more and larger spots from the start, some others i have have not spots but gray patches. these two just popped out of the eggs last night! as you can see there are two different 'white' background colours -the ivory white/yellow tint of chicks like leghorns (which i believe is dominant) and the 'white' white.
 
I was just thinking what a shame that my girls feet feathers are all mucked up and I should give them a bath so I went out to "have a chat" with them about it and saw fresh new feather shafts coming in all over their legs =) gotta love nustock, I had treated them two weeks ago and last week for mites so now they are pest free and growing in pretty new leg and feet feathers=)
 
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I was hoping to get a little help/encouragement with a d'uccle related thing. There is a lovely pair of porcelain d'uccles listed on craigslist that I have be eyeing I showed my husband and he is not impressed ( may have something to do with our coop not being built yet- whatever lol).

My question is how big are the d'uccles related to say australorps, dominques and wyandottes - which are what I have brooding downstairs? Will they get along and if I end up with a d'uccle roo? Will he try to mate or be successful mating with my current ladies? My ladies (6 of them total) are about 6 weeks old (hatch date March 30th) and the d'uccles I am eying were hatched March 18th.

Okay. Strike that. I had several questions. Sorry.
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They are bantams
I was hoping to get a little help/encouragement with a d'uccle related thing. There is a lovely pair of porcelain d'uccles listed on craigslist that I have be eyeing I showed my husband and he is not impressed ( may have something to do with our coop not being built yet- whatever lol).

My question is how big are the d'uccles related to say australorps, dominques and wyandottes - which are what I have brooding downstairs? Will they get along and if I end up with a d'uccle roo?  Will he try to mate or be successful mating with my current ladies? My ladies (6 of them total) are about 6 weeks old (hatch date March 30th)  and the d'uccles I am eying were hatched March 18th.

Okay. Strike that. I had several questions. Sorry. :D

They should be fine once they've been introduced and integrated unless you have a lf roo? My bantam roosters have previously fertilized my lf hen eggs it depends on the roo and the hen, the amount of feathers in the way and if your lf hens submit/like him lol good luck with talking hubby into them you'll love them ;)
 
Thank you @Chrysolinsbirds . I know it's probably not a good possibility that he will say yes but those fluffy butts look so interesting and cute.
 
i traded for these, the female has a good back balance and the male is one of the only few i have seen with black dominating in the beard- i am naming him Edward Teach! they are around 4 months old and hatchery stock. they both also have a welcome lack of white feathers on the head.

 

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