D'uccle Thread

[Doug the Chicken Man]

Good to see all the pictures.

Still hoping to find eggs soon.

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

I have the Mille Fleur D'Uccles, at the beginning of last summer I had 6, by the end I had 27..they lay and lay and lay and then the hens will go broody all the time. I actually had 2 hens go broody 2 times each and hatch out several each time...I also ended up giving lots of the birds away because I fell in love with an incubator and kept making sure it worked...every month from May to August.... lol

 

[teddiliza]

D'Angelo N Va. :

I have the Mille Fleur D'Uccles, at the beginning of last summer I had 6, by the end I had 27..they lay and lay and lay and then the hens will go broody all the time. I actually had 2 hens go broody 2 times each and hatch out several each time...I also ended up giving lots of the birds away because I fell in love with an incubator and kept making sure it worked...every month from May to August.... lol

I hear you! I already have one broody Mille. I let her have 6 eggs to satisfy her broodiness. She was such a good mom last time, and I'm just letting her do what the incubator is doing. At least I won't have to worry about her power going out or her temp/humidity being off.

Good for you giving away d'uccles! It's all part of my master plan for taking over the broody bantam pet hen market. Watch out silkies and Cochins, the d'uccles are going to be on your tails soon!

D'uccle domination is yet to come!

 

[GypsyChic]

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Doug...heres a face you can 'love' till you get some eggs!

Maybe it'll tide ya over

 

[speckledhen]

Beau started crowing this morning! He sounds actually pretty good for a first-timer!

 

[shay20]

My frizzle milli fluer duccle pullet is comeing in great i cant wait to breed her

 

[GypsyChic]

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Goooo Beau! Atta-boy

Isnt it neat, interesting AND kinda shocking when you hear your lil boy do his first full crow. I know I'm just

but ALSO

the idea. They are all turning out nice Cynthia. You did a good job selecting a TRIO from the get go. It's interesting how they have progressively feather/color 'ed in. Sweet babies.

 

[GypsyChic]

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Any pics

What are you going to breed her to?

 

[nurseshelly]

Hi,
I have two Mille Fleur D'Uccle chicks ... I think

It is really odd because they are 5 weeks old now and one has barely grown at all. We are calling her Bessie after our 2.8 pound chihuahua. She eats, poops, drinks, runs around, eats weeds, and is pretty assertive considering she is still so tiny. She is still smaller than my standard hens were at 2 weeks old - by far. Is this normal? Abnormal? I have a picture of her next to a chick we got the same day, both were almost exactly the same size when we got them. Is she just a runt? Or is the other one a boy? The other one, Penelope, just started getting a little pink in the comb area, but no definition to the comb on either chick yet.
Thanks!!!
Michele

 

[teddiliza]

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You'd better start checking the feed bucket for eggs in a few months... That is hilarious!