D'uccle Thread

[kerrihornenc]

Ok, this is my feed store gathering for 2011. Ignore the rabbits.. Im hoping this public link works for the pictures, otherwise, im stumped on how to upload... Anyway if ya'll could tell me breeds/colors, that would be great! I think they are mostly d'uccle, but who knows... Im a novice

thanks!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=10150166184077451&id=513332450&aid=306158&l=8678fc4a5f

 

[mopargal1972]

I had my self blue d'Uccle hen in with my black bantam Cochin roo for a short time when I lost my d'Uccle roo. Just for fun, I hatched chicks. Here are pics. I believe that they are almost 3 weeks old now. Any ideas on how they will turn out? It looks like they may be bearded, and they definitely have vulture hocks.

These are the parents:

 

[itsiebitsiefarm]

OMG those are the cutest little chicks ever!!

 

[teddiliza]

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Okay, now I have to ask about his name, is he 'Pewie' as in stinky? Or is he Pewie as in Pee-Wee /small? I'm glad he's your iddy biddy baby in either case. Some of them are such great little 'schnuckums' for spoiling!

 

[teddiliza]

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You know, that is so true about shipping, it's a toss up sometimes, sometimes the eggs are scrambled, sometimes over easy....

I had two sets of eggs from the same state one year shipped on the same week, and one had all scrambled air cells and zero hatch (all quit by day 7) and the other gave me a 45% hatch rate.
So strange!

I've been really trying to share these cuties with everyone I can! My husband thankfully still tolerates it, but right now, with the 3 separate breeding pens I have now, he's getting a bit miffed. Plus I have some speckled sussex that are growing up, and 4 standard pullets growing up it's getting a bit crowded in my yard. In another two weeks, I'll be able to tell for sure of my older hatches who's boy and who's girl, and sell off the ones who don't make the cut. With my milles I'm really selecting hard for personality. I'm not even focusing on the comb trait right now. I have one winning cockerel right now who is as sweet as pie and even seeks my attention, so he is definitely staying- even with a comb that's not so perfect- I want his sweet nature in my flock's progeny! But with my older mille chicks, I have 5 boys and only 2 girls, only one of which I'd keep for breeding. I did have some resolve this weekend and sold a trio of hatchery stock I'd bought to make brooder space and have feed money. I kept the two (Male/female) porcelain and Mille who had the best personalities and beards and properly feathered feet. The boy's porcelain color is still coming in, so we'll see if I breed him down the road or not. But with as many males as I have, I'll have to probably take a trip to our local auction where I know I can get a decent price for them.

BTW Kristin, thanks for the compliments on my birds! I knew your lavendar hen was smokin' and I still can't believe she came from my eggs...... now I have to figure out who's throwing the lavender.....

I have a broody hen sitting on 5 eggs hatching tonight, I heard peeping in one of them when she took her morning break. These 5 will be from my 'porcelain only' pen. I did finally group all my adult mille fleur colored hens in with my porcelain cockerel, and am hoping to hatch out their eggs later this year. I'd promised my hubby no more incubator hatching until our garage is empty of the current batches of chicks. (Broody hens don't count) But it doesn't bother me, I'm having a hard time keeping up with my chicken chores working 40+ hrs per week, plus the 45 minute commute each way to work, plus time for family first.

And people wonder why I have to do my chicken chores at night with a flashlight?

 

[itsiebitsiefarm]

I must agree, with the Teddi's eggs compliment.
I candled my eggs from her, tonight...and EVERY one of them are developing! Every single one!
This is my first time ever, getting shipped eggs, where I didn't have to throw a couple out.

So far, so good.

 

[NateinFL]

I FINALLY got my NPIP done today by the FL. Dept. of Ag. after 2 months of waiting and everything went well and (not surprisingly), my birds came up negative. I asked when's the last time they actually had a positive bird and she said it had been "years". So when I put my eggs up for Ebay again I can finally say the flock is NPIP. Yay!!!

 

[teddiliza]

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Congrats! If I hadn't been banned from the bators, I'd be getting some eggs. As it stands I have zero brooder and coop space especially if any of my broody hens eggs hatched. Time to win the lottery and buy a bigger house with land!

 

[wegotchickens]

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Yay!!~
Congrats, and welcome to the 'club' Nate!!

My tester was involved in a 'large' poultry operation in another state where there'd been a positive test. He said after it was confirmed it was a real nightmare getting things cleaned up and squared away. He said he's never ever seen anything in a smaller operation.


We've had some wicked storms today. I'm really sad because 2 of my boldest teenager chicks somehow managed to get out in the run this morning during the first storm. The door was shut and it had to have taken some real gymnastics to get through the gap that was left. I swear I never ever thought anyone could get through it.

So, lost 2 very pretty cockerels. By the time I got home from work it was too late.


In the last week I have 8 eggs from the TX millie pen (5 hens) and 19 eggs from the other millie pen (4 hens). If it were a football game, then TN kicked TX butt! I will set them all after the Easter hatch is done, probably on Easter Sunday.

Got my paperwork for the Cocke County show. I'll scan it later and e-mail it to anyone who wants to enter that isn't on the mailing list...
Can't scan yet as there's another storm rolling though. I love my laptop!! But it doesn't have a scanner.

 

[Jchantecler]

I just bought two gorgeous D'uccles in a poultry auction, and I'm wondering how the name is pronounced. I have heard "Dookles," "Duckells," "Du-oocles," and "Dooclays." I believe that it is the last one, because I heard that from a respected d'uccle breeder.