D'uccle Thread

[NateinFL]

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You can candle it and look for the air cell. The air cell will be on the broad end, so the pointy end is the other.

 

[livenwpeeps]

AHHHH!!! I didn't think about candling them.

I am not a good candler so I might be back with more questions. I am at work now and will candle them tonight. I'll let you know how it goes!! Thank so much for your help!!!

 

[joanie_maine]

My young white pair...

Murray McMurray gang...

 

[chickendales]

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lovely whites wish u where closer i need white cock

 

[NateinFL]

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Your McMurray gang doesn't look so bad...with my experience, the more black they have as juveniles, the better they look as adults...their beards look missing though, and by that age they should have at least a small one.

 

[lilcrow]

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Your McMurray gang doesn't look so bad...with my experience, the more black they have as juveniles, the better they look as adults...their beards look missing though, and by that age they should have at least a small one.

Hmmmmmm...........Nate can you expound on that issue of dark youngsters. I'm on the fence about which of two cockerels to keep, one is what I think of as normal bay coloring with a couple of chevrons here and there, the other one is a darker bay color, no chevs and an overall darker look (more black feathering in wings and tail).
Nancy

 

[NateinFL]

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Your McMurray gang doesn't look so bad...with my experience, the more black they have as juveniles, the better they look as adults...their beards look missing though, and by that age they should have at least a small one.

Hmmmmmm...........Nate can you expound on that issue of dark youngsters. I'm on the fence about which of two cockerels to keep, one is what I think of as normal bay coloring with a couple of chevrons here and there, the other one is a darker bay color, no chevs and an overall darker look (more black feathering in wings and tail).
Nancy

Well I've only had my birds for a couple of years but in the best birds I've had as far as coloring had lots of black in them as juveniles, could be coincidence so please don't go by that. In a few more years I would be able to tell you for sure maybe. What's a "chevron" Nancy

 

[lilcrow]

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The spangles Nate

 

[NateinFL]

I figured as much, thanks! Wouldn't want to go to a show and not know the proper terminology!

 

[lilcrow]

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Oh heavens no! That would be just awful.