D'uccle Thread

[teddiliza]

Here's a recent pic of my younger mille roos. i just love the fluffy chins!

 

[Magic Birdie]

After seeing this thread, I'm thinking about what I was before-getting some MFDBs if I do get chickens this year, which I really don't know about

So any pros and cons about them? Especially all of you who do have them, what are they like?

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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I'm thinking about getting more eggs from you! The ones I hatched from you have done so well and grown up so pretty!

 

[teddiliza]

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I'm thinking about getting more eggs from you! The ones I hatched from you have done so well and grown up so pretty!

Aww, thank you! What a compliment! The hens are slowing down a bit right now. PM me with when you might want them. I am seeing some really pretty pictures of other people's d'uccles these days, it's so nice to see, and helps my plan towards d'uccle domination when we show off our pretties!

 

[Moonchild]

Mine looks EXACTLY like what Moonchild posted.

HaHaHa...Cause it is yours!!! ha ha ha

I will say this when I do get Mille Fleur d'Uccles...I want them to look like this and I think I want a Porcleain Roo to go with the hens!!!!

 

[teddiliza]

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gorgeous!

 

[chicken grandma]

Does anyone have D'uccle chicks for sale? Pullets only. Thank you, Nancy 616-634-1841 call immediately!

 

[paris_r]

I have about 5 D'uccle roosters from unrelated stock -raNGING FRom a 2 year old to a 4 month old. Winters can get really harsh here-last year there was a wind chill of -30F for multiple days. I have a large garage that I am fitting with cages and roosts, and working on insulating most of it. I want to know if the D'uccle roos will fight too much if I keep them in their own group cage. I am not sure if the group roosts with the standards will be ok as I will let the bigger ones out on most days. How well do they do in the cold? I have my breeding group in an insulate tractor but my sister is saying it wont be enough for them-so I will also have to bring that inside the garage.

do chickens keep warmer roosting next to each other or sitting in bedding?

here is a photo from inside the tractor, it is lined with vinyl -the sides are insulated but top isnt yet

here is a pic of it in full-showing chicken for scale

 

[paris_r]

here are some cute photos of my guys I posted in a different category. I thought you guys would like them.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7490127#p7490127

 

[Jloeffler]

Well, out of my 8 chicks that hatched it's looking like 5 Roos and 3 pullets. Like Paris asked, can anyone weigh in on how well the Roos may get along? I know you can't give us a definite answer since each bird is different, but if many have had a good experience with multiple Roos housed together that would be helpful knowledge.