D'uccle Thread

[fairwindminishetland]

Intersting! The beige one looks like it's coming in quail-colored. But the blue one looks BLUE with some mottling? Pretty babies!

Thanks for the input Lori...I'll see if I can find an example of quail coloring. The eggs made it this am and are 'resting' at the moment!

 

[hdowden]

Here are those two I posted earlier. We are asking for best offer. Hatched around xmas

i so wish i could get these from you but i dont have the money to pay for the shipping to louisiana.

 

[hdowden]

i need to get some pics of my chicks up

 

[Grumpypantsmomma]

I have chick that came in an Assortment of 25 D'Uccle from Ideal and have one odd ball and alot of possibles!
A list of the colors they hatch, ? marks next to ones I think I got! and others i know i didnt!
Brown Red

Golden neck ?
Blue Mille Fluer ?
Mille Fluer ?
Porcelain ?
White ?
Self Blue

Buff Columbian ?
Here are some pics
Odd Ball, what color do you think it is?

porcelain?


Mille Fleur?


White

Golden Neck

Buff Columbian?


I have more pics but don't want to overdo! Comments and opinions welcomed. If you have a negative comment or a don't think these are D'Uccle feel free to pm me please so that their is no squabbling on the thread! Thanks!

 

[NateinFL]

I put up some mille fleur eggs for auction if anybody is interested. So far I only have one offer...my rooster won 1st place at the FL State Fair this past month and my flock is pretty good quality if you are looking to add to yours. My birds are the result of 3 years of selective breeding and they are SQ now

. I put in 10 eggs in the incubator 4 days ago and every single one is fertile.

 

[chicken fever]

Are these two a Mille fleur and porcelain? They r from an ideal hatchery assortment

I am new to the d'uccles and am totally in love! I have two four week olds, I think porc elain or self blue (yall r a better judge lol) and im hoping a pullets Mille fleur! Yall tell me if I'm right.

 

[NateinFL]

Are these two a Mille fleur and porcelain? They r from an ideal hatchery assortment

The first is definitely a mille fleur but not sure about the other, I've never had self-blue but it looks just like the porcelains I once had.

 

[wegotchickens]

Yup, I'd say mille fleur & porcelain. Self blue babes are OBVIOUSLY self-blue from the get-go.
Below is a pic of self-blue chicks in with black d'Uccle chicks....

 

[fairwindminishetland]

Yup, I'd say mille fleur & porcelain. Self blue babes are OBVIOUSLY self-blue from the get-go.
Below is a pic of self-blue chicks in with black d'Uccle chicks....

After seeing your black chicks and the blues, of course I have your eggs in the incubator, I hoped you could you tell me if the third d'Uccles chick I've hatched already is black? I see your black chicks have a touch of white at the face? Or what color could this be; mottled?

 

[wegotchickens]

Yep, looks like a black d'Uccle chick to me!

Mine hatch looking a lot like little penguins. There will be a touch of white on them as adults, usually on the tips of their foot feathers. Ron Tallent, Sr. told me last year that you need a touch of white on black birds to keep them 'true black'; Glossy black feathers with a green sheen. I have had some chicks with white feathers on their wings at 2 weeks old, that went to all black by 8 weeks old.

That said, I have noticed a couple of my recent chicks hatched with considerably more yellow on them, looking more like black mottled instead of black. I suspect I know which bird is throwing them, so I may pull her and sell her... She's adorably sweet and her type is good, though, so I will wait a few weeks to see how they feather out.