D'uccle Thread

[coffeekittie]

Pictures from last week or so of how my babies look now. Their vulture hocks need to molt - in bad shape, all worn down, but their foot feathers are looking much better! A couple of the girls are pretty nice, I believe....except for that dratted missing toenail problem.

I think if my boy had more thick feathering on his feet, he'd be showable. He is the only porcelain rooster I have, so I think I should pair him with a really thick foot-feathered girl...but those two have the missing nails. He does not. Does anyone know if he will help make fully toe-nailed babies, or is the missing nail gene dominant?

I have been talking with a breeder about how to learn genetics, and there are a couple books I'm going to buy if I can find them inexpensively. I might (probably will) break down and buy them straight from the writer's website at full price so they get all the money. There are so many things to spend money on, it's hard to decide what takes precedence. I do have all of their basic needs covered, including heat in winter, so it seems ok to splurge on the fun breeding part of things....

 

[Lorilyn Farms]

I loooove the hen in your third and fourth pictures. I think they have great foot feathers. At least your rooster has a tail. All my tails are laying on the ground somewhere. Hard to tell roo from hen at this point. I'm jealous!

I'm not sure if in the lavender porcelain d'uccles, if they need to be fully "fleured". I can't tell from the picture. Does he have fleuring? I would go ahead and cross him anyway with your girls. Some chicks are bound to come out with toenails. I'm not sure about the dominance of that gene.

Has anyone's birds actually starting laying again? I'm lucky to get one egg a day.

 

[coffeekittie]

LOL. Well, my babies haven't laid a single egg yet, and they aren't molting. The weather is very chilly - in the high 30s to low 40s at the most at night. Brrrrr!!!! They are fine, however. I don't know why it's said they aren't cold- hardy, they are!

 

[Sparky2133]

The missing toe/toenail IS genetic, although if you pair it up with a girl that has toe/toenails, you should have non defective babies. I have a d'Uccle hen that has two toenails missing.

 

[Sparky2133]

And it IS a fault, although not a disqualification.

 

[coffeekittie]

And it IS a fault, although not a disqualification.

Awesome, thank you tremendously for the information!

Hey, you're new here, WELCOME!

 

[coffeekittie]

My semi-adult d'Uccles aren't exactly affectionate, but they are tolerant, just like people say. Last weekend, an old boyfriend came by to help my prepare my Tiny Home that I'm building for winter rains. He brought his sweet girlfriend and three young kids. They were all over those birds, LOL, and the babies were so patient and calm. The poor girlfriend was apparently deluged by begging from the kids to buy some when they got home....

 

[Sparky2133]

No problem I love to help. And thanks for the welcome

 

[kristip]

ok, my chicks are 3-4 weeks... 2 have combs that are visable but no red yet.. your thoughts.
First chick is black mottled held in front of dd face- has comb, second pic is black mottled held more next to her, with less comb... is first a roo? Last pic is smutty colored gold neck ( I know the dad was a gold neck..mom was MF, Gold neck or black mottled)... Gold neck has same size comb as first bird. Not red, but visable... your thoughts?

 

[hdowden]

i got 2 new cockerels the other day one's a blue mille and the other is a white d'uccle/saltan mix both cockerels so i am going to grow them out