D'uccle Thread

[winniem13]

Is anyone planning to attend the Cape Fear show Dec. 8 in Smithfield, NC? I will be attending with my daughters but we will be bringing our bantam polish and white faced black spanish standards. Our duccles will only be 8 weeks old that weekend. I would love to see some of the birds I have been seeing on this thread and meeting some of the faces behind the names.

 

[Stewzoo]

Thinking the same thing, do they have black skin, their foot feathering isn't as it should be and they are bigger, but they are not d'Uccles

Foot skin is not black like a silkie. Normal tan little legs. The feathering isn't as much on the feet as I have had in the past....but these are like NOTHING I have hatched in the past either!
I am convinced it was the meds at this point.

 

[jaman4]

Hi Winniem13,
I will be showing at the Cape Fear show.It's a great show and great group of people.I see you are from eastern nc.You might be interested in joining the Cape Fear Poultry Club.
Bobby Anderson

 

[mstricer]

Quote: I don't understand how the meds could have made you have all those identical chicks. I could see some kind of deformation. Rogue genes somewhere.

 

[dsfrango]

Foot skin is not black like a silkie. Normal tan little legs. The feathering isn't as much on the feet as I have had in the past....but these are like NOTHING I have hatched in the past either!
I am convinced it was the meds at this point.

I think if it were to be meds it wouldnt be such a consistent result...if it were meds then your talking about possible deformations etc which I wouldnt expect to be pretty. Meds would probably damage development and eggs probably wouldnt hatch. The chicks wouldnt be strong enough to crack a shell nevermind multiple similar looking healthy birds. The ONLY answers would be that either something got in or theres some serious well hidden genes,,,,,,,,

 

[nothingbutbirds]

I have been looking into the genetics of various breeds, in the genetic background of the d'uccle they can develope crests like metioned before the D'watermael is closely related to the belgian bearded d'uccle.In some other research I have done I found that belgians and watermaels were used to improve each other,some breeders do this for color then breed the crests out. With this info I could asume that those might be closeky linked in this type of breeding.Have you recently added new bloodlines, purchased new stock that you used in breeding them, that may have resulted in crests as there would be a chance of them still carrying the gene. The gene might have even been present in yours also but didnt show till that gene was combined. Im not sure whst else could have happened besides this. Medicine,unless stated that it can cause genetic mutations,I would think that this would not be the cause.What kind of meds did you use?

 

[CGinJCMO]

does any body have apictue of a self blue?? chick hen and pullet

I have self-blue pullet. She is a lot redder in the comb/eyes now but no eggs yet. Hopefully she'll hold off until spring. I didn't get her as a chick so I don't have chick photos.
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[Stewzoo]

I have been looking into the genetics of various breeds, in the genetic background of the d'uccle they can develope crests like metioned before the D'watermael is closely related to the belgian bearded d'uccle.In some other research I have done I found that belgians and watermaels were used to improve each other,some breeders do this for color then breed the crests out. With this info I could asume that those might be closeky linked in this type of breeding.Have you recently added new bloodlines, purchased new stock that you used in breeding them, that may have resulted in crests as there would be a chance of them still carrying the gene. The gene might have even been present in yours also but didnt show till that gene was combined. Im not sure whst else could have happened besides this. Medicine,unless stated that it can cause genetic mutations,I would think that this would not be the cause.What kind of meds did you use?

I used Doxycycline. It is a strong antibiotic but I had some upper respiratory issues going through my flock. They all got treated as a preventative. I was not happy to do it, but I figured it was better than loosing my flock. Some of my free rangers died. Luckily non of the D'uccles were effected.

I had 2 of my six eggs hatch this evening. One black one, white feet. One "half and half". Top have black, face and belly yellow. It is too hard to tell yet though on the 1/2 and 1/2 because the down is still pretty wet. We will see in the AM! Hopefully there will be some new babies to join the two!

Someone had mentioned a Silkie Gene earlier....Silkies have extra toes, and in my experience that seems to transfer in the crossings. I had some D'uccle/silkie mixes last summer and all of the babies had the extra toes. These mystery chicks have the normal amount of toes.

 

[hdowden]

I used Doxycycline. It is a strong antibiotic but I had some upper respiratory issues going through my flock. They all got treated as a preventative. I was not happy to do it, but I figured it was better than loosing my flock. Some of my free rangers died. Luckily non of the D'uccles were effected.

I had 2 of my six eggs hatch this evening. One black one, white feet. One "half and half". Top have black, face and belly yellow. It is too hard to tell yet though on the 1/2 and 1/2 because the down is still pretty wet. We will see in the AM! Hopefully there will be some new babies to join the two!

Someone had mentioned a Silkie Gene earlier....Silkies have extra toes, and in my experience that seems to transfer in the crossings. I had some D'uccle/silkie mixes last summer and all of the babies had the extra toes. These mystery chicks have the normal amount of toes.

i have several 2nd generation silkie/d'uccle mixes all of which have 4 toes and one has a crest and all have the black skin

will try to get some pics asap

 

[phoebs]

I have self-blue pullet. She is a lot redder in the comb/eyes now but no eggs yet. Hopefully she'll hold off until spring. I didn't get her as a chick so I don't have chick photos.
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thanks so muck ok ill gte some pictures of mine tell me what colours mine are

the one above is a hen and below


the one below is my rooster