I just love our D'uccles. We have 3 pullets and all three have different personalities. I did not raise them from small chicks, but got them when they were about 12 weeks old from my cousin that because of village ordinances, had to get rid of all of his chickens. They are hatchery babies.
Mildred is flighty and afraid to be touched.... Hannah is very similar to Mildred. but Emma... she is awesome. She comes up to us and is inquisitive. She talks and coos and sometimes squats so that I can pick her up. Once, she crossed the road, and went up to the neighbor girl. The little girls just bent down, and picked up Emma.
They must be almost done molting, because I got 3 eggs tonight. This winter, I got three eggs every dau when I had the light on them. We use these eggs when we need half an egg for a recipe
The TOP egg is a Leghorn egg. It's almost a large egg.
as you can see.. year old D'uccles lay a good sized egg.
We also took Emma to a Nursing home this winter....
First she needed a bath the night before...
We dried her off really good before we took her back outside to be in a separate pen until the following morning.
Then it was off to the home...
This is Mildred.. taken this spring. Since her molt.. she is a lot whiter!
Here is Hannah right after she laid her first egg. If you look close, you can see the egg underneath her.
. I've got mille fluer and mottled. the mottled are fom this year 5 roos, 1 pullet there black and 3 blue 1 roo 2 pullets. I don't have pictures but will get some.
