Things you wish you could say

[333113]

Booted bantams and Belgian d’Uccles are NOT interchangeable. Booted bantams aren’t just d’Uccles without beards with wattles. D’Uccles are BELGIAN. Booted bantams are from the NETHERLANDS. D’Uccles are stockier in the neck and body, the tails are broader, the skull is shaped differently, their topline is a V shape. The APA standard of perfection has the body for a d’Uccle as the same for that of a booted bantam. The ABA standard has them properly listed as two separate breeds. The breeds are related, but not so closely as most think.

And this is TRUE, even though you may get both bearded and non-bearded out of your hatch. Like rose comb and single comb Nankins, people like to pair them, sometimes with a purpose (for example, color improvement), sometimes just because that's all they have and they sort-of match.

 

[333113]

You have seeds that hatch??

Only when I am not looking, apparently, because I never seem to catch them until they are already seeding, themselves!

Now, this is an area where I would be happy to contribute to a crowd funded research effort to get rid of cockleburs!

 

[Painted Calls]

Only when I am not looking, apparently, because I never seem to catch them until they are already seeding, themselves!

Now, this is an area where I would be happy to contribute to a crowd funded research effort to get rid of cockleburs!

I'd pitch in for that.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Please humor me I think I missed something...what is a cocklebur??

 

[R2elk]

Please humor me I think I missed something...what is a cocklebur??

 

[Painted Calls]

Please humor me I think I missed something...what is a cocklebur??

Bless you. Your innocent mind does not know the perils of those demon seeds.

The soft ones are irritating and a royal pain. The hard ones are always a surprise OUCH when grooming.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

Bless you. Your innocent mind does not know the perils of those demon seeds.

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The soft ones are irritating and a royal pain. The hard ones are always a surprise OUCH when grooming.

Lol I’m in the North East we don’t have those things around here. We have bigger ones called burrs though

 

[CluckerFamily]

Lol I’m in the North East we don’t have those things around here. We have bigger ones called burrs though

I agree... they look like burrs.

 

[FluffyBottomBantams]

I agree... they look like burrs.

Those suckers are no fun. Nothing like trying to pick em’ off your boot laces

 

[Nabiki]

There is a fine art in knowing when to keep your mouth shut. You should learn it.