Yesterday saw some new arrivals at Burrow Downs. A trio of mille fleur Belgian d'Uccle. Bruce has been after me to get some after seeing them at a Poultry auction a while back, and I finally managed to locate some nice birds to add to our menagerie.They are now settling into the quarantine pen in the shed after their long trip, which gives us an opportunity for lots of handling while they are there for the next week or so. Isolating new birds and stock when they first arrive helps reduce the chances of introducing illness or disease into the existing stock.
Belgian d'Uccle are such sweet, and quite quirky little bantams. They are a 'true bantam' which means there is no larger form of them (unlike our Faverolles, which have both an original larger type as well as the bantams). Developed in the Belgian town of Uccle, they have beards and muffs and feathered feet. They come in a variety of colours. We chose to get mille fleur as Bruce loved the colour. He calls them 'dot cam' birds as the pattern looks a bit like a military uniform autumn dot camoflage pattern!We are looking forward to having these little guys around.
Wow Tracy, those guys are stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Favs I collected mid dec will be hatching any day now. All 12 went into lockdown, amazing.
Can not wait till you get these new guys going, will defiantly have to add them to my flock, so pretty.
Cheers Belinda
Glad the Faverolles eggs have come good for you. We have been getting high fertility so I am not too surprised though pleased they transported well for you. Fingers crossed for a good hatch and lots of girls! Let me know how you go :)
ReplyDeleteAs for the d'Uccles - we may have some birds available next season all going well.
Just an update, I am pleased to say all 12 eggs hatched!!!
ReplyDeleteI usually get good hatch rates, but I have NEVER had all eggs go through to lockdown before. So 12 out of 12 is fantastic.
A big thumbs up to your Favs :-)). Thankyou.
Very pleased for you Belinda :). Glad you had so much success from our healthy happy little Faverolles! You should be able to get an idea of the sexes in a week or two as their feathers start to grow.
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