Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Disqualifications and Defects.

 Disqualifications and Defects for the Belgian d'uccle bantam.  D'uccles should have a straight firm comb with about 5 points.
 Duccles should have a thick and full beard and muffs, absence of beard and/or muffs is a disqualification,  They should also have an absence or very small wattles.Other disqualifications are ,severed wattles, squirrel tailed, and absence of vulture hocks which are basically featherless legs.
 Bull neck and v shape in back are very important for body shape.
 This is Oreo my Black Mottled d'uccle , he is a general description of what a d'uccles body shape should look like.other defects are , large wattles and ear lobes, and neck unduly long and too narrow.
The d'uccle is a four toed breed and should have four nice toes like this, also bare middle toe is a serious defect.  All of my birds seem to not have any thing wrong except for Oreo who has too many complete white feathers.

2 comments:

  1. Looks like your chickens are shaping up fine for the poultry shows Bugs! ( except that Oreo)

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  2. I think your Orea is magnificent! Just look how he carries himself - so proud! Bugs, - good luck at the poultry shows!

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