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Bought these guys (and gals) at a rare breed auction after going n nnn nnn nno YES. But what colour are they really? Ive seen picis of millefluer and they have similar markings, but totally the wrong colour...its another i dont care anyway cos theyre lovely..but i would like to know, just for the book.
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we have millefleur Barbu D'uccle here, as well as some young lavender and white sablepoot too. i would suggest that yours are a white mottled type (not sure of correct names as we are just starting with them this year)
we have also picked up some belgian blues which ar esmall bantams like the sablepoot, but without the leg feathering.
They sure do look nice, dare i ask how much you paid??
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Not got a clue...but they're stunning looking!the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.
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sorry guys - ignore mike
They are Porcelain Sablepoots - the female has stunning colouration, they are really really lovely, very nice.
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And here's me thinking sable was french for black!
When I read the thread title I thought they were a kind of plum. Now I'm REALLY showing my ignorance. Well, if you've got it, flaunt it.
They are lovely chickens by the way. I like the blue laced ones on the link.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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Do you know Flummery I had never thought of it like that - noir is in fact french for black, the word sable means sand.
Sable as we use it comes from the russian I beleive and origionates due to a mammal called a sable which is like our pine martin and is a native animal of siberia where it is prized for its fur and is now a term used to describe any animal of a similar grey/black colouration - hence our ferret is a sable!
Sablepoots are a form of ductch booted batam, however in the dutch language the word sable also refers to black colouration, so pass as to how you get a white or a lemon sablepoot
BTW - dutch for paw is poot!Comment
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So the name roughly translated would be a sand shoe hen - which given the feathered feet makes sense!The weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!Comment
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Aha! I think I must be thinking of the world of heraldry - black is sable, red is gules etc? Or am I totally barking? (Don't all say 'YES' at once!)Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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So that's how the Sable antelope got it's name.... google a pic...Never test the depth of the water with both feet
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Wow - they are lovely RedThorn (I googled them!!) yeps the word sable when used to describe colouration of an animal comes from the animal sable - a forest inhabitent of russia and siberia - related to pine martins, ferrets, stoats and mink etc. like mink, sable fur is highly prized and they are farmed solely for this purpose.
Tpeers - well kind off except sand is the french translation for sable and the footed bit is a dutch translation, the dutch translation of sable is sable its a colour in dutch (not that my dutch is any good further than the usuall hello, goodbye and give me a beer!!!) - so my assumption is they were origionally a black colour of featherfooted bantams -then modern fancy breeding has lead to colour variations as seen with many breeds of chickens - Maybe!!Comment
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Chap I know has one and says it a Porcelaine (sp?). He has tons of other colours too, but I've always preferred that one.Last edited by bluemoon; 20-08-2009, 05:28 PM.Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.Comment
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My Rough Collies are Sable and White and the sable is supposed to mean brown with black tips!Comment
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Cool - in the Shiba thats reffered to as sesame - funny isn;t it what we use to describe things and their coloursComment
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