Mille Fleur Bantam

I have 1 Mille Fleur hen, and she is one of the most friendliest chickens in my flock. She is very friendly and will stay on my lap as long as I let her She is not a good egg layer of tiny white eggs, and her eggs are a weird shape, a regular egg figure with a slight depression in the middle. I'm not sure about the temperament of roosters, but they are said to be aggressive. I do know they are very loud, so I wouldn't recommend having a d'Uccle bantam rooster with neighbors around. I would recommend the hens of this breed to people who don't need a good egg layer, but want a lap chicken.

 We are new to the world of the Mille Fleur d'Uccles but I absolutely love them!  They are so talkative and friendly I will always have them in my flock. I have three: Lilly, Rose and Daisy and they live with my three Silkie pullets and my blind Rhode Island Red hen Yuna. 

 

Lilly especially, hears me coming from across the yards, and starts her distinctive little cackle and greets me at the gate to their run each day.  My heart swells with joy and I just love these little chickens covered with their "thousands of flowers".

I have a bantam rooster who is a gorgeous little boy and is great with the hens. He is however a tad too aggresive with his buddy roo. He is a good forager and will call the hens over before he himself eats. He also is very protective of the hens and I am sure he would give his life to protect them. Since we have gotten hens for him ( they are mixed bantams) , he has slowly gotten progressive aggresive even toward us but not too bad. I actually enjoy having loving and sweet he can be when not in rooster mode. I have enjoyed my little rooster so much that I am investing in eggs so that he can have true to breed friends.. If the hens are like him without the aggression, I believe I will have fallen in love with a new breed ! He definitely is a handsom little bantam devil and I love the coloring on these guys !!! All in all, despite the aggresion, not at all a bad breed to have. With the feathered feet though they can sometimes require  a little extra maintenance as well.

We've had these chickens for years. We love the hens. Roosters... it depends. The first three roosters we purchased somehow turned out to all be very, very aggressive toward us. I took to carrying a stick outside with me, and we named them Hitler, Stalin, and Robespierre.

However, the roosters we've had since then have been on the other end of the spectrum: still very unfriendly, but they're just plain scared of us. None of them have attacked us, as far as I can remember.

As for the hens, I would recommend them as pets. We had one hen who was really great. The rest are scared of us, but they're definitely sweeter than some of the other breeds we have.

All in all, I would definitely say that these birds, especially the roosters, can be gorgeous, and if you want a lawn ornament, this could be the breed for you. You may have to risk having an evil rooster, but you may just turn out with a great rooster instead. The hens are good overall. Their eggs, however, are pretty small and are a very light brown color.

And yes, I would like to continue raising this breed.

this color comes in several breeds including but not limited to: d'uccle, cochin, leghorn (still in development), and many other breeds. i would never want this color to become a breed of its own by doing so you would end up including all breeds that already come in this color but i do love my 2 mille d'uccle cockerels such sweeties for now until their hormones take over then i will see what their adult temperment is like 

Had to add this this breed to my list of chickens don't know that much about them yet. People say they lay well and are very good mothers to all chicks even if they are not there own.

lays one miny egg every day