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Hey Josh and Bantyman!! gosh, it's been so long. I still have them and my project has taken so many twists and turns, it's difficult to believe it's been this long. I think I've made some wrong turns but... pretty sure I'm back on track I've always been a stickler for type so I am happy in...

"Brave enough to ask???" More like brave enough to answer! She asked twice for opinions. It's no wonder why people scroll past these posts without answering anymore. It's much easier to watch other newbies with their "helpful" advice and scroll on... Meanwhile this person thinks they have...

When you ask for an opinion... be prepared for opinions. lol Lynne has some gorgeous birds. But, when you purchase eggs, you are NOT buying beautiful birds, you are buying a possibility of hatching a beautiful bird. That is why I personally buy started birds or adults so I know what I am...

They are pretty poor typed considering what a well typed cochin should look like. This guy below is a cross between a very nice well typed blue mottled bird and my mille fleur. I could still nit-pick (sp?) him to pieces but he's a heap better than what I had and loads better than what you...

well I am sorry I didn't sell you birds from my breeding pens... geez. good luck, Bobbi eta: ..and $45 for that pair is a steal. I started with birds with awful cushion too. But I spent lots of years working from that and constantly outcrossing for type. (buying from master breeders that...

First of all, you were selling Byron (the bird I sold you.. that came directly from a master breeder might I add) I saw the post on here!! and was shocked because he was amazing and could have really helped your project. I asked to buy him back because you were selling him. ...let's not...

"Mille fleur" is a variety that is already available in many different breeds of chicken. You can check out any of those standards to know what a mille fleur cochin should look like. It is orange vermillion in males and a deep buff in females like a mille fleur Belgian d'uccle. "Calico" , on...

I think the issue here is understanding how the blue gene works. It, like chocolate, is a dilute of black. If you breed blue to black you will get some blue and some black and sometimes splash (sometimes called a sport which appears to be very white with splashes of blue) but you will never...

um... he's not blue.. but still pretty.

Hello everyone, I've scrolled back on some of the posts and I can't believe the progress everyone is making. I guess when you go a few months, things really change! I have a lot going on. . I am breeding milles and blue milles as well as columbian and chocolates so there's a lot in the yard...

Very cool! those hens still look awesome. All of my girls are crazy broodies but, they lay a lot of eggs and they're massive sized eggs for bantams. I am so jealous of your choc. boy. I have two choc girls and am breeding to split males this spring. fingers crossed if find one that throws...

not dumb at all. You will get more buff with some black and very little mottling (maybe just wing tips). I have used buff columbian to cross into and it's much the same.... but, more black.

Hey Nancy, he looks so good in that bottom pic! ..you can really see the fluff coming out as he walks. I'm having a problem with a few pointy feathers sticking up in a lot of my boys... glad to see his tooshie going the right way .

I have had some very bazaar colors too. It's so fascinating to me... these odd balls. I love Pearl. I breed peafowl too.. just started but, love them. It's a lot different than chickens because every gene that isn't ole fashioned india blue is a recessive gene. so you deal with a lot of...

Oh.. and Lynn and Amy... love your big dark boys

I haven't been on here in a while.. just stopping by to say hi and see everyone's pics and share my progress. Tripp, you're going to get gold pullets from that pair but, silver males. You probably already realize this. Silver is a sex linked gene and can be a you know what to get rid of...

She actually bought birds from me and I knew her and felt really bad questioning her about it. It was just a case of wanting to show what the breed looked like as hers were all young. I was just thumbing through the craigslist farm ads and was taken aback by that pic cause I had seen it...

I was wondering if she moved out here cause I haven't talked with her in so long but, it was one of those stolen googled pic sellers like to use

Onthespot was one of the original breeders of MFC on here many moons ago https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/167020/f2-mille-fleur-cochin-eggs-so-cal-sold-that-must-be-a-record I haven't heard from her in a while so don't know if she still checks this thread