Are these Mille Fleur D’Uccles?

[TinyRaptorDodos]

I just bought two Mille Fleur D’Uccles but they’re a little… dark, are they actually MFDs? Could they be be a different D’Uccle? I can definitely see the bantam and the fuzzy feet of the D’Uccle but the coloring just looks off for a Mille Fleur(the one on her back does has splay leg but I already have that taken care of)

 

[megzcon]

I think so! I got two this year and one is really dark like yours. Older pics are her at 7 weeks.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

I think so! I got two this year and one is really dark like yours. Older pics are her at 7 weeks.

Oohh so they lose most of the black. Thank you!

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

After closer inspection what I’ve noticed is they do not have fluffy cheeks, like look more like bantam Cochin golden laced or Sebrights with feathered feet. Aren’t fluffy cheeks one of the main signs of a d’Uccle? They do look like the photos above but they don’t have the fluffy cheeks, they’re very not-fluffy. Still the tiniest chicks I’ve ever had but not fluffy.
I thought at first maybe just a darker Mille but after talking to some chicken people they made me notice they do not have fluffy cheeks…

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

Where did you get them from?

 

[fluffycrow]

I've heard that hatchery quality D'Uccles sometimes lack the beard. Alternatively they could be booted bantams

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

Where did you get them from?

A place called Chickapalooza, she orders chicks or sells locally hatched so I’m guessing she got locally hatched but was told the wrong breed

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

I've heard that hatchery quality D'Uccles sometimes lack the beard. Alternatively they could be booted bantams

She’s not a hatchery baby I think, that store has never sold anything mislabeled before I think these ones might be from someone who gives her locally hatched and either lied about the breed or didn’t know they were at least not pure themselves

 

[Holdthechicken]

I wouldn’t be

I've heard that hatchery quality D'Uccles sometimes lack the beard. Alternatively they could be booted bantams

I feel like MF booted bantam is likely.

 

[fluffycrow]

I wouldn’t be

I feel like MF booted bantam is likely.

I agree, that's why I'm saying they're most likely hatchery quality D'Uccles