Did I really get a Dutch Booted Bantam from Tractor Supply?

[Lepomis]

I picked up two chicks from the bantam bin at Tractor Supply this summer just for fun. One turned out to be a Porcelain D'Uccle hen. The other is a booted hen with vulture hocks and the longest foot feathers I have ever seen on a chicken in person. She has a completely clean face. She is tan with black on her neck, tail, wings and feet.

Based on the fact it was Tractor Supply and I got a Porcelain D'Uccle hen from the same bin, the obvious answer would be a Mille Fleur D'Uccle. However, there are no speckles coming in anywhere. I've attached a picture of the porcelain hen and she has the speckling you would expect.

What breed do you think she is?

Thanks!

 

[GravityWaves]

I picked up two chicks from the bantam bin at Tractor Supply this summer just for fun. One turned out to be a Porcelain D'Uccle hen. The other is a booted hen with vulture hocks and the longest foot feathers I have ever seen on a chicken in person. She has a completely clean face. She is tan with black on her neck, tail, wings and feet.

Based on the fact it was Tractor Supply and I got a Porcelain D'Uccle hen from the same bin, the obvious answer would be a Mille Fleur D'Uccle. However, there are no speckles coming in anywhere. I've attached a picture of the porcelain hen and she has the speckling you would expect.

What breed do you think she is?

Thanks!

I don't know about the black and white foot feathers, but it kinda has the coloring of a Buff Brahma bantam. I believe it has a "Buff Columbian" pattern with the buff color and black in the tail and around the neck. That's my best guess.

 

[JedJackson]

I suspect it is a hatchery quality Millie Fleur D'Uccle. Has to be either a D'Uccle or a booted bantam. Leg color and comb type are wrong for a Brahma bantam, and she is much too thin for that breed, too. Dutch bantams have clean legs.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Oh gosh! So pretty!

Sometimes, TSC gets interesting breeds in. I got my Spitzhauben from TSC. They source from Hoover's. I didn't see bantams with feathered feet on their site other than d'Uccles, so I'm going to agree with Jed.

 

[4timandlisa]

We also got a porcelain at TSC in early April (we are in Northern Minnesota) and we call him a booted bantam even though he was supposed to be a d’Uccle. No beard or muffs. So sweet, friendly, chatty. He’s the only bantam in our flock with 8 standard hens and he just wants to be taken seriously.

 

[Aunt Angus]

We also got a porcelain at TSC in early April (we are in Northern Minnesota) and we call him a booted bantam even though he was supposed to be a d’Uccle. No beard or muffs. So sweet, friendly, chatty. He’s the only bantam in our flock with 8 standard hens and he just wants to be taken seriously.

I love the porcelains! Gorgeous!

 

[4timandlisa]

Lepomis, I bet your mille fleur will get her spots after she molts!

 

[Lepomis]

A mille fleur D'Uccle without the beard/muffs could be possible from a hatchery like Hoovers. I didn't know that's who they got their chicks from but it means D'Uccles are the only choice. Will the speckling come in later? I expected her to have it already since the porcelain hen has some.

Thanks!

 

[Lepomis]

Lepomis, I bet your mille fleur will get her spots after she molts!

Fingers crossed!

 

[Aunt Angus]

I think she's pretty even without them, though!