Cochin or d'uccle bantam chicks?

[Tkidd624]

They are 2 weeks old and are bantam. I thought they were cochins, but now not sure?

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

d’uccle

 

[FuzzyCritters]

D'uccle

 

[Elie And Her Flock]

First one looks like it's a cochin. Second one I'm not so sure about. What color did you order them as (mottled, buff, partridge, laced, white, barred, etc.)? When I got my first chicks, I remember that my bantam cochin was more fluffy and the Mille Fleur D'Uccle had a telltale spikiness to the feathers on the top of it's head. Another possibility is that you were accidentally sent a D'Uccle-Cochin cross, which they now sell on MyPetChicken. Hard to tell at this point. Where did you get the chicks from?

 

[Elie And Her Flock]

Here is a link to the D'Uccle-Cochin cross. https://www.mypetchicken.com/catalo...hin-Bantams-Mille-Fleur-and-Calico-p1964.aspx

 

[Tkidd624]

First one looks like it's a cochin. Second one I'm not so sure about. What color did you order them as (mottled, buff, partridge, laced, white, barred, etc.)? When I got my first chicks, I remember that my bantam cochin was more fluffy and the Mille Fleur D'Uccle had a telltale spikiness to the feathers on the top of it's head. Another possibility is that you were accidentally sent a D'Uccle-Cochin cross, which they now sell on MyPetChicken. Hard to tell at this point. Where did you get the chicks from?

I got them at the farm store in town. They were just labeled bantams and had a few different kinds in with them.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

Well now I'm more confused... I thought I had silkies (I picked up an extra with actual silkies), then 'D'Uccle, then people said no, bantam cochin, but they look just like yours! what about behaviors, are yours flying really well? And singing little trill?

 

[Elie And Her Flock]

I got them at the farm store in town. They were just labeled bantams and had a few different kinds in with them.

Gotcha. In my opinion, the first one is most likely a porcelain or mottled ochin. Second one is showing definite signs of being a D'Uccle. Best wishes. Keep us updated!

 

[Tkidd624]

They are only 2 weeks old so they don't do much! They are pretty skiddish so far, but so are the rest of the ones their age. I read on another thread here that the d'uccle has vulture hocks? Like longer feathers above the legs that go away from the body. Mine have that, so that's what made me wonder.

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I got them at the farm store in town. They were just labeled bantams and had a few different kinds in with them.

I got mine in a mixed bantam box as well.. I think these three are all the same breed. Ages 1.5 weeks(brown), 2 weeks (white), 3 weeks (black)