Hey Patty, Gator, Mike and other mille cochin enthusiasts

[pokey]

you guys are killing me!!!!!

gotta have some of these birds!!!

 

[JOSHSBANTAMS]

Mike, your girl’s color is AWESOME!
Tbird’s are coming along great to.
I can’t wait to see how mine will color out.


I need to take some more pictures of those four chicks I posted earlier. They’re the weirdest pattern right now??

 

[amazondoc]

Okay, here finally are update pics of my babies:

http://eggheadhill.doberinfo.com/mf...mcochinchicks--2/mfbantamcochinchicks--2.html

They are three and four weeks old in the pics. Just click on any small pic to see a larger version of that pic. Sorry for the poor quality of some pics -- I can't find my nice new camera, so these were taken with my old one!

There's actually three birds in the pics, but two of them (the two gray-marked ones) are difficult to tell apart in pics.

If you look closely at the chests on the gray-marked babies, you'll see that some of their gray chest feathers have small chestnut markings on them. It almost looks like a reversed mille fleur pattern -- gray/red/white, rather than red/black/white. It's going to be fascinating watching them grow up!

I'll try to get update pics of the parents in the next few days!

 

[JOSHSBANTAMS]

Doc,
Wow I thought my chicks were coming in different… Yours sure are pretty though. I wonder what they’re going to end up coloring out like? They seem to have a lot more white than most of mine have had. Mine have started out more buff and then they turn a lot more white around 3 to 4 months old. Those guys are sure going to be interesting to when they get older.
Thanks for the pics.

 

[Msbear]

Mike, Your birds are looking fantastic as well. Thanks for posting

Amazondoc, the mille pattern seems to change so much as they mature, I can't wait to see pics a few months from now

 

[ccshambhala]

awesome thread - beautiful birds....

 

[amazondoc]

Quote:
The parents of these babies also had a lot of white as chicks. I've got early pics of the parents, but those pics are on another hard drive that I can't get to right now. If I come up with the really early pics one of these days, I'll post em so we can compare.

 

[bantyman]

Hey all

Thanx everybody
All my chicks start out white They have no millie color on them anywhere Then around 7 days they start getting their color In the wings as usual But they do go thru quite a bit of changes before they get to the final color Makes you wonder sometimes But here at home I have never had any that had as much dark or black on them Might just be a genetic thing I have one here thats about 6 weeks old and she is dark She is from another breeder that I want to try Want to try and put another line in to help with color and possibly type along with a few other things It might work or it might not But she was dark when she first hatched so I believe she will stay that way If she will co-operate I will make an attempt to get a pic and post it

Mike

 

[Msbear]

I just had the best Valentines Day ever. 7 mille fleurs from Lynne hatched out and they are all fluffed and ready for photo-op. Now, if they would just stand still!

5 are a ginger-red color and two of them are marked like chipmunks. 2 are a darker gray color and we believe are the offspring of Bridgette ...the darker mille (my favorite

girl on page 1)

 

[wwmicasa1]

Msbear, they are ADORABLE!!! Thanks so much for posting pics. I hatched 4 little fluff balls a week ago.

Everyone who got eggs from me, please let me know how the hatch goes. I really want you all to get some cute babies!