I am getting mille fleurs

[aaronzclark]

Howdy!! I am getting 5 mille fleur bantams and was wondering are they nice easy trainable and also maybe a few pics

 

[Renee]

Oooh, lucky you!
I have heard from several sources that they are among the most friendly of all chickens. Mille Fleur is actually just the color (it means thousand flowers in French) but in the US we often refer to the breed as Mille Fleur.
Such beautiful birds.

 

[wegotchickens]

Do you mean Mille Fleur d"Uccles?
Or Mille Fleur Cochins?
Or???

 

[SunAngel]

If they are Mille Fleur d'Uccles, then they are really sweet birds. At least my 2 pullets are. They are friendly, chatty and not flighty at all. I loved them so much I had to order more colors from Ideal!

 

[wegotchickens]

I have d'Uccles, too. They are the sweetest birds!
And what eye candy!

Mine will somewhat cooperate with photo sessions if I have lots of bread (they don't like clothes, though).
And when I snap my fingers the roo will run over and 'talk' to me. Sometimes he'll even fly up onto the bench to make it easier to pet him

 

[MNmommy]

If you are getting u'ccles that is what I have and They are just 13 days old now but are so friendly and are the first to come running when my hand is in the brooder. They don't struggle when being held and are just soooo pretty. I don't know the sexes on mine but hoping at least one is a female! If they both turn out to be roos I will be ordering more of them again because they are so beautiful and sweet.

at a couple days old

at one week old

at 12 days old

 

[Msbear]

MNmommy, what kind of camera do you have? ...cause I want one

 

[aaronzclark]

Yes!! mille-fleur d.uccles and also can you post some adult pics

 

[MNmommy]

Quote:
I use a canon 30D and I think those were taken with a tamron 28-75mm and/or my canon 100mm 2.8 lens it is great to have a fast camera when it comes to these lil' guys they are quick!!!

 

[wegotchickens]

Here's my hen last Christmas:

And here is the roo with one of the hens last fall:

Here's my roo, Tennessee, after he matured a little more:

Sorry, I don't have any recent pictures of them, though.