I think Rural King sold me the wrong chicks!!!!

[angi]

Rural King was supposed to order silkies and Mille Fluers from Cackle Hatchery for me. I worked exclusively with the manager until I picked them up. A month later, I notice my Millies still don't have feathers on their feet. Cackle hatchery has a video of what the chicks are supposed to look like and mine did not look like that.


So,

even when they are a day old, they should have feathery feet.


The day they came home. (The lighter, smaller ones are my white silkies) I don't think they were even the right color then!

This is my Millie on the right at about 3-4 weeks. Still, without feathery feet.

If they aren't Millies, what do you think they are? Also, how should I go about getting this resolved thru Rural King?
I still have the receipt....somewhere.

 

[Ladybird CA]

Are they at least the right color for a Mille Fleur anything? If so I would guess mille fluer Old English...

 

[angi]

They're getting in to their awkward teen stage so it's hard for me to tell. I can't find many pictures to prove what they could be.

 

[lady feathers]

Silkies look to be silkies, kinda hard to tell what the other is because of the sepia picture.... but definately not a mille fleur d'uccle.

 

[wbruder17]

Certainly wouldn't be the first time a feed store (or other) got the chick wrong. I got a Brown Leghorn that was supposed to be a speckled sussex. Oops.

: barnie

 

[angi]

I know. it's hard to get a good picture because they are still under a red heat lamp so the coloring is skewed in pictures. When photobucket is done doing whatever it is doing, I will upload better pictures. The hatchery is also trying to help me identify the chickens, but no luck.

 

[speckledhen]

Mille Fleur is a color, not a breed. That is not a D'Uccle, nope.