Let's Talk Mille Fleur Cochin Bantams

[MadamPoofyBrow]

I am located in Central Oregon and my flock of bantam mille fleur cochins is getting older - I lost a few to old age this year. I have been looking for mille fleur cochin eggs or chicks, but haven't found anything. Does anyone have some available? Here is a photo of my flock, two of the three mille hens you see have passed. :-( I just got a new rooster (a drizzle Mille) so I will be doing a fertility test. Then I may be selling hatching eggs :-D

They are only 3 weeks old but my neighbor think they are Mille Fleur. Any thoughts?

They're s but young to tell but they do look like they could be milles. If you'll post pics of them again in a couple of weeks, I'll be able to tell better

 

[cjhilkin]

We got these 3 for my son to take to the fair. He got purples with the roo and pulley. Just started laying eggs!

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[ellymayRans]

Just jumping in to share my excitement! 2 years trying to get these established and I have a start! Last spring only 2 hatched were Roos, kept 1, had a heck of a time finding more and thankfully for our awesome BYC fam I hatched 2 this spring and both girls!
I just can't get over my struggles with sexing them as they grew at different rates and only a day ago I had to look back at pics to see my boys last year had the saddles etc by 5 mos and my Girls are now 6 mos! I'm sure I'll be waiting until next spring before I get to hatch from them!!

My roo @ 5 months old (hatched 3/2015)

My pullets @ 6 months old (hatched 4/2016)

 

[shahtir101]

@MadamPoofyBrow
How is your cochin project going?

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Hey everyone. I've just started hatching some mille Fleur cochins. None grown yet. I just love the pattern and colors and ofcoarse their little fluff balls lol. I'm happy to find this thread. Not much out their for the mille fleurs.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Our two cockerels that we"ll use in our Mille fleur/ blue mille fleur/ splash mille fleur/ naked neck/ frizzle pen this spring.
Excited to have one pen that will produce such a variety of chicks.

 

[WVduckchick]

May I resurrect this thread??

Last fall, I hatched a lone, beautiful mille male. Wasn't planning to keep him, but long story short, I have him back. I also keep BBS hens with a blue mottled cock. I got 2 beautiful splash hens to add to them, but my original hens did not accept the new girls. Adonis, the mille boy was alone (as I was planning to rehome him), but he fell in love with the new girls! So I guess I'm going to have 2 bantam cochin pens, because now I can't give any of them up!! So in wondering what offspring they would make, a search for mille and splash crosses brought me here! Yeah! lol

Anyone know what a mille cock over splash hens will produce? (I'm horrible with those genetics calculator things)

 

[WVduckchick]

Forgot the pics.
Adonis, Fiona & Felicia

 

[ellymayRans]

It has taken my girls 10 months to start laying and I've been setting every egg!! Lol! I traded my first 8 chicks I hatched for a turkey hen. That was hard to do but worth it! I have hatched 6 more since and have another 18 in the incubator! Some of those are from a different line to add diversity.

I love the Cochin breed and have raised them for almost 5 years but have only added the MF pattern about 2 years ago. They are so pretty.
I will post some chick pics soon.

 

[WildflowerIndependence]

Hey Ellymay! He's not that bad for starts, milles are a new colour for Cochins and are a work in progress. I have not shipped eggs before, but am concidering giving it a go when they start laying again, if you are interested. My Cochins have 100% fertility and really great hatch rates. I will let you know when they start laying if I decide to ship eggs :-D
Where did you get the eggs for the

I have decided to try shipping eggs when it warms up a little if you are still interested :-D

MadamePoofyBow, I would be interested in purchasing some of your Mille Fleur Cochin eggs if you are still willing! You have gorgeous birds, and I’m wanting to start a MF breeding project. I haven’t had any luck finding anyone around here that even breeds Cochins, and we aren’t even talking about MFs!