Mille Cochin Info

[bantyman]

Hey Erin

Here are some pix of my boy Dont have any chick pix but he had the wheaton down The clear yellow Which kinda threw me I have 3 pix and you might remember them I also have a pic of another breeding of the partridge and a MFC roo They are different but they look to have the pattern of what you were talking about when you posted the topic of when you talked to the Austrailian These guys hold true to that The partridge chest did come out on them As you said But in different degrees on all 3 Alot of black on one and a nice colored chest on another while the third has an in between chest But I am going to keep one and not sure which one I want so any input on this would help me a whole lot Enough of my babble Heres the pic

He is about 4 months old

He as aged here He is now about 7 months old

Now hes an old man About 11 months old

Heres his front He has changed alot in that department

Heres the other 3

So throw the comments at me,good or bad, and I promise I wont come looking for you

Mike

 

[Msbear]

Hey Mike, I thought you outcrossed with partridge Im a bit confused. Are these boys out of partridge birds?

Anyway, they're type is definitely improved and I can very clearly see the wheaten signs; no black on the hackles and saddle, but plenty of action going on on the breast. I bet in a couple generations, you could really clear that up... I also notice how dark dark red these boys are. Apparently, wheaten is condusive to the mahogany gene which gives RIR roos their color. It's a red "enhancer" and, I think, it is evident in these boys.

You can see this d'uccle from Scotland is similar in appearance http://poultrykeeper.com/belgian/the-belgian-bantam/barbu-d-uccle-photos.html

The one thing that concerns me though in that mille fleur is described by the APA as being "orange vermillion" and not "mahongany". Im wondering if it makes a difference or if, their will be so many different lines of MFC displaying so many different genes that it will be a problem crossing lines. OR, if mille fleur d-uccle breeders deal with this now.

Here's a thread here on BYC which shows the kind of mille d'uccles we have.. they are orange vermillion but, you can see they all have different degrees of black and white and dilute https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=417438 https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=417438

 

[bantyman]

Hey Erin

All these boys are an F2 The boy in the first pic is a cross from the F1 partridge x MFC His grandparents were the F1's He is the result of those breeding The last ones are F2's from a MFC rooster and a hen from the same F1 bunch So they are all second generation They do have that darker mahogany color Which I like But it could cause a problem with the ABA standard for the lighter breast and not so dark back but that might be able to be worked out and maybe keeping the type in

I have them all in with some hens that have more of the millie color and not all the white so maybe that will help some Will see later this year Nough of my babble right now Gotta run

Mike

 

[Msbear]

sounds like you have a real plan. It's funny... after you've been working on this for a few years.. you longer than that, I believe.. and you start getting the hang of things... It REALLY is all about matchmaking. Lighter to darker, no black to excess black or just enough black, etc. It seems the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know but, no matter because it seems I've been doing things pretty much the right way anyway

I call it common sense mating

 

[Funky Feathers]

Here are 14 chicks I just hatched. 7 Milles and 7 Splash. Notice the color variations and the Milles.

Anyone know how the one w/the partridgey wings will turn out?

 

[Msbear]

looks like she has white tips already..

 

[Funky Feathers]

Does that mean the pattern might be good?

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Stephanie - don't you know it's illegal to use U.S.P.S. Priority shipping boxes for anything other than Priority Mail????

 

[thecochincoop]

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Stephanie - don't you know it's illegal to use U.S.P.S. Priority shipping boxes for anything other than Priority Mail????

but you can ship chicks priority so maybe they're getting ready to ship

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Stephanie - don't you know it's illegal to use U.S.P.S. Priority shipping boxes for anything other than Priority Mail????

but you can ship chicks priority so maybe they're getting ready to ship

You should ship them all to me!!