Mille Cochin Info

[AndyCap]

@Andy, Porcelein is a mille fleur/self blue cross, i dont know anyone here in the States that has a finished project for them but i have seen some beautiful examples from our austrailan counterparts.

Thanks.

 

[Fancy Feathers]

I like flowers, since Mille Fleur is million flowers.

Good point!

Doesn't matter to me what we call it right now. I know what everyone means.
Chevrons is only the black, whereas breast flowers means the entire feather with the correct coloring and placement. To me anyhow, that is how I interpret it.

Good point too

 

[WestKnollAmy]

LOL Just being agreeable, are you? And how many glasses of wine did that take? JK and you know it!

 

[Fancy Feathers]

Speaking of, I just tried rhubarb wine - locally made in the Black Hills of South Dakota - for the first time the other day. Actually I tried 2 different brands, one of them was really pretty good!
It's always important to try new things

 

[WestKnollAmy]

LOL I knew it! Makes you mellow!
Actually, that sounds cool. Local is best, too!
I like Blackberry wine but can't drink it often. Never had Rhubarb but my sister made Muscadin that was pretty good.

 

[suncatcher]

LOL I knew it! Makes you mellow!
Actually, that sounds cool. Local is best, too!
I like Blackberry wine but can't drink it often. Never had Rhubarb but my sister made Muscadin that was pretty good.

Have to agree, the blackberry wine is delish!!!!!!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

On the peafowl thread they open a bottle of wine when the pea chicks hatch out! LOL They like to sip and watch them emerge. I cna't do that as it is the middle of the day and I have some hatching now. I would never finish chores tonight if I sipped wine all afternoon.

 

[Reyvaughn]

Peafowl are my next venture. I want blue pieds and midnights. Maybe a variation with white eyes.

Yes, I was looking for a cockerel with breast flowers. I traded Byron for a darker cockerel w/ some breast flowers but I am afraid he's to dark and will give me all dark offspring. I have him over Byron's daughters since he has nice type and so do Byron's girls. I still need another boy from outside lines. My stock originally came from Erin and when I got my birds 3yrs ago, she was having breast flower issues. I inherited the same problem. Now, when I got birds from Katelyn last year, I got 2 with breast flowers and I have some chicks from them growing out now that have breast flowers. No males, though.

The MFCs were on the chopping block once this year and I decided to keep them. I am pondering again. I can't have so many projects going because I simply do not have the space here. I have my wheaten Ams, MFCs, black/blue/chocolate/mauve Cochin projects, LF chocolate/mauve Orp project, chocolate/black/blue bantam Orps, ducks, geese and now turkeys. Ducks are going, geese are going (although I really like my geese), most of the turkeys will be in the freezer and the LF chocolate/mauve project Orps need to go.

 

[suncatcher]

On the peafowl thread they open a bottle of wine when the pea chicks hatch out! LOL They like to sip and watch them emerge. I cna't do that as it is the middle of the day and I have some hatching now. I would never finish chores tonight if I sipped wine all afternoon.

Cool idea! I am sure you could get your chores done, but not sure if they would be done well!

 

[annewandering]

basically, if she came from a mille fleur breeding pen, she's buff Columbian that didn't get the mottling gene, or the mottling will develop later.

Happily, today I am seeing bits of white! On the wings and top of her head. Now for the other pullet with no white to develop!