Mille Fleur Bantam Cochins

[Fluffer Butters]

I have 3 Mille Fleur Bantam Cochin Roosters. I am new to this breed. The younger 2 have green tail feathers. I do have a younger hen, her feathers lean towards the almost all black rooster, but as she grows she is getting more brown and white in the layering. Do they have good markings for the breed? Or are their markings consider a specific coloration? Any assistance is appreciated.

 

[CrazyCochin]

I have 3 Mille Fleur Bantam Cochin Roosters. I am new to this breed. The younger 2 have green tail feathers. I do have a younger hen, her feathers lean towards the almost all black rooster, but as she grows she is getting more brown and white in the layering. Do they have good markings for the breed? Or are their markings consider a specific coloration? Any assistance is appreciated.

I can't tell you what their breed standard is, but I can tell you that those are some very fine-looking Bantam Cochins!

 

[CrazyCochin]

I have 3 Mille Fleur Bantam Cochin Roosters. I am new to this breed. The younger 2 have green tail feathers. I do have a younger hen, her feathers lean towards the almost all black rooster, but as she grows she is getting more brown and white in the layering. Do they have good markings for the breed? Or are their markings consider a specific coloration? Any assistance is appreciated.

Those two first pictures look like normal Mille Fleur, and the green tail feathers are normal in all chicken breeds. That's what is called iridescence.

 

[CrazyCochin]

This is my Red Bantam Cochin X Standard size Buff Brahma cockerel, Bootsie.
Notice how his tail feather appear blue?

The blue or green color you see is due to the effect of light scattering and reflecting off the feather structure. So it is completely normal!

 

[Fluffer Butters]

I can't tell you what their breed standard is, but I can tell you that those are some very fine-looking Bantam Cochins!

Oh goodness thank you! I can’t keep them all, so I’m torn🥺

 

[CrazyCochin]

Oh goodness thank you! I can’t keep them all, so I’m torn🥺

You're so welcome! Aw, man!
If I were you, (totally hypothetical) I would keep the pullet, so I could breed her and hatch her eggs, even if you have another rooster available. 😉
And if you are choosing between the two cockerels, I would go for the more orange-colored one.
(But still, totally hypothetical!)

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I have 3 Mille Fleur Bantam Cochin Roosters. I am new to this breed. The younger 2 have green tail feathers. I do have a younger hen, her feathers lean towards the almost all black rooster, but as she grows she is getting more brown and white in the layering. Do they have good markings for the breed? Or are their markings consider a specific coloration? Any assistance is appreciated.

The adult rooster isn’t black, he’s blue. He isn’t mille fleur either, he’s blue with red leakage, though he could be a mille fleur cross. You could try to breed blue mille fleurs with him.

 

[Fluffer Butters]

The adult rooster isn’t black, he’s blue. He isn’t mille fleur either, he’s blue with red leakage, though he could be a mille fleur cross. You could try to breed blue mille fleurs with him.

Are any of them appropriately marked? I do not know anything about the breed. Thank you

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Are any of them appropriately marked? I do not know anything about the breed. Thank you

The blue rooster isn’t, since he’s a different color, but the two cockerels do look like they’re the correct mille fleur. I couldn’t tell you which one has better markings than the other, though.

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

So jealous. I have wanted that cross for such a long time! Yours are beautiful!