Mille Fleur Belgian Booted Bantam Female...is it a cross or pure?

[emartin]

Is this one a cross or a pure? It came from a reverse group of 5 (3roos 2females) Mille Fleur Belgian Booted Bantams and is about a month and a half old (one of the roos tried crowing today...hilarious attempt!!!

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Any thoughts?

~Ed

 

[Chris09]

I would say it is a cross..
I dont know what the feather pattern is but I dont think it a Mille Fleur pattern...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booted_Bantam

Chris

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

I'm not a Mille Fleur expert but I'd say that's a cross.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

The feather color pattern is off. Milles are more spotted and don't have barring on their wings like that. It looks like a cross, especially with the sparse leg feathering. I'm also pretty sure that the leg color is not right either. They should have light colored legs.

I sorry.

 

[TACEYPERKINS]

I would say cross too!

 

[emartin]

What's strange is that the guy had no other roosters, except maybe for his Pheasants.

Could that just be a bad strain then and she's the example of it?

 

[emartin]

Anyone? I kind of doubt it's a cross based on that the guy had no other roosters so could it just be a really bad strain? The other female and males look perfectly normal though.

 

[Pidgey104]

I'd say crossed too

 

[emartin]

I'm agreeing now that it's a cross, but my question is: is it possible that the cross happened a 1 or more generations ago since the guy only has one roo? He has a trio that look normal and then a few pullets that aren't mature yet.

 

[BantyHugger]

I do NOT think its a cross. I have just begun breeding these. Some take a longer time to get their spots. To me yours just looks like a very young female who is going to grow to have a TON of spots. The feet feathering is the only thing that i question. Did the guy have any other types of hens? It could be a bad strain.

This is my second generation. I only have Mille Banty's and no other roosters so they are 100% pure:
This is one at 3 weeks:

and this is a hen at 5 weeks (I just disturbed them tonight so I'm sorry if the lighting isn't the greatest):

Also i believe Pidgey's are crosses (possibly some Jap in there?) because the female should have a beard.