Mille Fleur d'uccle EE cross

[oparea]

If I crossed a mille fleur with the brown EE in the pic do you think I could get some mille fleur colored blue egg layers? Thought it might be an interesting cross since they are both bearded, not sure what will happen with the feathered leg/no feathered leg cross. Just kind of experimenting.

Better pic of hen.

 

[oparea]

Bump, nobody ever tried this cross?

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And the only Mille fleur hen I have.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Feather-legged gene is dominant, right?

 

[onthespot]

yes, but the mille gene, or some components of it is recessive.

 

[pbjmaker]

I have some chicks right now that are potentially that cross. The dads are either my d'uccle or my golden lakenvelder. None of them ended up with feathered legs but I have two totally different color patterns on them.

Here are the chicks:

Here is the mom:

 

[HenHaven]

I think it sounds like an interesting mix--go for it! There is an EE project thread going on too that you may want to join in on...

 

[oparea]

Do you remember the name of the thread?

 

[oparea]

Whoops, double post.

 

[HenHaven]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=128806&p=3

Several people have shown their works in progress in this thread. I still say go for it! What can you lose?

 

[Benjaminwhite178]

My Ameraucana/Mille cross...