Mille Fleur?

[Chicksnmind]

These are two of my new chicks that I bought at the tack store on Valentines Day. I was told they are both Mille Fluer. Their colors are slightly different though. What do you think? Also I won’t be able to tell what sex they are until they are much older right?

 

[Little Chicken Girl]

Welcome to BYC!

The darkness of background color often varries in Mille Fleurs (some have more of a buff backdrop while others are more of a red/brown). They both look like they have the Mille Fleur markings on their wings though.
However, my experience with Mille Fleur chickens is limited.
As for gender identifying them, I do not know but Mille Fleurs are not an auto sexing breed (the females are pretty close In color to the males). For this reason, yes, to be sure of the gender, it'll take time.

 

[maralpz2006]

I have a question , what color should i get from my exchequer leghorn rooster and my milli fleur leghorn hens,

 

[Little Chicken Girl]

I have a question , what color should i get from my exchequer leghorn rooster and my milli fleur leghorn hens,

I am not a genetics expert... This is what I know...

Since the American Poultry Association does not recognize either color variation of Leghorn, unless you got both from a very reputable breeder, there is no solid guarantee that your mille fleur or exchequer will breed true.

Now, exchequer Leghorns likely have the mottling gene (which mille fleurs also have). Given that, the offspring are likely to be mottled. Additionally, Exchequer leghorns have the 'silver' gene and the 'extended black' gene (from what I have researched). The silver gene is a dominate white gene (making at least some white show up in the offspring) and the extended black results in black based offspring (this gives the black background color with the white showing through).

Given that, the most I can do is guess that the result will be mottled (possibly mille fleur) with a dark base color (possibly depending on what kind of mille fleur you have: mahogany, buff or red based). Since 'Exchequers' are typically not mottled as symmetrically as the 'mottled' color or mille fleur (a type of mottling), you might end up with a mille fleur pattern that is less even.

However, as I said, that is largely just a guess from what I have read about both color variations.

 

[maralpz2006]

Thank you very much for your answer