millie fleur coloring

[pokey]

ok, this little guy is a few months( 4 or 5) as he has feathered out he has molted from mostly black and white , but now he has the brown feathering coming in. is this correct for a millie fleur? he is kinda small, even for a banty so i was wondering if he is a little behind in developing. he is a cochin.

 

[NYREDS]

That's not a Mille FLeur colour pattern. If B&W he'd be Mottled-Brown & White ?????
He also doesn't look much like a Cochin. I'd assume a cross of some sort.

 

[pokey]

he's cochin, just bad camera angle. he has good feathering on his feet
and lots of fluff, i just don't know about the coloring. any body else?
i'll try to get a better shot, i was trying to get a good shot of his back where most of the brown is and you know some birds won't sit still.

 

[amazondoc]

Get a bigger pic. From what I can see he looks a lot like my mille fleur cochins did in previous weeks, especially the roo. They go through LOTS of changes as they mature. You can see earlier pics of them here:

http://www.doberinfo.com/chickenpics/bantamcochins/bantamcochins--08-29-08.html

http://www.doberinfo.com/chickenpics/bantamcochins--09-30-08/bantammfcochins--09-30-08.html

 

[pokey]

great , thanks for the pics! i got him from bantyman, we call him mighty mouse. he is still small and bosses everybody.he thinks he is 10 feet tall. i hope to get some eggs from bantyman or onthespot next spring.maybe get a girlfriend like him.

 

[amazondoc]

My birds also came from Mike. IMHO they are getting more beautiful every day. And yes, my little cockerel is a bossy little cuss too! I don't really knnow what his permanent name will end up being, but right now I call him El Jefe.

 

[bantyman]

Hey all

El Jefe? Translation=

 

[JOSHSBANTAMS]

Hi all, I'm new to this site/message board also to raising Millie Cochins. I've got a rooster that I got a year and a half ago with 3 buff/millie mix hens. I've raised a few babies out of them but they don't have a lot of the mottling in them. Does the really good color come out right from the beginning or later when there older? My chicks are about 7 to 8 weeks old now. A few of them show a lot of red and buff backgroud with a little white coming in here and there but most of them are totally buff. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't seem to find any info on Millie cochins anywhere.

Josh

 

[bantyman]

Hey Josh

Welcome to the best board you can find on anything you want to know The people here are really great All you have to do is ask

Mike

 

[JOSHSBANTAMS]

Hi mike. Are you the mike that I've been pestering with emails about your eggbid auctions? If so that's cool.
I'm excited to find some other people that are breeding millie cochins.