What mix is my bantam?

[Alexandra33]

There's no doubt in my mind this little booger from Meyer Hatchery is a cross of some sort, which leads me to believe she's a Sage Gem. Since the hybrid description doesn't specify what breeds went into the development, only stating that they lay olive/moss/green/brown, I did a little thinking. Coloration of a female EE, slight beard/muffs, blue legs, single comb, and heavily feathered legs. Is it possible she's a Cochin X EE? That cross could produce a green egger, right? Asking solely out of curiosity, rather than necessity.

~Alex

 

[Buffbrahmasforever]

I have no idea but she's very pretty.

 

[Littleshadow]

She looks like a buff Colombian Duccle

 

[Alexandra33]

I have no idea but she's very pretty.

Why, thank you!

~Alex

 

[Alexandra33]

She looks like a buff Colombian Duccle

Meyer only offers Mille Fleur and Porcelain to the public....though I'm beginning to understand that's not a guarantee hatcheries exclusively sell the color types they list.

Blue legs, though?

~Alex

 

[Littleshadow]

Yes duccles have slate legs and heavily feathered feet.
I breed duccles and can almost vary tee that’s what you have.

It’s more likely she’s a d’Uccle then a cross

Edit: obviously I could be wrong. Her feet are very heavily feathered though, which you don’t see in many other breeds. If she was a crossbred with only one feather footed parent I would expect her to have a lot less feathering.

 

[Alexandra33]

Yes duccles have slate legs and heavily feathered feet.
I breed duccles and can almost vary tee that’s what you have.

It’s more likely she’s a d’Uccle then a cross

Edit: obviously I could be wrong. Her feet are very heavily feathered though, which you don’t see in many other breeds. If she was a crossbred with only one feather footed parent I would expect her to have a lot less feathering.

Why was I under the impression the breed sported pink legs all these years? A quick check on all my d'Uccles proved they indeed have slate.

I would agree. Only reason I suspected she's a cross was because Meyer recently started carrying a hybrid called the "Sage Gem bantam," and nothing else seemed to match.

Makes sense to me.

Here's another shot, showing her back region - still thinking BC d'Uccle?

~Alex

 

[Alexandra33]

Couple more pictures, including a chick shot.

~Alex

 

[Josh Mack]

Hi Alexandra she might be a Pekin x EE her foot feathering looks a lot like a pekins while her plumage colour and egg colour are like an EE

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I have seen ALOT of millie fleur D'uccles, and I would bet she is one, at the very least a mix of one!