The Backyard Birds

Mille Fleurs

The breed that I've wanted for a LONG time is: a Mille Fleur Belgian Bearden D'uccle. But I didn't get one... I got two. We went to the state fair, and these are what I picked out to take home. I paid $10 for one pullet and $5 for the other. After I brought them home, I was beginning to think that one was a rooster.... until she laid an egg!

Here's a little slideshow of the two.

Cluck, cluck, quack!

Here are some pictures from around the yard.

Cole, the White Rock rooster, hangs out in the fall leaves

J the Black Sex-link hen, pecks around at some scratch

The yet-to-be-named red rooster hunts around for some grub

Cynthia the Silver Laced Wyandotte

Pearl the crested White Pekin

Butterscotch the Heritage Rhode Island Red debates over whether to stay in or go out... hmm...

Sophia the cat

Sophia decides to try some scraps along with her feathered friends

Java the Americauna pullet

Baby Bella, the Americauna/White Rock mix who looks just like her mom, Bella, for whom she was named

The eggs that we get from our coop

From Left to Right: Mille Fleur bantam egg, brown chicken egg, Americauna egg, and duck egg

We found this egg in the Mille Fleur's cage....

The mini-egg compared to a duck egg