Bantam-Cochin Reviews

Great chicken!

Posted 4/2/13

Pros: So sweet, great layers

Cons: Eggs are small

I love my Cochin Bantams. The hens lay a small, light-brown egg almost every day. They are one of the most calm and docile breed. My Cochin rooster is very sweet and protective of his hens. Varieties that are recognized: Black, Buff, Partridge, White, Barred, Brown Red, Golden Laced, Mottled, Silver Laced, Birchen, Blue, Columbian, Red

one of the best breeds for kids

Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago

By riversedgefarm

Pros: lays well super friendly

Cons: none

My favorite breed I raise calico lemon blue ans Millie. I have 3 kids and the Cochin does great with them. They hatch there on chicks I have one sitting on 14:D eggs I even had one hatch a goose an duck egg. My best roaster is a Cochin. Lays almost everyday great all around breed!!!

Very friendly and sweet

Posted 4/3/13

By The4Chickeneers

Pros: friendly, dossile, good egg-layers, protective of flock.

Cons: easily put at the bottom of the food chain

It is a sweet bird. I am also a big fat chicken person, so two thumbs up for that! Very friendly to the flock

Somewhat "Docile"

Posted 3 days, 22 hours ago

By ChickenRaiser95

Pros: Cute Fluff Balls

Cons: Hens are little d***s

The only Cochin that is sweet and very docile is our rooster, the golden laced one will pick on him and the youngsters and the other one likes to growl like a dog while laying eggs( she is very "demonic") but we love them just the same. Guess we just got the mean ones

Perfect!

Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago

By MoodyBroody622

Pros: Sweet, Talkative, Fluffy, Cute

Cons: None!

I have six cochin bantams right now! They are my favorite breed! They are so sweet! My very first banty hen was a black cochin named Sophie, and I still have her to this day, and she is seven years old! I love cochins!

Lovely pets, decent egg layers, but needs a handbook on how to be a mother!

Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago

By Cleoandclover

Pros: Friendly, easy to tame, lays a lot of medium pink eggs, predator savvy, not too broody.

Cons: Beats up on my Seramas, paces along the fence if not let out, will steal out into the bushes and try to hatch some eggs.

I have one red frizzle bantam Cochin hen. She turned a year old on this April 16th. She's a great bird, smart and will try to "talk" to you. She is allowed free run of the house and yard. Even if I forget to close the gate, she doesn't try to escape. We have plenty of predators in our area, but she's managed to avoid everything from coyotes to possum. Fairly recently, she tried to hatch a clutch of ten eggs under the porch, but they were half frozen. By the time we managed to buy baby chicks for her, she wasn't interested anymore, and I ended up caring for them. All in all, she's a great bird, and I wouldn't give her up for anything.

One of my favorite breeds!

Posted 4/18/13

By LOVEMYCHICKS03

Pros: sweeeeeet birds love to be held soooo soooo cute

Cons: get vvvvvveeeeerrrrryyyyyyyy broody in the spring and dont lay that good :/

This is one of my faverite breeds they are awsome just read pros and cons about them I said overall a 4 and a 1/2 stars!

Best personality of all my chickens!

Posted 3/29/13

By Angiebubs

Pros: Friendly, sweet, easily held

Cons: broody

By far the friendliest chickens in coop!! Absolutely adorable little fluff balls! THey follow me around like puppies, if ignored often will fly up onto arm, shoulder, head-whatever is available.

Pekins

Posted 3/4/13

By chesterbarton78

I would say this breed of chicken are the best alrounder !

Sweet Tempered Love Bug. She will ask for attention from you.

Posted 1/8/13

By scrapingran

Pros: Very easy-going and affectionate

Cons: Easy going. Can be easily bullied by other chickens. Feathered feet can be hard to keep clean.

My Bantam-Cochin, "Little Bit" is really my pride of the flock. She isn't a great layer, but her gentle nature and hippie boots on her claws more than make up for her lack of eggs. My family has repeatedly said that it would be easy to bring her into the house and turn her into a pet. I have to watch that the other hens don't push her around too much. I segregate her when it comes to treat time so she always gets her fair share.

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