I have three Cochin chicks. A Blue, Elvis, who is sweet and in love with my mom. A White, Little Birdy, who is easily frightened and tentative. And a Black, Chocolate-Face, who is intuitive and slightly skiddish.

Great hen love her raised her from a little fella. great starter chickens

Big beautiful birds that come in any color in the rainbow. Huge balls of fluff that childeren and adults seem drawn to. Very friendly to humans, I have never met an aggressive Cochin and I have raised them for over 20 years. There may be one out there but I haven't seen it. The only con is that they arent the best layers. Love these birds!

I love my Mille Fleur bantam Cochins. They are sweet and inquisitive and make just about zero ruckus. They are also beautiful. No problems with them so far. Out of all my birds, these are my favorite.

I have two White Cochins that are now 9 months old. They are the sweetest most affectionate calm girls I have ever had. They were great chicks growing up and are great girls now! Princess went broody at 7 months. I would not let her sit, and I could not break her! finally after 8 weeks she gave up.

They do not seem to fight back when the rest of my flock  are 'hen pecking' either. There is just no agression at all in these girls.

Cochins are definately my absolute favorite breed! They are extremely friendly and make great pets, especially for kids. Mine come running when they see me, even the ones that weren't hand raised from chicks. 

Theyre the cutest chicks, have lots of different color varieties and are very popular. I rarely hear anyone speak badly of them

I bought these standard sized birds specifically for brooding and raising chicks. I like the variety of color you get with them. One of my hens went broody after laying only two eggs. They aren’t top layers nor are they very meaty but they do have two major advantages. They brood and raise chicks well and with their temperment, feathered feet, and variety of colors, they make great pet chickens.

Beautiful chickens, just love watching them with all their fluff and feathers. Very sweet and gentle.

I currently have 6 purebred cochins (all bantam) and one of those is frizzled.  They are the quietest and calmest of my birds (except my Dominique hen) and the funnest to be around.  I love the way they waddle when they run!  If you are looking for production, however, they are not the breed to pursue:  I find that pullets wait until 6+ months to begin laying, lay a small-medium egg, go broody a lot, and lay very sporadically in the winter, even with lights to supplement daylight.  But, if you have kids, they are the breed to have as they make the perfect pet!  They also seem to eat less than many other breeds.  But my experience has been that they molt longer...I have a hen who is going on 2 months since her last egg and she still looks scraggly.  Also they can be hard to breed because of the massive feathering on their, err....lady parts.  Still worth it to have at least a few in your flock just to watch their antics and hug them!

I've only had one of these.  I wanted a big beautiful blue roo and found a handsome cockerel on CL.  He was so sweet until he hit around 8 mos.  He then came at me and the kids repeatedly despite all my efforts to break him of it.  He ended up going to a free range flock home.  I had always been told how docile this breed was so I was disappointed to say the least.  I'd like to have a couple of hens some day though.  I still think they're one of the prettiest birds out there.

My first cochin was a plain little red girl, and she was the bomb. She raised three broods of chicks each year, and she'd come up when we called her name to get petted. Cochins make the best pet chickens, because they're so personable and sweet. They're calm around children and aren't flightly. They're just overall awesome chicks. I will be getting a couple more some day. :]

I have 3 - 1 Blue, 1 Splash and 1 Gold Laced the most beautiful hens I have, I put 2 in the local Fall Fair and they were a hit.

I love Cochins, they are a great chicken! Very calm and docile, friendly, lay a good sized egg and they sure are cute and fluffy. They do very good in cold weather in their coop (-30 celcius at times), even though they have a heat lamp it is never used.

Very sweet natured and cuddly. Lay teeny tiny little eggs and hatch teeny tiny lil baby chooks. Rooster is glorious to look at and loves a cuddle. Not gluttonous and are quite selective in their eating habits. A great pleasure to share space with.

My cochins are excellent mothers and setters!

I have two Cochin hens, with colorings similar to a Barred Rock. They were full grown, 2-year-old hens when I got them. They blended in fairly quickly with the other hens, with a few typical little acceptance squabbles from the other hens. They have become the most aggressive in the bunch, fighting with smaller hens. They also killed a couple of younger poults that the other hens never bothered. I was surprised! I am sure that these two hens are probably an exception to the typical Cochin, and their behavior (and the "torpedo eggs") are probably why the previous owner was selling them.

Bantam Cochins are my favorite chickens.   

They are people friendly, don't fly off, are talkative and motivated, THE best broody hens I ever owned!  My balls of fluff have incubated & hatched their own,  turkey, peafowl and Ducks eggs for me!  They incubate, brood and raise all their hatches for as long as the babies want them to mother them. The odd species they raise do not think they are chickens.  They eventually wander away from their fluffy mama and live as their species intended. 

As a gardener, I love my bantam cochins.  I used to keep large fowl breeds, until getting a few of these on the recommendation from other gardeners.  I wish I started out with this breed instead of large breeds.  Before getting our first chickens, I had read a few books that claimed all bantams laid tiny eggs and pretty infrequently.  My experience with Bantam Cochins has never been consistent with that. Maybe cochins from breeders are different, but I got my assorted varieties from Ideal Poultry who probably keep as productive of stock as possible in order to sell more chicks.    My girls lay 4 to 5 eggs a week, plenty of eggs for our family of 4.  Their eggs are between small to medium. 

They make fabulous backyard chickens for small urban backyards.   Our Cochins don't mind if they stay in the coop and run area all day, but they do enjoying free ranging when I am out in the garden with them.  They are very friendly and seem to enjoy human attention.  My kids like them especially well and like that they are easy for them to handle. When the Cochins are in our garden, they seem to do much less damage that our large breeds used to.  It must be the shorter feathered feet.  The make far less mess from scratching and munching. 

They are also very quiet which is nice if you live close to neighbors.  This is the quietest breed I have kept out of Barred Rock, Buff Orpington, Leghorn, Black Australorp, Easter Egger, and Sussex. 

I have several Cochins, and by far they are my favorites!

! have (had) 5 bantams and several mixed.  My pure breed girls are the sweetest, friendliest little things you'd ever want to meet.  They come to my whistle and then give "submission" and want to be picked up.  They are lovable, cuddly and a hoot to watch.  They started laying at 5 months and haven't missed a beat EXCEPT when they want to go broody, and go broody they do!  I've learned all kinds of tricks to keep them from brooding.  Sometimes the tricks work, sometimes they don't. :)  Their eggs aren't large, but that's ok with me.  They lay so much, that I just use 2 when 1 large is called for.

I had one Roo who was so fun.  When he wanted food for the girls, he would come up to me picking up grass or sticks and throwing them down and just talk to me, letting me know FOOD IS NEEDED NOW!

He was also VERY protective of the flock and that's why I lost him.  A fox attacked the flock and while the other ROO was gathering the girls and making them HIDE, Big Red was holding off the fox.  Although just a bantam, he did his duty.  I ran out as soon as I could, but he was already so severely injured that I knew he wouldn't make it.  We all cried like babies, and we still miss him even though it's been almost a year.

All in all, they are the sweetest, most loving little creatures a person could own.  They do make great pets and kids love to cuddle them.  Outside their frequent broodiness, I see no down side to these gentle little creatures!

My grandson wanted me to write their names...Sally, Georgia, Molly, Maxine, Norie Jean, Big Red...:)

I have raised and shown Cochins since 2005 and love the breed.

The description for the breed implies that splash is a recognized variety in Cochins. Splash is not a recognized variety by either the APA and ABA. Some of the "newer" colors that were not mentioned have been recognized  for over 50 years. I think the rest of the description of the breed is pretty accurate.

The recognized varieties for Cochin Bantams are: Barred, Birchen, Black, Black tailed Red,Blue, Brown Red, Buff, Buff Columbian, Columbian, Gold Laced,Lemon Blue, Mottled, Partridge, Red, Silver Laced, Silver Penciled, Whites and Frizzle.

For Large Fowl The recognized varieties are: Barred, Black, Blue, Brown, Buff, Gold Laced, Partridge, Silver Laced , White.

I did this from memory so hope I did not forget any. If the variety isn't on this list the birds are what I call projects or works in progress that may or may not become recognized by either the APA or ABA in the future.

My cochin is a blue/silver laced mix. She is gorgeous, and lays eggs almost everyday.  However, at about 6 months, she developed a bit of a leg problem.  It's been very hard for her to fly up into the coop, and she has to waddle around.  She is sweet to humans and chickens...EXCEPT my EE. For some reason, she pecks at my EE and doesn't let her eat with the others...

I LOVE THEM!!! I have one standard blue rooster properly named Blu. an di have a pair of black bantams (Martin and Maggie) and 6 partridge bantams (Luther, Leonidas, Lady, Lottie, Lexi, Laura) and I have recived many awards with them. I'm getting frmale for Blu in a couple weeks and I can't wait. It's rather dificult to hatch their eggs though because they don't lay that often. But I really enjoy just looking at them in the yard too.

My roo is a excellent singer and tells everybody that food is here. I don't like the feathered feet issue because it harbors more mites and poop than clean legged ones. 

Great chicken!!!

One of my favorite breeds so far!! With the exception of a rooster I gave away, they have all been super friendly, smart, playful birds. One of the ones I owed was especially special. She was my kid's favorite pullet, Roo. She played with them everytime they were outside and loved being pushed around the yard in the back of a Tonka dump truck.

When a neighbor gave us what was left of a two year old chick grab bag I didn't like the two Cochins.  I thought they were funny looking and a bit bedraggled.  But nearly a year latter they have grow on me, and are among my favorites. 

Both of my cochins have gone broody and turned out to be good chicken moms.  While brooding they molted and are gorgeous now.  The flock free ranges and these birds always lay in the coop and never worry me by staying out at night.  The one impressed me when I noticed how she forages--she is very methodical about making her rounds, and they aren't big eaters at feeding time.

I've had large fowl cochins from almost the start of my chicken hobby. I love their full feathered bodies. My roos are so gentle I can hug them like hugging a pillow. Last year I used the broody hens a lot to incubate eggs and even to care for the chicks. They did very well. My flock is made up of blue, black, splash colors - lovely. My biggest complaint is that mud collects on their feathered feet at times so bad that I have to cut feathers off.

My Cochin is my favorite chicken. She's sweet, quiet and a good egg layer. She is beautiful black with a dark green sheen in her feathers. I have no complaints.

This is my favorite breed! I got two white ones (Angel & Snowflake) for broodies and now they are lap chickens as well!!! I recomend these guys to EVERYBODY!!!! They are great broodies, great pets, and mine are very reliable layers.... dont forget their beauty

i just love them! i just got three for the fair and have just one question...

one of the chicks have some poop stuck on their butt, but if we just try to pull it off it won't budge.

and we dont want to hurt it what should i do?

same story with my frizzle... she ended up being a he...which we weren't wanting cause not really interested in the abundance of chicks... still he was a handsome roo and the sweetest out of the two. i think he was my fav. roo.... if  i could get another roo   in a later date i'd probably get a cochin .

Some of the calmest and sweetest birds I've ever had, both bantam and LF. Consistent layers that can go broody and be good mothers. Excellent foragers that can also handle confinement well. Cold hardy with all the extra feathers and small/medium sized single combs.

The foot feathers can get dirty on muddy days and dry caked up. Keep on good footing or wash as needed. As the mud dries it can cause discomfort to the bird.

My little Olivia follows me around the yard begging for treats and attention. My cochin is a bantam and lays me an egg everyday except for on Saturday. She likes to take one day off each week

Excellent barnyard birds, My rooster was best friends with our Stallion..unfortunately this breed is too heavy for free range. They can not fly to escape predators. Otherwise very sweet temperments.

This is my very first experience with chickens. I bought 10 standard cochin chicks in March of this year, and the lady threw in 2 free "just in case."

Well, as of writing this review they are 28 days old and so far so good!

They are all healthy, active, friendly chickens. Since I don't have anything to compare them to, I'll just say that my chickens are very friendly and docile.

As chicks they are currently easy to handle. 2 of the 12 are a bit flighty and nervous, but when I have treats they come to me and allow me to touch them but they object to being handled.

One of my little boys already loves having his wattles stroked. He just falls asleep with his head in my hand!

I have a runt that I just knew was going to die, but s/he pulled through. It is the smallest and is half the size of the rest, despite having the same parents. It only has a few feathers so far so I take extra care to make sure it stays warm.

My white Cochin is now 7 weeks old. We originally named hi/her Mr. Marshmallow since I had ordered a male. But as he/she is growing we've noticed his/her comb is barely coming it. So we changed the name to just Marshmallow. So far he/she has been such a sweet chick. Very friendly and very laid back. When I crouch and put my hand out he/she will come up and let me pick him/her up. I have an order in for another White cochin male (as well as a few others) to be delivered come June and I can't wait. I love how fluffy he/she is. The only downfall is how dirty he/she gets.

my bantam frizzle X cochin, Spazzle is so sweet. she loves to play outside but sometimes she is shy when i need to handle her. but such a good cirl

Calm, layed back chickens at their finest!  Beautiful and loving breed.  Ours love attention even as baby chicks!

I have had this breed before and they are great birds!  I have a question tho.  I put a chick on my avatar that I bought as a straight run bantam.  I am thinking it is a Cochin but I'm not sure.  Anybody have any imput?

I just got this hen. I will update as time goes by. So far so good.

So far seems very tame and docile and so pretty.  He is only 2 days old now but just so cuddly and a bundle of fluff.  The parents are very docile and tame.

These birds have great personalities and are so beautiful! This is my all time favorite.

These 2 babies are my first hatch ever.....they are now a week old.  I love how curious they are. 

This breed is frequently broody, has aloving personality, and mine has beautiful coloration! The only downside is the standards can get to be really big, but if you like larger birds,and have space for them it may not be a problem at all!

A very gentle and friendly bird that is a good mother and winter layer. They come in many colors so if you get multiple colors and if they cross breed you don't have to worry about getting an ugly chicken. They are always adorable. My favorite birds and some of the gentlest roos i've had.

They just are such a delight to have on the farm. I would not change a thing about these fun birds. "Captian Jack", my Frizzle Mottled Cochin bantam rooster, is my favorite bird on the farm. I rock him to sleep every night and wake every morning to the sound of his crow. He is very polite and is good to the girls. My coops would not be complete without a Cochin inside!

So this is the best breed you can get!! They are very nice, and bond easy. I got my first because my sisters chicken died, so we got this cute little black chicken, but i bonded with it and named it Jelly Bean cause it was so 'fat'. She gave me him and he turned out to be a rooster but he was so nice! he needed help getting in the tree everyone roosted in but he was easy to catch. He would run but was slow and loved to cuddle. I couldnt think of any other breed that is better.

UPDATE ~ Got some cochins. A sweety partridge cochin bantam Danny, hes a rooster. Real pretty and real sweet. Got a pullet buff one, whose a talker, Oleo. A frizzle red Rooster, Ylf, whose a funny guy. LOVE this breed and will add pics of the cuties later

Ours are hatchery stock even and SO sweey

my kids love playing with them they are more like pets than egg machines :)

Great Family Bird, Roos are very sweet!

My Cochins are well behaved loveable birds. Wonderful mothers and have always pulled me in a blue ribbon at show. They are soft and so adoriable and make wonderful egg layers and yard chickens.

I had my blue Cochins for well over a year.

The birds shied away from human contact, were either scared of all my other birds or aggressive, and never laid many eggs.

Some people value broodiness, but I couldn't hardly stand it and it was a CONSTANT struggle to get her off the nest. Most all of my eggs were ruined when they were broody and when I did give her fertile eggs, she got off a few days from the hatch and moved to a new box.

Cochins may be for some people, but definitely not for me. I don't plan on owning them again.

I have Cochins and Cochin mixes in my backyard flock. They lay well every day without fail and started laying early. They are talkative and love to follow people around and just talk at them. Not an aggressive bone in their body. Even my rooster who is about 11 pounds is a push over and will let the little hens and smaller rooster push him around. They do go broody and love to sit on the eggs. My only solution for that since it's below zero is to pick up the eggs twice a day and that keeps her laying rather than sitting on the eggs.

My only gripe with these birds is that they are so smart they can find a way to get out of any enclosure I put them in. Even with wire on top and an enclosed coop they will find a way to get out and free range if that's what they want to do even if I'm not ready to let them yet. I have found them in the horse pasture under the car and all over the yard. It's totally fine but if they get out before laying their eggs then they will lay them all over the place. They are easy to catch though when I go out they run right up to me so no problem there, but be ready for an Easter egg hunt lol.

I have both LF and bantam cochins and I love them.  Their fluffy feathered feet are adorable.  They have done super in the harsh Montana winter and have been good layers even in the winter without added lights. My kids handle them all the time, they are friendly and gregarious. I will continue to have this breed among my stock.  They also have done well free ranging.