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ChickFuentes

Love Them To Death!

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By ChickFuentes

Pros: VERY friendly, calm, sweet, gets along well with other breeds

Cons: You'll get attached to them, mud may stay get on their feet

These are the best chickens I have had. They are SO friendly and sweet. I love them so much :) Great with kids too and their feet are so adorable
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KDailey

My favorite breed!

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By KDailey

Pros: Very very friendly, great brood hens, cutest breed

Cons: There aren't any!

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
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chickenluver100

Very sweet birds

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By chickenluver100

Pros: very nice, cuddly, good mother, great pet

Cons: none

Cochins are among my favorite breeds. I had never had an aggressive cochin, even the roosters are super sweet.  They are very cuddly and love attention making them wonderful pets. Even though I have heard cochins are poor layers mine lay an egg a day, except for in the winter.
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Negative Reviews

crazyaboutchickens

Very gentle breed.

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By crazyaboutchickens

Pros: Good pet

Cons: Don't lay much

Docile, tame, not as frantic as other chicken breeds. Rather dumb, but good broodies. They don't lay much though, and aren't very smart at all. Quiet, fluffy, and have an unfortunate appetite for styrofoam, more so than other chickens.
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chic-hens

Cochin hens

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By chic-hens

Pros: hardy in cold winters

Cons: "torpedo eggs", aggressive

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.
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NajmoNests

Powder Puff Incubators

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By NajmoNests

Pros: friendly, dedicated, protective mamas, soft, fluffy, people pleasers

Cons: none

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.   
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dobchookmom

Love my Cochins/Pekins

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By dobchookmom

Pros: very sweet natured

Cons: picky eaters

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.
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laceynoelle

Best Fluffies ever!!

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By laceynoelle

Pros: Sweet, affectionate, calm, great mothers, fluffy, and easy to raise.

Cons: You'll end up wanting 50 cochins.

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. :]
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hoog

Polite and Pretty Mothers

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By hoog

Pros: Polite, quiet bird. Broody and motherly.

Cons: Feathers on feet get dirty and torn up. Not the best layers or meat birds.

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.
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Lbrad7

Beautiful birds

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By Lbrad7

Pros: Fluffy balls of fun

Cons: Not the best layers..

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!
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LilyD

Cochins are cool

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By LilyD

Pros: broody, good egg layer, friendly, mellow

Cons: escape artists

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...
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BravewingTheHen

Adorable Little Puff Balls!

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By BravewingTheHen

Pros: Very sweet, if take will come when you call, great broody hens, very cute!

Cons: It is hard to watch them get picked on because they often do, if you have a mucky run and have a white Cochin they won't be white for long!

Cochins are soooooo sweet! I have a little Golden Laced Cochin pullet, and if I tap the ground she comes to me, and if I tap my lap she hops up on it.
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MidNight Wings

I have four, they are all very sweet and cuddly, except my rooster, he just runs away screaming.

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By MidNight Wings

Pros: Sweet, cuddly, run right up to you.

Cons: A little TOO snugly they think you are mommy and will keep them safe from anything; also you have to watch where you step, they tend to go under you.

I love mine, my oldest pullet gets bullied a lot by my other girls; so when I come out she runs up to me and sits there until I pick her up.  I am a little worried that my roo will be evil.. I have never had a roo, and I can't find any info on Partridge Cochin roosters...
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JR79

They are the best chickens ever

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By JR79

Pros: Cute, amazing temerment,hardy in cold and hot weather,

Cons: You might fall in love with them.

I have 3 batam cochins 2 hens 1 roo and I just recently bought 3 more chicks who are also cochins .I absolutly love them they are my favorates of my flock.My first cochin who I still have is a tiny little white hen and she is amazing she follows me around like a puppy and if you hold your hand out too her she'll jump up on it to perch on your arm .I just can't get enough of theese little birds.
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