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I crossed a male that hatched out of a blue egg to a hen that lays blue egg. I wanted to sell these chicks (5 of them) as layers of blue and green eggs. The male was bred from a hen laying blue eggs crossed to a Cochin Bantam, who would lay white-brown colored eggs (tan). Is there a...

I breed Black and White Cochin Bantams with a setup of a few different coops outside. With my growouts, I’ve noticed that pretty much all of them had messy, scraggly feathers. The way to fix this is conditioning pens. Most people have barns or sheds to keep these guys in, but I was wondering...

I am very excited to pick up my first pair of pure-bred (however pure on only the breed, not pure varieties) Ameraucanas on Monday. I met the birds today and fell in love with them. The hen is black, although she has a tad bit of gold leakage around the face. She does have what appears to be...

With my chickens, I have 4 coops and have have 5 die from 2 of the coops. Many are sick. 1 coop is my Cochin bantam growouts at 12-14.5 weeks old (3 Cochins of that age, 1 Buff Orpington at 6 months, have died). I was not home to see any bodies. My mom buried them. 1 coop is my laying flock (1...

I have a pair of Black Cochin Bantams, Tonya and Jasper. I expect them to start producing come spring time. Tonya has a black beak with black on her shanks, but also yellow on the bottom of her feet. However, she also has some black on her feet as well. Jasper has mostly yellow feet and shanks...

Can you bathe a chicken in permethrin? I have a bunch of Cochin Bantams that have mites. I am wondering if I have to spray them with the permethrin or is it possible that I can bathe them in it? It would be more efficient in my opinion, but what are the pros and cons of it?

Are these vulture hocks? These are my Cochin Bantams and I was wondering if they had vulture hocks. I can include more pics later, but here are all the ones we have currently. I know my Black and White CB don’t have vulture hocks, but I’m unsure about these guys. Here are some pics: Cock Any...

I have a hen that has always had soft shelled eggs. She eats layer feed, and, for her first few eggs, laid ordinary eggs, though they weren’t as hard as others. Then she started laying soft shelled eggs. At a year old now, she still isn’t laying good eggs. Every now and then she has eggs without...

I have a Barred Cochin hen who was bred with a Millie Fleur (not standardized) cock. Is it possible these chicks would be sexlinked? I would assume not, as the cock doesn’t have any barred genes and can’t give them to the cockerels. Am I right in saying this?

I have messaged a breeder about getting some chickens, and I am waiting to get pics. I will choose those with best type. It is black or white Cochin Bantams, but wha I choose depends on looks. Now this post isn’t just for Cochin Bantam owners, but anyone with white (or knowledge about white)...

Hello. I am looking for any SQ Cochin Bantams in NW Florida or South AL. I need adults, but chicks as young as 10+ weeks are still welcome if they’re my last resort. I need very typey chickens and can’t find them anywhere. This is my call for help. Does anyone know any breeders in (NW) Florida...

So I LOVE the Cochin Bantam Chicken breed. Thing is, I still don’t *really* know what they’re supposed to look like. I do have a hobby of drawing, and (though really far down on my list) I want to eventually draw the standard for Cochin Bantams. Not every bird is perfect. I won’t only draw ONE...

(Edit: Look at third post for a shorter read, with a little background info left out. Mainly has my question. Anyone could answer it if they had experience with it, no matter the breed.) I will be getting some Mottled and Black Cochin Bantams around mid summer. We have MF and will experiment...

I have a pair of MF Cochin Bantams left, and know they need better flowering. They are 9-10 months old and my hen is getting a fuller cushion each and every day :love . However, I have a few photos as a guide and wrote an article for myself as sort of a rubric for myself and other MF Cochin...

I’ve been thinking about trying to save my MF Cochin Bantam line for a few months. It sounds like I’m a breeder, but all I’ve done is got some and bred them to keep the line going. But now I only have a rooster and a hen, but they’re siblings. The hen isn’t very good quality, but the rooster is...

So I have bred two birds: a Millie Fluer Cochin Bantam and an unknown hatchery bird, labeled as a “BBW Turkey”. The Dad is the Cochin, a good example (IMO) of the breed. He and his siblings looked pretty similar growing up and all are the same in having a red wheaten base with a little bit of...

Hello. I’m looking into quail to later get. I’m wondering: 1- Coturnix Quail vs any Bantam Chicken breeds (size comparison) 2- is Myshire Farm a good place to get quail? 3- Jumbo vs Regular Coturnix Quail. Which is better for “Dual Purpose” like in chicken breeds. Looking for one good for both...

I have a Millie Fluer Cochin Bantam hen that we hatched here in July (I think). Yesterday I noticed she was acting off and she worried me. Wasn’t eating much, and wings were droopy. Today a couple of hours ago, I noticed that she was going downhill. She’s lethargic, droopy wings, weak, sick...

We got 2 BBW Turkeys last week, on Monday, but we got home and one of them had I comb I noticed. My question: what breed could he be? Meat bird or egg layer you think? I’ve been told by a couple of folks that he’s not a CX (Cornish X), but most likely a California White or a Leghorn. 😐🤯 What do...

I just wanted to share with y’all, my Cocoa. She is a Millie Fluer Cochin Bantam, and just the sweetest prettiest thing ever. I just wanted to share a few older pictures of her. I wish I’d have taken more of her when I could. She’s the sweetest little thing.These photos were taken without any...