Cochin Thread!!! - Page 1015

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Originally Posted by ki4got 

i would think she...  very pretty tho. still no clue on color. i was going to ask if her legs were as black as her beak, but i see a yellow toe peeking out. LOL

Yes...her feet are the same shade of yellow as the comb.  I think she is very girly too.  No red at all on the comb, no signs of wattles.

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Originally Posted by 4hchickmama 

Yes...her feet are the same shade of yellow as the comb.  I think she is very girly too.  No red at all on the comb, no signs of wattles.

i love the black on white...  wish my white pullet would STAY white. instead she's currently various shades of cream, tan, brown and mud.  reason #1 i hate white anythings... 

including poodles. but i've got a white (aged ivory/mud colored) standard poodle...  hate the color but he's a good boy (except when he's hunting 'squeaks' and digging holes up in the woods. BLACK topsiol...)

funny thing is, now when he's been chasing 'squeaks', i call him in he immediately hops in the bathtub...  nah. he's a keeper.

 I think he looks pure Cochin, doesn't he? Maybe he's got some other color in his background that is coming out in him? It'd be interesting to see what he looks like as an adult!

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Originally Posted by posey 

Hi All:

I have a mystery chick who was suppose to be a pullet, ya'll know how that goes. I could clearly tell that he was a roo at 3 weeks. He is now a few days short of 8 weeks old. The place where I purchased him from only has two breeds that he could be from: giant cochin or marans. I have giant cochins and he looks like one to me but they only sell the partridge or pure white plumage varieties. He doesn't have the head coloring etc for a partridge but I don't have personal experience with this color. However his legs and feet are very well covered like a cochin. He is still growing in his back feathers as you can see. When I look at his individual feathers many of them have that "partridge" look to them.  With his head dark like this is he more like a black copper marans? I don't have that breed and don't know it well at all.

 

He is a mystery to me so what do you all think? What is he?

 

 

 

Thanks for your help,

Posey
 

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Originally Posted by 4hchickmama 

I've posted a pic of this little chick before asking on what her color is...which I am still unsure of, but I just snapped these today and would like to know if you all had opinions on gender.

 

 

She (I hope) is 9 1/2 weeks old.

 

 

It is a pullet. She is a Cochin. I think that it is a poorly  patterned Columbian sport. Columbian/Buff Columbian have been used on many project birds and birds like this crop up from time to time. Enjoy her.

Craig

4hChickMama - Pullet and maybe columbian colored.

Posey, I think your boy is pet/hatchery quality or a mix.  My boy's legs were totally feathered, no leg showing at all by that age.  His feathering reminds me of a Brahma's.

WOO HOO ! ! ! 

my first self blue baby!!!

and i don't care if it's a him or her, if it turns out halfway like the parents it's staying!

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Originally Posted by ki4got 

WOO HOO ! ! ! 

 

my first self blue baby!!!

 

 

and i don't care if it's a him or her, if it turns out halfway like the parents it's staying!

Woo hoo!  Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who had a guess at my chicks gender!  I was pretty confident she was indeed a she....but wanted some other opinions.
 

So, did anybody here know if you cross a golden laced with a black you will get somewhat partridge. Here a link to show some of you. Not my bird but I tried it and got a pullet that looks identical to a partridge. If you would like i could upload some pics.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/632576/by-request-harvey-my-golden-laced-cochin-rooster

Congrats Karen!  Keep us posted as to its development.  Now put it back in the brooder so it can finish drying!!! 

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Originally Posted by ki4got 

WOO HOO ! ! ! 

 

my first self blue baby!!!

 

 

and i don't care if it's a him or her, if it turns out halfway like the parents it's staying!

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Originally Posted by Coopa Cabana 

Congrats Karen!  Keep us posted as to its development.  Now put it back in the brooder so it can finish drying!!! 

those are EGGS she's leaning on. still in the hatcher. i don't like taking chicks out when i have active pips, unless they've been in there a while and are rocking everything else around.  her hatchmates consist of 2 coturnix quail, 2 mille/partridge cochin and 2 ee/dorking crosses. with more cochins (3 self blue split and 6 mille split eggs) and a turkey still waiting their turn.