Cochin Thread!!! - Page 886

did the pics load? I see you're WI as well :) us to Osceola area you?

jdemars they definitely look like cochin bantams. There is no way of telling the sex on the black one. The black one looks black to me, as they do have white in their wings when young. I have only had one mottled chick in my life and it took months before I could see any mottling.

The cochins behavior of male and female seems to show at a younger age than some other breeds, but it still will be a while. (in my experience) The boys act like boys fairly young.

(I am not familiar with the other color. It looks like partridge but I could be way way off. I know for the old english game s bantams  I have, they look like that and the females have a much more pronounced V on their head and darker mascara (eye stripe) than the boys. But this is all speculation. )

I live near Eau Claire. Where is Osceola? Stop by cheeseheads if you have the time. :)  Nice foot feathering on your cochins.   :)

O MY Gosh you are practically in my backyard!!!!!

StevenW what an adorable chick. What type of incubator is that?

Rey Vaughn nice buff columbian and the splash one. He has some nice foot feathers on him.

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Originally Posted by ChickcrazyCharlie 

Twyla, here are some pictures of my mottled chicks.

 

 

Lots of potential there!

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Originally Posted by Mr. Ree 

I really wished we had as much effort and as many people interested in breeding recognized varieties that are rare instead of focusing attention on "creating" a new variety that will take years and lots of money to get correct. I understand that without people doing this then we wouldnt be where we are today with the amount of vareties we have, but it just is a little disapointing that there are so many people ready to make time and spend a large amount of cash on trying to create a new variety when that time, money, and effort could be put where it needs to be and help revive some of the dying varieties that exist in Cochins today. And again, I am not knocking anyone for doing it, kudos to anyone who can make the whole way through. This is just my opinion on the issue and I soley speak for myself. Just wish we had more people working on Birchen, Red, Black-Tailed Red, SL, GL, etc instead of having so many "projects" to be working on.

 

And something else that really gets to me(a pet peeve I guess you would call it) is when people have imported birds of a breed and sale them for extreme prices because they were imported. I understand that every country has a different standard for what each breed then we may have, and some may be almost exact to one another, but when you buy a bird that was bred for another countries standard then how in return is that breeding birds to our standard?

 

Sorry to rant and rave, just my $.02.

 

 

~Casey

I feel for you on the varieties that need support and work. I also think everyone need to think about how they are going to make a good bird per the standard not just a color in a bird of hatchery quality. To do that all varieties need to be better so our projects can be worthy of our efforts..

I also agree with those that say it doesn't matter because I am the one feeding them. I also think those people need a plan to get to their goal. Without a plan you a re only making pretty chickens.

Our breed has only a few Bantam varieties that are in decent shape(Black,White, Blue, Mottled) to a lessor extent( Buff, Birchen, Partridge) everything else is a variety in need of serious work.

In large fowl there are some nice Blacks, Whites,Buffs and Partridge out there. You can find some others of quality but they are scarce. More committed breeders needed to maintain quality and diversity.

I'm not sure how old this Cochin pullet is but I think she just started laying. This picture was taken a while back ago. I was wondering if she was good quality or not? I got her from a chicken swap. Her feet are muddy because she free ranges. 

Thanks!!

For a swap bird, I think she looks very nice.  It's always hard to tell from just one picture and one angle, but she looks above average to me.
 

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Originally Posted by Lady Chickadee 

I'm not sure how old this Cochin pullet is but I think she just started laying. This picture was taken a while back ago. I was wondering if she was good quality or not? I got her from a chicken swap. Her feet are muddy because she free ranges. 

Thanks!!

I've added lots of new things to the Cochins International website if you haven't checked in recently.  There is a new Youth page, lots more show results & photos, and there are now slide show photo galleries on each of the breed standard pages!  I think it always helps to have pictures in front of you as you read the text of the breed standard.

The Show Calendar stays current with Club meets near you, and the News page stays current with Club news.

If you haven't joined Cochins International already, it's a great way to support your favorite breed, get Newsletters, the official Club Breeders Directory, and your show wins can accumulate Breeder Points for you!

And if you're already a member, did you remember to renew your dues at the first of the year?

www.cochinsint.com

~Gail

I am a MOMMA!!!!!!! I got my babies today!! (the link to their pictures is in my signature)

They're all cochins and I think they're all bantams. I don't know their colors (don't spoil the surprise please!)