Bantam Cochin. Am I chocolate? (*PIC HEAVY*)

[kikster]

When asking questions about another chicken, I've had a few BYCers suggest that my fave little banty cochin (who was in the backgrouond) may be considered "chocolate." I've always wondered because the colors that I usually see mentioned w/Cochins never seem to match our girl. So can ya'll tell me what color she is?

Here's the pics from that thread, plus a few more. (Sorry they're so big, lol):

 

[Germaine_11.20]

Would that be partridge? IDK?

 

[WestKnollAmy]

No, not partridge.
How old is she?
Sometimes they go through a spell where they look like a color that they aren't. Once the feathers come in totally, you have their true color.
I know there are chocolate colors in chickens but from what I have seen they don't look like this but they also were not on a Cochin.
Good luck and sorry I couldn't help more.

 

[Chris09]

I dont think that is a chocolate.
Do you know what else is in her what she is mixed with? She looks to have black/dark green legs and feet.

Chris

 

[The Chicken People]

IDK but shes mighty purdy!

 

[SunAngel]

I have a standard dark blue hen that recently started getting brown feathers mixed in. I am wondering if she will end up looking similar to yours at some point. She was totally blue, but after her last molt, her feathers have changed. I am guessing she won't go back to being solid blue again, sadly. Guess thats hatchery stock for ya. I will have to get a closer pic of her, but you can sort of see the light brown towards the back of her. The feathers up her back are getting touches of brown as well.

 

[kikster]

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Hmmm, I dunno. She does look a little similar. I used to think that she was either black or blue, simply because I couldn't find a pic of one like her that described her color. She's never perfectly fit in any category to me. Even when I google "chocolate cochin" I don't see any images of brown cochins, except for this one which is a painting. It has some similarity (but it is a painting..)

I'm stumped.

@Chris09, I don't know what else she's mixed w/? I was just told she was a Bantam Cochin

@Nadine,

, I have no idea of her age? When I got her I was just told she (and the others I got) were all 1-3yrs (never knew who was closer to 1 and who was closer to 3, lol) She lays pretty frequently, though, so I don't imagine she's too old, maybe 1 1/2 - 2 yrs or so...

 

[Goose and Fig]

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My blue birds get that way from the sun. When you add the "brassy" to the blue they kinda look brown. Maybe that's what it is.

As for the OPs- wow- she's neat!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

She may be chocolate, or she may have sunburned feathers (which turns them brown). Blues, blacks and even greys get sun-"browned" feathers if they get much UV exposure.

From feathersite choc-based chocolate and chocolate partridge:

dun-based fawn silver duckwing:

and dun-based chocolate (from the Polish Breeders Club website, http://www.polishbreedersclub.com/wcchocolatepolish.htm):

more dun-based chocolates, from the OEGBCA website, http://www.bantychicken.com/cgi-bin...penalbum&album=2&albumname=Unrecog.+Varieties :

and listed as chocolate, but looks more like khaki (double dose of dun):

 

[SunAngel]

From the sun, wow I had no clue! Thanks for letting me know. That is probably what it is, as she loves to spend time dust bathing and roaming around in the sun.