Cochin breeding, genetics, and showing

[DANNY]

I hope to have some soon. I am breeding him to good black hens to try to improve some more.

Danny, OMG he is "GORGEOUS ~!

I'll take a pair just like him

 

[wwmicasa1]

I hope to have some soon. I am breeding him to good black hens to try to improve some more.

Danny,

That was a serious comment. Please PM me when you have some available.

Lynne

 

[mjgigax]

Here is one of my Chocolate/ Dun Cochin project birds.

Two of the best things in the world together - Chocolate and Cochins!
Seriously, that is a lovely bird.

 

[SierraView]

Here is one of my Chocolate/ Dun Cochin project birds.

WOW

 

[BeckyBird]

Gail, I LOVE the new C.I. site. Great job and I can see how much work went into it, so thank you for all your hard work.

Funny--I recognize several of the cochins on the site are from BYC members! We have some excellent breeders on this site, don't we?

 

[chickenman30]

I would really like to know who has lemon blue cochins and where i could find the color patterns for them because the apa or the aba hasn't recognized them yet.!!!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

I would really like to know who has lemon blue cochins and where i could find the color patterns for them because the apa or the aba hasn't recognized them yet.!!!

Lemon Blue Bantam Cochins are recognized by the ABA. There are pictures on the Cochins International website (Variety page):

www.cochinsint.com

 

[mibirder]

Chickenman

As I work on my Lemon Blue breeding program, I've worked a few things out. First, there are some "pseudo" LB that have been around that are Buff x Blue crosses. Genetically these lack the breast lacing of ER (birchen) based true LB. Additionally the lemon parts are often too orange colored. As LB are often bred from blue/splash x Brown Red (Gold Birchen), using a sex linked gold blue/splash is important to minimize cull Silver Blue chicks. While Silver Blues are attractive, they aren't a standard color, but may be useful if the males carry the gold gene (Silver/gold gene is sex linked so the Silver Blue females can not be carriers of gold.).

I believe the pairing that will produce the most Lemon Blues would be. Splash Lemon Blue x Brown Red which produces (if pure) the most Lemon Blue offspring due to the genetics. The trick is to get/produce the correct genetic breeders.

Dave

 

[SierraView]

I would really like to know who has lemon blue cochins and where i could find the color patterns for them because the apa or the aba hasn't recognized them yet.!!!

I have lemon blues and brown reds.



This is a chick out of the pen with my brown red rooster in my avatar pic. I have a lemon blue hen in with him. The light color splash chicks behind it are from the lemon blue pen. Pic is kinda blurry.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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That is one handsome bird!!