Cochin Thread!!!

[I Love Layers]

Nice! Your boy looks alot like mine. He makes some beautiful babies.

Yours is a bantam correct is he a self blue ?

 

[WVduckchick]

Yours is a bantam correct is he a self blue ?

Yes bantam, BBS blue, not lave der/self-blue. He's a little off, because he throws beards/muffs! But I put him with some of his bearded daughters and have gotten some adorable chicks!

One of his daughters:

and a chick I just hatched last week. How adorable are those cheeks! Lol

 

[I Love Layers]

Yes bantam, BBS blue, not lave der/self-blue. He's a little off, because he throws beards/muffs! But I put him with some of his bearded daughters and have gotten some adorable chicks!

One of his daughters:

and a chick I just hatched last week. How adorable are those cheeks! Lol

aww so cute! I wish i could have fun with mine!

 

[Amy King Hanson]

Remember when I asked how old your cochins started laying? Well, after putting in a light (I'm in western New York) I started getting eggs! She just turned 6 months. It took a couple days but worth it! I'm so excited!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Artificial Lights don't work that quickly, though I could be wrong. The increase in daylight will stimulate hens to start laying this time of year. Congratulations.

 

[I Love Layers]

Remember when I asked how old your cochins started laying? Well, after putting in a light (I'm in western New York) I started getting eggs! She just turned 6 months. It took a couple days but worth it! I'm so excited!

I am sure she started laying because of her age rather then the lighting. My birds typically start around 6 months

 

[Amy King Hanson]

I have three coops. Two in the barn and our Eye Candy coop down by the house. The two in the barn we have been using supplemental light all winter and my hens have been laying pretty consistently. The Eye Candy coop has a mixture of older and younger hens in it and nobody was laying. After I installed the light I started getting 4-5 eggs a day. We use day light bulbs.

 

[Amy King Hanson]

Oooh! By my point was that I was surprised that she started laying. I figured it'd take longer.

 

[I Love Layers]

I have three coops. Two in the barn and our Eye Candy coop down by the house. The two in the barn we have been using supplemental light all winter and my hens have been laying pretty consistently. The Eye Candy coop has a mixture of older and younger hens in it and nobody was laying. After I installed the light I started getting 4-5 eggs a day. We use day light bulbs.

Adding artificial lighting won't make a pullet start to lay. She was most likely just at production point.

 

[I Love Layers]

Blue Pullet my favorite of the 3