amykbennett
Chirping
- Apr 25, 2021
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Any cochin experts here? We picked up a batch of 15 new babies to add to our flock last month. They're all now 3-4 weeks old or so. We bought a variety and they've all fairly quickly started feathering out, except our little Self-Blue Cochin. At 2 weeks, it finally started developing wing feathers, but still no tail feathers to speak of. It's still sort of a ball of fluff, hanging out with a bunch of gawky teenagers at this point. ;-) We love him or her so much - the sweetest chick we've EVER had hands down. Not inquisitive necessarily, like other cockerels we've had, but just really mellow. Happy to come to the cage to be picked up and will literally sit in our lap for hours contentedly. She or he eats well and has good energy, but generally doesn't get bothered by everyone else running around and spazzing all around him/her. Between that and the lack of feathering, do we have a cockerel on our hands? Please say no! We already have too many roos over here! Or maybe a bantam that accidentally ended up with the standards? She or he isn't miniature compared to the rest, but is markedly smaller than the others...we've only had one other Cochin and she developed at the same speed as everyone else, and she wasn't a self-blue, so haven't dealt with this before...any thoughts on fe
ather development determining pullet vs cockerel in cochin chicks? TIA!