Silkied Cochin Bantams
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Nickname(s): Bucky, Bucky-boy, Buck-o
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Cock-A-doodle-oo - higher-pitched and sort of fast-paced, just like his father's crow
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Calla
Name: Calla
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Clover
Name: Clover
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Holly
Name: Holly
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Lavender
Name: Lavender
Nickname(s): Lav
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small and pale tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Thistle
Name: Thistle
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with faint white speckles
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Pen 2: The Red coop / The Corner Coop
Black male over Blue females
Duckling
Name: Duckling
Nickname(s): Duck
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale tan with white speckles
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Gus x Ottilie or Inara)
Hatch Year: 2023
Gus III
Name: Gus III
Nickname(s): Gus
Sex: Male
Variety: Black
Crow: Cock-A-Doodle - higher-pitched, last syllable drawn out a bit and sometimes with a trill in the middle
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Priscilla
Name: Priscilla
Nickname(s): Prissy, Priss
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale tan, almost looks tinted white
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Gus x Ottilie or Inara)
Hatch Year: 2023
Pen 3: The Blue Coop
Blue male over Blue, Black, and Splash females
Georgia
Name: Georgia
Nickname(s): Georgie
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with heavy white speckling
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Inara
Name: Inara
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with super-fine white speckles
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Maisie
Name: Maisie
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Margot
Name: Margot
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Morena
Name: Morena
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Wyatt
Name: Wyatt
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Cock-A-doodle-oo - higher-pitched, sort of fast-paced
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Nickname(s): Zo
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Not Penned Yet
Grow-out pullets that are not yet separated into pens for breeding.
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Note: She is the daughter of the late and great Judy Booty
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Note: She was broody-hatched and raised by Delphine
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Red coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Extra Males
Backups just in case I lose a breeder male. I have a soft spot for my boys, so often there are more than just a few extras here.
Sterling
Name: Sterling
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Work in progress!
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Note: This picture was taken in the springtime after he'd decided to have a brawl with one of his bachelor flockmates, so don't mind the rather disheveled appearance he has here.
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Work in progress!
Origin: Red coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Retired Breeders and Pet Flock Culls
These birds didn't make the cut for the breeding pens, but were kept because I liked them individually or they hold sentimental value to me.
Augusta
Name: Augusta
Nickname(s): Gusta
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Birch
Name: Birch
Nickname(s): Birchy
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Cock-a-DEE-DO-oo - higher-pitched, somewhat choked at the end
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Note: He developed color leakage, so he is no longer a back-up breeder. I'm hoping to hatch some pretty mixed breed chicks from him, though!
Hector
Name: Hector
Nickname(s): Hec', What-The-Hector
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Work in progress
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Ivy
Name: Ivy
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Red coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Nickname(s): Ky'
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Red coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Opal
Name: Opal
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Pale pinkish-tan with brown and sometimes white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Ottilie
Name: Ottilie
Nickname(s): Otter, Ottie
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan, usually slightly narrow and with fine white speckling
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Pete
Name: Pete
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Black
Crow: Cock-A-DOO-doo - higher-pitched
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 26, 2021
Note: Pete was my breeding male for the corner coop pen in 2023.
Roly
Name: Roland
Nickname(s): Roly, Roly-Poly, Roland Poland
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Just getting started with this after being very delayed at it. He's... not great at it.
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Note: Roly has wonky legs and doesn't walk well, lending him his name.
Trixie
Name: Trixie
Nickname(s): Trix
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: none yet
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Pete x Harley)
Hatch Date: April 17, 2022
Red
I am no longer breeding Reds, but this is the remainder of them, miss Rowena, who now resides in my mixed pet flock.
Rowena
Name: Rowena
Nickname(s): Row, Sassy Pants
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Small and tan
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Roscoe x Donna)
Hatch Date: January 5, 2017
Silkied Cochin Bantams
This page specifically has my beloved silkied Cochin bantams on it, starting with my breeding groups and ending with retired breeders, culls that I kept in my mixed layer flock, and any oddballs that I've hatched and kept in the mixed flock as well.
Blue, Black, Splash
My goal is to breed these birds toward the standard for smooth bantam Cochins, along with attempting to select for lighter Blues as silkied feathering tends to make Blue look quite dark, sometimes indistinguishable from Black at first glance. I am hoping to see improvement as I select for the very best in my breeding flocks.
A history of my breeding flocks year by year is located on this page.
Pen 1: The Green coop / 'Flower Girls'
Splash male over Black hens
Buck
Name: BuckThis page specifically has my beloved silkied Cochin bantams on it, starting with my breeding groups and ending with retired breeders, culls that I kept in my mixed layer flock, and any oddballs that I've hatched and kept in the mixed flock as well.
Blue, Black, Splash
My goal is to breed these birds toward the standard for smooth bantam Cochins, along with attempting to select for lighter Blues as silkied feathering tends to make Blue look quite dark, sometimes indistinguishable from Black at first glance. I am hoping to see improvement as I select for the very best in my breeding flocks.
A history of my breeding flocks year by year is located on this page.
Pen 1: The Green coop / 'Flower Girls'
Splash male over Black hens
Buck
Nickname(s): Bucky, Bucky-boy, Buck-o
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Cock-A-doodle-oo - higher-pitched and sort of fast-paced, just like his father's crow
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Calla
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Clover
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Holly
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Lavender
Nickname(s): Lav
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small and pale tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Thistle
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with faint white speckles
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Pen 2: The Red coop / The Corner Coop
Black male over Blue females
Duckling
Nickname(s): Duck
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale tan with white speckles
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Gus x Ottilie or Inara)
Hatch Year: 2023
Gus III
Nickname(s): Gus
Sex: Male
Variety: Black
Crow: Cock-A-Doodle - higher-pitched, last syllable drawn out a bit and sometimes with a trill in the middle
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Priscilla
Nickname(s): Prissy, Priss
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale tan, almost looks tinted white
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Gus x Ottilie or Inara)
Hatch Year: 2023
Pen 3: The Blue Coop
Blue male over Blue, Black, and Splash females
Georgia
Nickname(s): Georgie
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with heavy white speckling
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Inara
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with super-fine white speckles
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Maisie
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Margot
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Morena
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Wyatt
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Cock-A-doodle-oo - higher-pitched, sort of fast-paced
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Zoe
Name: Zoe
Nickname(s): Zo
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Not Penned Yet
Grow-out pullets that are not yet separated into pens for breeding.
Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Note: She is the daughter of the late and great Judy Booty
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Note: She was broody-hatched and raised by Delphine
Unnamed
Name: Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Work in progress!
Origin: Red coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Extra Males
Backups just in case I lose a breeder male. I have a soft spot for my boys, so often there are more than just a few extras here.
Sterling
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Work in progress!
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Work in progress!
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Note: This picture was taken in the springtime after he'd decided to have a brawl with one of his bachelor flockmates, so don't mind the rather disheveled appearance he has here.
Unnamed
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Work in progress!
Origin: Red coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Retired Breeders and Pet Flock Culls
These birds didn't make the cut for the breeding pens, but were kept because I liked them individually or they hold sentimental value to me.
Augusta
Nickname(s): Gusta
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Birch
Nickname(s): Birchy
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Cock-a-DEE-DO-oo - higher-pitched, somewhat choked at the end
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Note: He developed color leakage, so he is no longer a back-up breeder. I'm hoping to hatch some pretty mixed breed chicks from him, though!
Hector
Nickname(s): Hec', What-The-Hector
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Work in progress
Origin: Blue coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Ivy
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Red coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Kya
Name: Kya (pronounced kai-yah)
Nickname(s): Ky'
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Red coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Opal
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Pale pinkish-tan with brown and sometimes white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Ottilie
Nickname(s): Otter, Ottie
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan, usually slightly narrow and with fine white speckling
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Pete
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Black
Crow: Cock-A-DOO-doo - higher-pitched
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 26, 2021
Note: Pete was my breeding male for the corner coop pen in 2023.
Roly
Nickname(s): Roly, Roly-Poly, Roland Poland
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Just getting started with this after being very delayed at it. He's... not great at it.
Origin: Green coop 2024 hatch
Hatch Year: 2024
Note: Roly has wonky legs and doesn't walk well, lending him his name.
Trixie
Nickname(s): Trix
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: none yet
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Pete x Harley)
Hatch Date: April 17, 2022
Red
I am no longer breeding Reds, but this is the remainder of them, miss Rowena, who now resides in my mixed pet flock.
Rowena
Name: Rowena
Nickname(s): Row, Sassy Pants
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Small and tan
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Roscoe x Donna)
Hatch Date: January 5, 2017
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