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So I was bathing my cochin for a show.... and under her leg between her leg and body on both sides are what looks like matted feathers? is this normal? wash and clean them and go on? or do I need to worry its something else? I checked for mites, etc.... nothing like that. Its a black cochin...

My poor cochins have foot feathers that are a MESS. I talked to 3 breeders at the show today ALL of which told me perfectly opposite information. One said PINE SHAVINGS ONLY.... one said "on wire all the time, never down on the ground". The 3rd said "SAND ONLY".... yeah. Mine are on wire...

Why oh why are 3 of the hens the kids were gonna show in shelbyville now broody??? :(

Thanks.... How did that mom and dad get those babies??? I'm still stumped.

Here are more pics. This is dad.. My son used him for showmanship in April. He was 5 months... Http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/_kulali_/b041333e.jpg This is mom... Same show. Julia won showmanship with her as well. She hatched last June...

No feathers yet... Still just fluffies.. But oh so cute! What makes self blue? My black roo had blue parents. But no self blue in the mix...

My laptop is in the shop... But here is a link to a pic of my new babies on photobucket. These are from the black hen and black roo.... Blue, right? 4 blue one black? Http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/_kulali_/4ec913d5.jpg Beth

Thanks this helps! My black hen is from show stock black parents. He breeds specifically blacks together. My black roo is from a different breeder. He has black show stock but his projects are blues and splashes. We got the roo and 2 blue pullets from him. So it could be that the black roo has...

What do you mean of the sort hard to tell? Could blacks be yellow with grey backs like the blues would be??

I have a couple of dumb newbie questions... Can a black hen and a black roo throw non-black babies? Or can black babies not be the traditional black/yellow coloring?? I have a black hen and black roo with 2 blue hens. I just had 5 or 6 babies hatch from the pen. I didn't think the blue hens...

We hatched chicks 2 weeks ago. I picked 2 out of the clutch to keep.... Everyone is great except one of the 2 I'm keeping! Yesterday we noticed her eyes stuck closed. I used a warm compress and they opened and off she ran to eat and drink. Today same. I just used a warm compress to open them...

Well..... Its officially a mutt!! Straight out of a mixed pen! So it will be fun to see how it turns out! :)

I'm sorry!! My phone had the hiccups! I will try to get a new pic of its little face today. No word from breeder....

Here is a better pic of its comb... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/_kulali_/bba24f17.jpg

Here is a better pic of its comb... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/_kulali_/bba24f17.jpg