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    Cross Breeding Cochins and a big surprise!

    One rooster from this mating does have a tiny tuff of white feathers at the base of his tail feathers, I noticed.
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    Cross Breeding Cochins and a big surprise!

    Very interesting1 Thanks
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    Cross Breeding Cochins and a big surprise!

    I sure appreciate your answers to my question. It sure made no sense to me. I am going to have to study up on this some, it sounds very interesting. The little black hen is absolutely gorgeous I have to say, I just love her.Now that I have her I am wondering is this just a fluke on my part or...
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    Cross Breeding Cochins and a big surprise!

    My partridge cochin rooster bred with a white cochin and to my surprise I got a black cochin with the shiny green tints seen in the partridge. How is this possible? I know nothing about chicken genetics.Any ideas?
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    HELP!!!!!!!!!!! ALL of my hens have stopped laying eggs!

    My chickens haven't been laying well for a long time now. I have 13 girls of different breeds and all but the cochins have been fairly good layers especially the easter eggers as some people call them. But even in the summer months some days, no eggs and at the most 4 and now I am down to 1 or 2...
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    Comment by 'SherrKa' in item 'Cochin'

    I have a Partridge rooster and he is as docile and sweet and the hens. I have two Partridge hens and four white cochin hens and while I love their temperament and the look of them, I have only gotten five or six eggs in the last year since they started laying.I wish there was something I could...
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    Do Broody Hens Stop Laying Eggs?

    I too have a broody hen and can't get her off the nest. It has been over a month now and I am worried. She hardly eats or drinks. I have taken her off the nest every day and sometimes twice a day and she just waits til I leave and goes back. I am afraid she is going to starve. If I were to go...
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