...do we know who to keep and who to sell to a young person who is just starting out and wants a pet?
First, you look at the anatomy of your bird.
*Critical anatomical features to avoid:
Five toes or more
Crooked toes (may not seem like much, but it is hereditary unless toe was broken)
Full...
Show Your Feathers! Cochin Co.
These pullets are the same bird, the first pic taken at six months of age, the one below at eight months.
These are a few photos of my breeding and show stock. Eggs are currently available on eggbid. If you would like to reserve a bird/pair/trio, please...
Cochin
Blue Mottled Created by BlueMottie
Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed:
blue mottled cochins, or sometimes known as splash mottled cochins (incorrect termage, by the way) are an unrecognized variety of cochins, but are still bred to meet the standard of the typical...
Cochin
Black Mottled Created by BlueMottie
Breed Information, Comments, and Experience with breed:
I love cochins. Simple as that. Their temperament, their colors, everything. That's my opinion on them. My experience is the past four years working with mottleds in particular, but have had...
Between the option of leghorn and oegb, I would say it is an oegb. As already said, leghorns have white earlobes and this little guy clearly has red earlobes.
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I'm not sure I agree with that. Silver penciled is the same color pattern as dark brahmas. As chicks, the males are quite distinct.
Here is an adult silver penciled male rock:
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Rocks/SilverPencilRockCkl07.JPEG
Here are some dark brahma chicks...
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Look pretty columbian cochin to me. Whichever one isn't a pure columbian was probably outcrossed to another variety, but who knows what color genes they could be hiding. Did you get them from a breeder or just as bantam chicks?