BLUFF COUNTRY
BACK YARD COCHINS
(AND OTHER BEAUTIFUL CHICKENS!)
2009-09-06
In August of 2009, I purchased my first trio of show quality Black, Bantam Cochins.
They were bred by John Bashaw, of LaCrescent, MN.
Mr. Bashaw has been breeding, showing, and judging poultry for over 50...
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Every BLRW that I have posted pictures of was born right here on my farm and belongs to me! I've got quite literally hundreds of photos of them in the presence of my other animals, if you need further proof...
Nancy Krohn
Bluff Country Shetlands (and Backyard Chickens)
Houston, MN...
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It's quite possible that I am wrong ~ I traded Mille Fleur Cochin eggs for BLRW eggs with someone on here, about a year ago. If it wasn't you, I can't remember who it was. I do know that I got some very nice chicks from those eggs...
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Some of my foundation birds come from eggs that I got from Katie. There were also three other breeders that I bought eggs from when I was getting started in BLRW. The eggs I am selling would be the F2 generation from the eggs I started with.
Are you looking to improve the colors of your BLRW? I am thrilled with the quality of BLRW that my flock is producing! Colors range from a gorgeous, deep blue (including the hackle feathers!), to white Splash with brick red lacing. I am using my dark blue rooster ~ who has excellent Wyandotte...
Hi Nancy! We were posting at the same time!! You really should post that pic of Ice doing his turkey impression - I just loved it!! And yes - we definitely need some chicken soap! Can you speckle the soap and make it tri-colored?
;-) You're so cute, Gail...Ice ~ the Turkey!
I really...
I think you have a great prospect in roo #2. Love his color. How's his type?
I tell you what, Lynne ~ that first rooster has thrown some awesome chicks! He consistently produces much better than himself ~ and he's not bad at all! ;-) The only reason I'm letting him go is because I'll be...
I have been so incredibly busy getting my home-based business started up (I've still got a LONG way to go) that I didn't even realize that I haven't received any notifications of activity on this ~ or the Cochin thread ~ for ages! I wonder what's up with that?!
Last night I got my first update...
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Oh geesh...I sent you a PM.
WHY do you have to tempt me like that when you're within driving distance?
I got your private email, 'Annarie' ~ thank you. You definitely need to come visit me! In the meantime, here's a link to an album I put together tonight of my Buff Columbian...
I have one, lovely, Buff Columbian (from Tom Roebuck) hen and several, gorgeous, BC crossed with mille fleur cochin pullets available.
VERY pretty girls but I have too many to over-winter.
I have some breathtaking MFC and Calico roosters & cockerels for sale as well. I kept more than fifty...
I've got seven or eight girls laying and am not letting them keep any more eggs (my coop is FULL of babies!) so am offering MFC and Calico cochin eggs to be shipped this week!
I have both Mille Fleur and Calico (the whiter ones) hens in with my Calico/MF rooster so each dozen will contain a...
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That's one of the things that I love about my BLRW. They are not aggressive at all. I hate putting new birds in with my bantam Mille Fleur and Calico Cochins because they gang up on the newcomers something awful! But my blues don't even seem to notice new additions. They are just...
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That's one of the things that I love about my BLRW. They are not aggressive at all. I hate putting new birds in with my bantam Mille Fleur and Calico Cochins because they gang up on the newcomers something awful! But my blues don't even seem to notice new additions. They are just...
I did sell these eggs privately. I assured the buyer that I will replace any eggs that don't develop.
Thanks for all the comments and questions.
Just for the record, these eggs are not three weeks old. Even if they were ~ I've hatched 3 week old eggs many times. I don't have many hens that...
The reserve is $40.00. I usually charge $60 for BLRW (doz) and $45 for mille fleur or Calcio Cochins (which I have TONS of...
I collected eggs all last week and this past weekend.
I've been getting $30 for a half dozen eggs plus $10 shipping.
I also have two more pullets (both splash) that are at point of lay but haven't started laying yet.