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  1. cochinman2005

    Self-Blue Cochin Bantams

    looking good. What color are his legs/feet? If not yellow, not to worry, going back to the Blacks will infuse the yellow pigment.
  2. cochinman2005

    Self-Blue Cochin Bantams

    Craig, I just shipped a pair of SB's and a pair of Blacks to a fellow in GA and he's going to work on them. Likewise, I am sending at least a couple males to Doddie Truedson in a couple weeks so we'll have some on the West Coast. Linda Blackman has expressed interest and I plan to get some to...
  3. cochinman2005

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Gail, I've found it depends on the variety. Typically my Blacks and Whites look like little miniature versions of their future selves once they feather out with their first set of feathers. So do the Barreds. Buff are completely different. Very leggy as immature birds and fill in later...
  4. cochinman2005

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Gail, Green band ckl, and white band pullet. Those will be your two best marked birds. I realize they are 3/4 GL, but you are seeing complete lacing on both so those would be the two I'd definitely keep. You may want to let some of the pullets grow out a while to evaluate type. Tom
  5. cochinman2005

    Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

    Christie, I read back through a couple of your posts to where you stated what you had on hand and that you had separated ckls and pullets. My recommendation as far as breeding matchups. I'd try the following breedings. Blue A ckl x Black Am pullets Splash A ckl x Black Am pullets Black Am...
  6. cochinman2005

    Cornish Thread

    thanks Walt. Fun birds to work with. Tom
  7. cochinman2005

    Cornish Thread

    I thought I'd post a couple photos of this year's birds. The Dark ckl and I had just jogged around the yard for a couple minutes. Actually he had jumped off the bale of straw and I was trying to catch him. Deceptively quick, at least short term. They wear out fast though! He was too tired...
  8. cochinman2005

    Self-Blue Cochin Bantams

    I thought I'd provide an update. This is the oldest cockerel from this year's hatch. f5 cockerel - 5 1/2 months old.
  9. cochinman2005

    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    Based upon feathering, looks like 2 cockerels and 2 pullets, (one blue cockerel, one splash cockerel). RE: Vulture hocks. At 3 weeks I'd say it's too early to tell. The hocks are one of the first places that Cochins start to feather out. I'd be more concerned at this point about what...
  10. cochinman2005

    Blue Andalusian thread!

    2012 Cockerels - 4 months old The other birds in the photos are Buff Orpingtons, Black Wyandottes, Black Cochins and Buff Cochins.
  11. cochinman2005

    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    The blue birds in those photos are pullets, although the one in the back that you are asking about isn't a Cochin. It doesn't have any feathers on its legs.
  12. cochinman2005

    Blue Andalusian thread!

    Hopefully, you have a good hatch Christie! As an FYI for those reading this thread, we had to do a little extra work to ship to Christie, given that she is in Hawaii. We had to send in a permit request to the Hawaii Dept of Ag. They mailed me the permit, which needed to be affixed to the...
  13. cochinman2005

    Self-Blue Cochin Bantams

    I start the process right out of the incubator. Assuming a successful hatch, I am to the point where I'd cull a chick for incorrect foot/leg color. You also have to know your breed/variety and be familiar with correct chick down color, faults that can be determined at an early age etc. Since...
  14. cochinman2005

    Self-Blue Cochin Bantams

    Culling - personal preference really and depends on what your goals are. I can only speak for myself and tell you what I do and why. Regarding the Self-Blues (note: I don't raise any "L" colored Cochins. The Self-Blue variety is already recognized and IMO throwing the "L" terminology in the...
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    Cochin Thread!!!

    Keep in mind that the process for variety recognition has changed dramatically since then. In 1977 Blue, Birchen, Brown Red, Columbian and Red Batnams were recognized. While I wouldn't bet my paycheck on it, I don't believe there was a qualifying meet with 25 or 50 birds in each variety, with...
  16. cochinman2005

    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    Good feather mass for a chick that age. Pretty consistent with what you'd expect a pullet to look like at that age. I'd like to see lacing, but Blue is a tough color to get the lacing correct with. Some of the varieties are slow feathering and can be very misleading as to their future...
  17. cochinman2005

    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    Blues: If they have red in the hackles like a couple of your cockerels are showing, they aren't Blues. There's something else in there. A couple of the pullets appear to have decent lacing, but they all seem to lack feather mass which should be evident even on chicks that age. The Dark feet...
  18. cochinman2005

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Only way to get the foot feathers to grow out properly is wait until they molt. Not uncommon for them to shed the feathers along their breastbone during brooding. I don't think they can figure out to pull feathers because they are hot, but it's possible she may have been broody or if she's in...
  19. cochinman2005

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Mainly because I keep my females in group pens. Some of them 10 - 12 females per pen. If I individually penned the females, I'd need a bunch more wire bottomed pens. During breeding season I have 24 2'x2' solid bottomed pens that I use to individually pen the bantam females so that I can stud...
  20. cochinman2005

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Gail, I can't remember where I got the last roll I ordered, but I did have to have it shipped. I believe it was from Texas. Normally you have to call them to get a price quote because prices change frequently I guess. Here's a couple links to two different companies. I may have gotten wire...
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