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  1. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Quote: I'll do my usual preface that I don't know squat about chickens but am a licensed goat judge and I see the same thing in goats. It's VERY hard to properly evaluate an animal by photo alone. A good photo can make a mediocre animal look good and a bad photo can make the national...
  2. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Quote: If you're cleaning pens, feel free to head this way! My drive is 300' of solid ice. (North Central Ohio.) On the good news, though, I went out to take care of the chickens this morning (2 LF Gold-Lace Cochin pullets, 1 LF Blue Cochin pullet, 1 LF Gold-Lace Wyandotte pullet and a LF...
  3. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Quote: Something is worth what someone else is willing to pay!
  4. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    I "green" when it comes to chickens so while you may be able to exhibit non-accepted varieties at sanctioned shows, at least in goats, 4-H shows often do not follow the same rules. In other words, since the show is sanctioned by any governing body, they can do whatever they want so if your...
  5. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Is there something that I can use to easily identify LF Cochins? I'm interested in something that is visible enough that I can tell which is which by just looking in the pen and not having to handle the birds and preferably something I don't have to keep changing out. Right now, I have a...
  6. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    I think the important thing is to be respectful of everyone's choice. My breed of dairy goats was often ridiculed when I got them 20 years ago as they were frail and not competitive. (They've come a long way through the dedication of breeders and now are nearly as competitive as the other...
  7. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Quote: Nothing wrong with a color-coordinated farm! For nearly 20 years, I've bred Oberhasli dairy goats with are a deep red bay with back trim. For awhile I had Cinnamon rabbits which are, red with black trim. And I now have Gold-Lace Cochins which are, drum-roll please, red bay with black...
  8. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Quote: I'm not PLANNING on showing. If I don't have anything else planned, I may hit a few shows to observe but no definite plans at this time. Don't have any pictures as of yet. They're a "work in progress" and won't be sitting on champions row anytime soon. I like challenges. My breed of...
  9. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Quote: Thanks, Tom. Guess I would think that would be information that the organizations would want easily accessible. If you can't find out what "good" ones are to be, how do breed for "good"? I've been spoiled by dairy goats where not only is each breeds' standard readily available, we...
  10. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Quote: As a "newbie" to chickens, I appreciate the consistency. I will say that finding information on standards and color expectations is frustrating, at best. I don't anticipate getting into showing chickens nor do I desire to have a bunch of different breeds or varieties. Coming from a...
  11. oberhasli01

    Cochin Thread!!!

    I am a newbie to the Cochin world so while not adding a second variety, I did get a trio of LF gold lace from Tom Roebuck when he came to Columbus for the Ohio National and will be working with those. I've had some "farm store" chickens in the past (mostly silver lace Wyandotte and buff...
  12. oberhasli01

    Ohio National....Who's all going?

    Quote: By law, it is posted at each entrance with a toll-free number to call should you see violators. It is also posted throughout the Voinovich Center. And while shavings aren't nearly as flamable as the hay and straw that would be used for other livestock events, common sense, which isn't...
  13. oberhasli01

    Ohio National....Who's all going?

    Quote: I wasn't there on Saturday so can't speak to whether anyone was smoking then, but I'm very sensitive to cigarette smoke and I assure you there were lit cigarettes inside the building on Friday afternoon. I saw a few with unlit cigars as well but there were at least 2-3 different...
  14. oberhasli01

    Anyone Have Any Cheap Red-Neck Plucker Ideas ?

    Quote: How are the straps held into the PVC cap?
  15. oberhasli01

    Ohio National....Who's all going?

    Quote: I noticed walking through on Friday afternoon, a few people smoking. Ohio has strict laws against smoking inside public buildings or within so many feet of an entrance, and wa surprised that it was being done so blatantly. While new to chickens, I'm a licensed dairy goat judge and our...
  16. oberhasli01

    Ohio National....Who's all going?

    I went down this afternoon to pickup a couple of birds I had pre-arranged to purchase. This is my first time attending but the sale area was HUGE. A few had "wall space' where it looks like they may have just provided their own pens and stacked them what seemed to the rafters. I left around 5...
  17. oberhasli01

    Ohio National....Who's all going?

    Not that I consider it "real" food, there is a McDonald's just outside the NE corner of the fairgrounds that would be far cheaper than eating anything bought on the fairgrounds. Remeber if you drive off the grounds you repay parking if you didn't buy an event parking pass. You can drive over...
  18. oberhasli01

    Small batch/weekly incubation

    Quote: I figured out the rooster part! <G> I raise dairy goats and I have an Alpaca breeder that buys colostrum to feed newborns and she had no idea the does had to give birth to come into milk (and the reason she's buying is because her animals gave birth!) and didn't know the males didn't...
  19. oberhasli01

    Small batch/weekly incubation

    My concept is to have a few (2-3) hens and to incubate their eggs. I understand eggs will keep for about a week before needing incubated. So if I'm wanting to hatch out most of the eggs these hens lay, I'm looking at maybe 10-15 eggs per week. Most of the things I've read on incubating is all...
  20. oberhasli01

    Ohio National....Who's all going?

    Quote: If dancing is required to be a tour guide, I'll concede tour guide status to Catwalk! I've lived in the general area most of my life and while Columbus has a reputation of "cowtown", I find it to have pretty much as much culture as one could want or need. We've got some great...
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