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I don't think Cochins get fat and lazy. I think they are, by nature, a mellow breed (aka lazy).....and that their big old fluffy feathers make them look fat. Case in point, my father was over visiting and when he saw them he said "WOW, those birds are FAT". They really aren't. They are just big...

Quote: I don't like roos that do that either. That is why the worst offender is in solitary confinement right now, and the number 2 offender is going adios after him. My big roo is polite and will ask the girls to squat (LOL). If they don't and try to run, he lets them go....if they do...

Mine did start to lay later than the other. about 7 months old they started. Mine have neat eggs. Darker than my usual RIR eggs, and speckled. Really neat looking. I think this is more individual than the breed itself, but both of my cochins that lay, lay speckled dark eggs. Very pretty.

I have 3 cochins. I had 6 but sold 3 to another member on here when they were a few months old. Mine are very sweet. And relatively friendly. I can pick them up and carry them around with much less fuss than the others. They are pretty low in the pecking order, only above the new additions...