We have 4 Cochin chicks total, all 5 wks old, two mottled and a blue and a lavender. The blue is 100% a roo, biggest comb I’ve ever seen on a 5 wk old, and the lavender I suspect might be a roo too but has a significantly smaller comb than the blue. The 2 mottled (identical to the one in the...
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I'm new to chickens and am confused about the sex of this little one. I got a mottled cochin from a breeder and she swore it was female, it turned out to be male. So she gave me another as a replacement and swore yet again it was a female. From its looks and personality it looks...
So I want to get into breeding and I currently have a black frizzle Cochin cockerel, if I wanted to breed mottled babies would I need to get a white hen or how would that work? Is there another thread on here that goes into further detail on this topic?
Hi! I'm new to backyardchickens.com and also a first time chicken owner. Just looking for input from the experts and confirmation on what I think I already know to be true. My sweet mottled cochin bantam, Millie, is just 5 weeks old--was supposed to be a "she" when I bought her, but check out...
Hi everyone! I bought four bantams. Pretty sure the two d'uccles and the easter egger are pullets. But I'm a little confused about the mottled cochin. It's about 6 weeks old. Any guesses on his/her gender? There has been some comb growth and it looks kinda reddish. It's more red when it's...
I got 5 straight run chicks:
-3 bantam mille fleur d'uccles are a little over 3 weeks old today.
-2 bantam mottled cochins that are 6 weeks old today.
only pictured 2 of my d'uccles out of the 3. one on left in both pics is what 2 look like and one on right seems to have a bigger and thicker...