🪶☕ the cochin café: Cochin Lovers’ Thread ☕🐔

[AnneGirlGG]

Got my 1st cochin. A bantam frizzle. She's a star gazer, but adorable and rules the roost already. Giving her vitamins to hopefully fix her star gazing, but if it doesn't work, she's still a happy girl.

I already can see how folks love the breed!

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She's gorgeous! Congratulations!

 

[Beau plus penny]

She's gorgeous! Congratulations!

WELCOME TO THE COCHIN CAFE FEEL FREE TO TAG ME IF YOU WANT TO KNWO MORE ABOUT PEKINS ( BANTAM COCHINS) OR LARGE FOWL COCHINS

also did you know pekins are actually not cochins at all but a seperate breed that was not the product of breeding large fowl cochins to get them small which is how most bantams work.

pekins are a true bantam meaning they only come in bantam form.

 

[Beau plus penny]

Such cuties
I’ll take any name suggestions! This is her second year, so that was her first broody attempt.
Side note, does anyone know if buff Cochins are partridge based?

i would name her dottie or somethign that suites her personality

 

[Beau plus penny]

i made a poster for the chicks we are getting in february. SO HAPPY MURRAY ADDED BARNEVELDERS TO THE CATALOGUE

 

[trilliumlane]

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Welcome to The Cochin Café – Your Ultimate Cochin Thread!


Step right in, chicken lovers! Welcome to The Cochin Café, the fluffiest corner of BYC where we celebrate all things Cochin! Think of this as your cozy café, complete with feathered friends, delicious stories, and a side of chicken chatter.


Today’s Special Menu:

• Fluffy Feet Feature: Share pics of your Cochins’ fabulous feathers
• Care & Feed Combo: Ask questions about keeping your birds happy and healthy
• Cluckin’ Tales: Tell your funniest, sweetest, or most dramatic Cochin stories
• Bantam & Color Sampler: Discuss varieties, colors, and all the fluffiness

Starter Question:
Why did you fall in love with Cochins? Show off their quirks, their fluff, or your proudest bird moments!


Café Rules:

• Be kind and welcoming
• Share generously – pics, tips, stories, anything!
• Have fun and celebrate the fluff!

So grab your coffee (or tea ), pull up a perch, and let’s make The Cochin Café the coziest, fluffiest thread on BYC.


Jump in and cluck away!

I will go first.

I fell in love with cochins because of their fluff, how adorable and soft they are.

here are some of my cochins we have 2 buff cochins currently sophia and big booty bertha and my late splash cochin bunny. my guardian angel

Thank you for starting this thread! Your birds are really beautiful. I ordered five Blue Cochin from Murray McMurray, along with 13 other chicks that were hatched June 9th, and they threw in a surprise/mystery bird that happened to be a beauty of a black Cochin rooster! When it was little, it looked like a little penguin so it was nicknamed ‘Penguin’ for a while. Now everyone just calls him Shadow. He truly is a gentle giant. He’s very sweet. The other girls were 1 white, 2 silver splash and 2 gray. Sadly, about four weeks ago, a took out the white and one silver splash.
I was surprised by the way the different breeds have a tendency of segregating themselves! We have a mixed flock with some New Hampshire‘s, Beilefelder‘s, Ameraucanas, and one sweet Salmon Favorelle. Most of the Cochins hang out longer together in the chicken coop after the door opens in the morning, and then they will often linger in the pen after that door opens, and the others have gone out to free range. After the episode with the Fox, I don’t blame them! They are so calm and gentle and seem like easy pray for predators.

All of our birds have had a lot of handling so they are well tamed. They certainly come when you call them and gather and follow anyone around outdoors.

 

[trilliumlane]

Thank you for starting this thread! Your birds are really beautiful. I ordered five Blue Cochin from Murray McMurray, along with 13 other chicks that were hatched June 9th, and they threw in a surprise/mystery bird that happened to be a beauty of a black Cochin rooster! When it was little, it looked like a little penguin so it was nicknamed ‘Penguin’ for a while. Now everyone just calls him Shadow. He truly is a gentle giant. He’s very sweet. The other girls were 1 white, 2 silver splash and 2 gray. Sadly, about four weeks ago, a took out the white and one silver splash.
I was surprised by the way the different breeds have a tendency of segregating themselves! We have a mixed flock with some New Hampshire‘s, Beilefelder‘s, Ameraucanas, and one sweet Salmon Favorelle. Most of the Cochins hang out longer together in the chicken coop after the door opens in the morning, and then they will often linger in the pen after that door opens, and the others have gone out to free range. After the episode with the Fox, I don’t blame them! They are so calm and gentle and seem like easy pray for predators.

All of our birds have had a lot of handling so they are well tamed. They certainly come when you call them and gather and follow anyone around outdoors.

 

[trilliumlane]

i KNOW a splash cochin when i see one that splash hen is ABSOLUTELY ETHEREAL WITH BEAUTY

what is her name

Wow! What beautiful birds!