Anyone have mottled cochin bantams? **updated spelling*

[RollinWithTheStones]

I'm looking at some on CL and they say they are just over a month and a half old. How soon will I be able to tell if they are male and female? Any tall tale signs?

I already have one roo that I'm not supposed to have.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I'm guessing that was supposed to be mottled cochin bantams? You will probably be able to tell by now if they are a month and a half along. Look at their combs, boys will be bigger and redder. Good luck!

Edited to add: check out the cochin thread in the breeds, genetics and showing section. There are lots of pictures of bantam cochins at various ages

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

Thanks, yeah I spelled that wrong. I'm hopefully buying all six chicks and I figured I can just rehome the roos, however didn't want to buy if they are all roos since I'm not supposed to have any in city limits.

 

[MuckyPuppy]

Well thank goodness, I was sitting here racking my brains (non functioning today) about what in the world a Bottled Chocin Bantam was. My mind immediately lept to chick in a bottle.

I have three bantam Pekins (close or the same as a bantam Cochin depending on who you ask). Mine are Creole and just over 5 weeks. I know one of them is definately a girl because her comb is small and very pale and one is definately a boy because it is larger and getting red. I have one I'm unsure about because it had an injury to the comb/top of the head area and we sprayed it with purple chick antiseptic a while ago and the entire area is still bright purple.

 

[MuckyPuppy]

BTW, Mine are lovely. All of them are very sweet and good natured. They settle their positions in the group by chest bumping - even the girl/s?. Puffy, fluffy and feather footed little sweethearts.

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

Good to know, it's hard to tell based on the pic they posted on CL and when I asked seller said they weren't 100% sure which where which.

 

[HHandbasket]

I had one. His name was Roy. He ended up being Roy The Rapist. He hurt several of my young pullets very badly and even a couple of young cockerels--3 were so badly injured, they had to be put down. Roy had to go. He went to a home where he is way low on the pecking order of a whoooooole bunch of really, really big roosters, everything from a big EE to a Jersey giant and whatever else you can think of... big boys, with big crows and BIG spurs. I hear Roy is settling down some, though he did rough up the bantam light brahma roo for a while until the Big Boys got hold of him.

 

[MuckyPuppy]

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Oh wow, I'm glad that I have the ones I do then!