***Bantam Cochin Show and Tell***

[CrazyCochin]

Now i know my next breed
Are they good layers or more broody?

Mine has hardly started laying, one of the pullets dropped an egg or two not too long ago, but none in the nestboxes

 

[CrazyCochin]

Here are the three of them perched on the duck pool while free-roaming:

 

[CrazyCochin]

I plan to breed my D'Anver with Hylia: The cross will be called Belgian
Cochins!

 

[CrazyCochin]

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Is the cochin in pic 1 the same chick in pic 4?
What did you breed to get that?

 

[RLockhart68]

Now i know my next breed
Are they good layers or more broody?

My red cochin and gold laced cochin (Foxy Lady) bantams have given me an egg a day since they started. I'm thinking about hatching a couple of their eggs the spring to see what I get from them and Peter Pan, my silver laced cochin bantam roo.

 

[CrazyCochin]

I am going to bring Red in today to help clean up my pumpkin scraps!
Here is a selfie of Red:

 

[CrazyCochin]

My red cochin and gold laced cochin (Foxy Lady) bantams have given me an egg a day since they started. I'm thinking about hatching a couple of their eggs the spring to see what I get from them and Peter Pan, my silver laced cochin bantam roo.View attachment 2395703View attachment 2395705View attachment 2395709

I have GLW hen, And I love the color!
Such beautiful Cochins! Are they the only hens?
Do you use an incubator?

 

[CrazyCochin]

My red cochin and gold laced cochin (Foxy Lady) bantams have given me an egg a day since they started. I'm thinking about hatching a couple of their eggs the spring to see what I get from them and Peter Pan, my silver laced cochin bantam roo.View attachment 2395703View attachment 2395705View attachment 2395709

Peter Pan is such a handsome boy!
Would love to see babies from him and the GL!

 

[CrazyCochin]

Peter Pan is such a handsome boy!
Would love to see babies from him and the GL!

His feathers look so "silkie"!

 

[RLockhart68]

Peter Pan is such a handsome boy!
Would love to see babies from him and the GL!

Me too