Bantam Cochin thread

[Egg Snatcher]

Oooh, I love bantam Cochins!! One of my top three breeds for sure! I am working on building up a good group of silkie-feathered Cochin bantams for breeding, and I have some smooth-feathered Mottleds from Meyer Hatchery that I got on a whim a few years back. Love my little round sassy fluffball chickens

Unfortunately, I seem to be having some technical difficulties uploading pictures of my silkied Reds... Here is my growout trio of silkied Black Cochin bantams, though, and the surprise recessive white that popped up in the same hatch. My handsome man Gus and his girls, Myrtle, Zinnia, and the recessive white girl, Dandelion:

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How do you make them silkied?

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Cochin experts, my pure bred black Cochin has black feet, is he good quality or not?

 

[chickengr]

Cochin experts, my pure bred black Cochin has black feet, is he good quality or not?

I am not an expert but in some other breeds black chickens are allowed to have black feet.

 

[Painted Calls]

Cochin experts, my pure bred black Cochin has black feet, is he good quality or not?

No. Cochins must have yellow skin.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

No. Cochins must have yellow skin.

IL try to get a pic of him later to day.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I found some pics if you need different ones I can get some new ones

 

[Painted Calls]

I found some pics if you need different ones I can get some new ones
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I would consider him hatchery quality.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I would consider him hatchery quality.

Ok, if I bred him to a Cochin that had yellow feet would his babies have yellow feet?

 

[Painted Calls]

Ok, if I bred him to a Cochin that had yellow feet would his babies have yellow feet?

That would be a question for @The Moonshiner .

 

[Egg Snatcher]

That would be a question for @The Moonshiner .

Ok, thanks.