Bantam Cochin thread.

[brandoncakes]

Here are some photos of our new chicks we got 3 weeks ago from Ideal Poultry. The top photo is their 2 day old photo, and the bottom is them at 3 weeks:

GOLD LACED:


BUFF:


RED:


MOTTLED:



BIRCHEN:


To answer someone's question earlier about banding the chickens, I use craft chain. You can see them in some of the photos above. If they get bigger, you just add links. Plus they're cute and colorful, and you can use it to help tell them apart. They didn't like it much the first few minutes after putting it on, and tried to pull them off immediately. I bought charm bracelet chain, but you can use whatever. I think leg bands look ugly, plus I spoil my girls and it looks like they're wearing jewelry. I'm hoping a bunch of these chicks turn out to be female, luckily it looks like all my Gold Laced are. When they get older they get these tiny japanese colored bells attached to the chains. They sound like cats, but at least when I go out in the yard I can hear where they may be.

Brandon

 

[fishsticks]

Handsome Dan. Can anyone tell me what type of cochin bantam he is?

 

[fishsticks]

Another Dan pic

 

[ahmedamir]

These are of the small flock I got. They are completely adorable. Don't have more pics. This is the only good one I got so far. I got another pullet, but she's younger than these, so, I separated her for a bit to save her from wild pecking. Though, she's now moved in the main coop with these below and working fine regaining her strength/ feathers, which she lost in pecking.

 

[WillowChick]

We have a black cochin bantam named Phantom. She is currently top of the pecking order, even though the others are 4 times her size. Attitude is everything. She's our favourite.





First baby pics (she's the black one)


Adolescent pic


Teenager pic


And she lays sweet perfect eggs!

Willow

 

[ivyrash]

I have five young frizzled bantam cochins that I want to introduce to my older bantam cochin pen. The chicks are three weeks old, the older ones are between five and six weeks old. I find the bantam cochins to be very sweet but don't want to mess up and have them peck the chicks to death either. My plan is to put the chicks into a pen inside the coop and let them get used to each other for a few days and then try to put them together and see what happens.

My question is, is it easier to introduce new birds into the flock with the cochins or am I being nieve in my thinking since they seem so sweet? Open to any advice as this is a new breed to me.

 

[Shawneegyrl]

I have five young frizzled bantam cochins that I want to introduce to my older bantam cochin pen. The chicks are three weeks old, the older ones are between five and six weeks old. I find the bantam cochins to be very sweet but don't want to mess up and have them peck the chicks to death either. My plan is to put the chicks into a pen inside the coop and let them get used to each other for a few days and then try to put them together and see what happens.

My question is, is it easier to introduce new birds into the flock with the cochins or am I being nieve in my thinking since they seem so sweet? Open to any advice as this is a new breed to me.

I have had luck by slipping a new chick in at night when the others are asleep. Seems that when they wake up in the morning everyone thinks it's all the same family they went to bed with. I still watch them to make sure everyone is OK. so far, so good.

 

[Shawneegyrl]

What color or pattern would this be called??

 

[ivyrash]

I stuck them in a couple days ago while letting the adults free range for the day so the chicks could check everything out without being harassed. Things seem ok so far. I also added on nest boxes that same day so that made some more distractions for everybody.

 

[av8torcrj]

Any ideas on what color pattern this munchkin will grow up to be? He was a straight run from ideal.