Bantam Cochin thread.

[dstinett]

My thought is roosters. My bantam Cochin hens have very small combs

 

[jonsccm]

My thought is roosters. My bantam Cochin hens have very small combs

Thank you that's what I was thinking too

 

[Katt66]

So many adorable little fluffballs! All in one place.

I'm new to these lovely little birds. We got lucky with a batch of assorted bantams from TSC a couple of months back. And had a beautiful sweet little silver lace whom my daughter named Pie.
Unfortunately we lost her last weekend when she snuck out of the enclosed run and bedded down in the yard for the night. Before work my husband left his shorthair out and he found poor Pie in the grass. Needless to say, his attempts to "play" with her did not end well...

We then stumbled upon this sweetie at our farmer's market and livestock auction.

Judging by the color of her comb and the state of her horrendously overgrown nails we're guessing she's at least two and probably never touched the ground before.
She is really pretty pudgy under all those feathers and not very active. She'll waddle short distances and then just sort of flattens out in the grass and sits there looking around. I treated her for mites, trimmed her nails, and she is eating and drinking well. I'm hoping she'll come around and enjoy all that wide open space in time. But I'm not sure how much of her inactivity is due to never being free range before and her being quite overweight and how much is just the floppy rag doll cochin temperment. Does anybody have any ideas on getting her motivated?


EDIT:::

So I just weighed our little butterball. She weighs 43 oz. According to the info I've found she should weigh about 26 oz. I think this makes me think that I probably should get her to slim down a little bit for her own good.

 

[coaldigger]

bought this chick as a pullet but im starting to wonder???????
do pullets ever crow? this chick is the first to try....sounds funny, but deff a cock a doodle do.

 

[mindylee]

Its a boy

 

[Katt66]

Yrah. I'm not an expert but that bird has really big red wattles and a really red comb. He's a cute little cockerel.

 

[abkoldewyn]

bought this chick as a pullet but im starting to wonder??????

Definitely a boy. But a very pretty boy!

 

[coaldigger]

here is a pic of the cochin in question that I took this morning....crowing in response to my "crow" or croaking sound....Lol...

 

[Sahwithchicks]

Thought I would share my project silver penciled cochin bantams they are 4 months old, and I have some three week olds as well...

 

[coaldigger]

[/IMG] our one Cochin...., noise maker... Flock Boss!