- Apr 13, 2011
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Ok so I had a nice little set of 4 little hens and one roo. I hatched some eggs this May and we can rule out the full size cochin because none of her eggs hatched so that leaves my bantam cochin, my porcelain d'uccle, and my little black game hen. Our Roo was a game too. So we have been trying to figure out which babies are who's biologically and it's tough. All 3 banty's eggs were about the same in looks. So I have one that I know is my banty cochins because she is super soft and fluffy and has the feathered feet. Next I think is full game, she's identical to her mother. Now this is where we start to get confused. There is one that has no feathers on it's feet and small like the game but is speckled on her body w/ black wings. The only speckled one I have is my cochin. It's not fluffy and soft like the other one. I'm thinking 2 solid black game couldn't produce a funky looking little thing. I'm not really sure what I'm asking here! LOL! So could my cochin and game mix and the result be one that looks physically like a game but speckled? None of them have the crazy funky feathering of my d'uccle and they are all black except the speckled one and one other has just a couple white feathers on the edge of it's wings. I will probably never figure it out but thought some here might have some insight???