Birchen cochin

[av8torcrj]

I have some 3 week old cochin chicks several of which I thought were simply black Cochins but I've noticed some brown barring on the black wing feathers of a few. Has anyone had birchen chicks and is this how they initially present ? Thanks.

 

[Tuhmu]

Have any pictures to share?

 

[av8torcrj]

I've put everybody to bed but this pic from a day or so ago catches the brown barring I'm talking about on the chick in the foreground. Not a good pic.

 

[Tuhmu]

From this angle it kind of looks like a partridge Cochin. But it's hard to tell. Brown in a birchin isn't normal as far as I know but......

 

[av8torcrj]

This is the one I was considering partridge. The black chick is nothing like this.

 

[Tuhmu]

I give up lol. I'm not sure what color she is.

 

[donrae]

My birchens have just looked black as chicks until they feather out all the way, then the get the silver birchen color. I can't see the color well from the pic, but I'm also thinking partridge, that's the only color I know right off that goes through a barred juvenile plumage. Birchen doesn't.

 

[av8torcrj]

Thanks. Ill post a better pic tomorrow. Any thoughts on the brown chick in post #5 as far as her type? Again, I was assuming partridge but this is my first time with Cochins.

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

Partridge w/o a doubt. That's what our handsome roo looked like as a baby,

Big bootiful boy! Haha
We had a Black one that got silver lacing. Was really slow feather-er, think it was a male. Never seen black go to barred like a partridge though.

 

[av8torcrj]

Ok, here are some better pics of the chick in question.