Black Feather Footed Cochin?

[jlynn1515]

I will have to get the app so I can hopefully get notifications easier!

Here are two photos of her comb from different angles.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

That looks like a modified pea comb or something? This is uncharted territory for me... But not a cochin. They should have a big single comb and she doesn't have that.

eta, I think she's a cross.

 

[red horse ranch]

I think she's a mature Cochin hen. If she is a mixed breed she probably has some Australorp in her. The picture is my Cochin Rooster. (didn't really intend for that picture to be in it.)
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[jlynn1515]

I think she's a mature Cochin hen. If she is a mixed breed she probably has some Australorp in her. The picture is my Cochin Rooster. (didn't really intend for that picture to be in it.)

Beautiful!!!!!! I LOVE how they shine green!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Right, notice how far back on the head that comb goes... OP's chicken looks like its not a single comb...

 

[red horse ranch]

Tuffy is a purebred Cochin. His comb is a single comb but not large. I think your hen is a Cochin but with a very small single comb. Or she may be mixed breed.

 

[jlynn1515]

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Tuffy is a purebred Cochin. His comb is a single comb but not large. I think your hen is a Cochin but with a very small single comb. Or she may be mixed breed.

Tuffy is beautiful! At the end of the day, my girls breed doesn’t change what I think about her - I was just very curious! As I said in the original post, she fit in so well with my existing flock and she is just the sweetest!!

Would absolutely love more like her!

 

[ColtHandorf]

The hen in question certainly has some Cochin in her, but I don't think she's pure. Her feet aren't heavily feathered enough, although she's got a great looking head. I can't think of a breed with a body shape that wouldn't alter the Cochin much, but has a different style comb because that doesn't appear to be a single comb. The best I can come up with is that it's possibly crossed to a very well-bred Wyandotte? That would account for the feathering on the legs being lighter than a Cochin should be although it doesn't quite explain the comb. Either way she's a good looking bird.

 

[jlynn1515]

The hen in question certainly has some Cochin in her, but I don't think she's pure. Her feet aren't heavily feathered enough, although she's got a great looking head. I can't think of a breed with a body shape that wouldn't alter the Cochin much, but has a different style comb because that doesn't appear to be a single comb. The best I can come up with is that it's possibly crossed to a very well-bred Wyandotte? That would account for the feathering on the legs being lighter than a Cochin should be although it doesn't quite explain the comb. Either way she's a good looking bird.

Thank you for your input!!!

 

[Gray Farms]

She isn't pure Cochin. Leg color is wrong as well as comb type.