Blue Cochin/Salmon Favorelle Cross

[Iain Utah]

My favorite hen hatched a solo baby this summer. I thought it was hers, since it is a matching blue cochin (my roo is also a blue cochin). Much to my surprise, I realize my salmon fav must have snuck an egg into the nest, since as the baby grows up, I can see the pronounced salmon cheeks and more upright body shape. It also appears that the baby is a female.

I may be biased, but I think she is one of the neatest looking chickens I've seen. Anyone ever seen a blue cochin/salmon fav cross before?

Here she is with her momma.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

That is a very neat looking chicken! Your Cochin is pretty too.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

She’s adorable!
Maybe this will be the start of Blue Faverolles

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

She’s adorable!
Maybe this will be the start of Blue Faverolles

You and your affinity for blue birds.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

You and your affinity for blue birds.

 

[Iain Utah]

Thanks! She's my absolute favorite hen, and I adore her little baby. Blue favorelle is a great breeding idea! I'm surprised this has not been done before.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

What a gorgeous cross!!! @Brahma Chicken5000 I love ALL the blue chickens too, lol.

 

[whiskeyridge]

That is a beautiful cross.. I was looking up information because I have a Blue Cochin rooster I am going to put with a black Cochin hen and a Salmon Faverolles hen.. I am so excited to see the babies..

 

[Quirkyfusion]

Thanks! She's my absolute favorite hen, and I adore her little baby. Blue favorelle is a great breeding idea! I'm surprised this has not been done before.

Did you end up breeding blue favorelles? She is soooo darn adorable!

 

[Iain Utah]

My cochin-salmon cross turned out to be a gorgeous rooster, with a super sweet personality. He is hands-down my all-time favorite rooster, and I highly recommend this cross.

But I'm not a breeder, and I have not let my ladies hatch any more babies, so he is my one and only cross.