Brahma/Cochin?

[mbach]

Last Tuesday I got my first chicks from Meyer Hatchery. I ordered 2 Golden Laced Wyandottes, 2 Blue Cochins, and 2 Light Brahmas. I'm having trouble telling which is the second Blue Cochin. I have a yellow chick I thought was the Brahma and assumed the 1 of the darker chicks was a Blue Cochin and the other one the Brahma. But now they look identical. Now I'm confused! Do I just have to wait longer to see?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

You should be able to tell by the comb type, look for the ridges of the single comb to find your cochins.

 

[Sneebsey]

In the last picture, your two Light Brahma are towards the far right of frame. The blue cochin is in front, then your two Wyandottes. At far left is a splash bird, which I assume is your cochin.

Blue is incomplete dominant, so one copy of the gene results in a blue bird, two results in splash. From every Blue x Blue breeding, around half of the offspring will be blue, with the others being black or splash.

As @oldhenlikesdogs says, look at their combs; Brahma will have pea combs, Wyandottes rose and the two cochins single combs.

 

[Alexandra33]

In the last picture, your two Light Brahma are towards the far right of frame. The blue cochin is in front, then your two Wyandottes. At far left is a splash bird, which I assume is your cochin.

Blue is incomplete dominant, so one copy of the gene results in a blue bird, two results in splash. From every Blue x Blue breeding, around half of the offspring will be blue, with the others being black or splash.

As @oldhenlikesdogs says, look at their combs; Brahma will have pea combs, Wyandottes rose and the two cochins single combs.

X2, your second Cochin appears to be Splash. Since gene doesn't breed true, Meyer will occasionally throw black and splash birds into your order, in addition to blue.

~Alex

 

[drumstick diva]

x3

 

[mbach]

Thank you all! I totally forgot that splash was a possibility. I was getting suspicious of the yellow chick when she started became more silver/whilte then black/white. Now it makes sense! Even more anxious to see what these little cuties are gonna look like!