Buff Barred Cochin Thread

[County Boy]

Very nice!!

 

[Fancy Feathers]

Dynamite is awesome! Love his color and his feathered feet! His hen is lovely too.
You absolutely can use buffs, and your new pair is very nice. The little pullet is very pretty too!
You should get some really interesting colors adding the barred and the red. Looking forward to seeing your future chicks

 

[County Boy]

Okay, I tried. I am not a good photographer even on my best days but I certainly did not do justice to Lynne's beautiful birds when taking these.

I am totally, head over heels, madly in love with this boy whom I have named Dynamite! Look at those fabulous foot feathers! He hates me messing with them but I love them. He is slowly getting used to me.



And the girl with him. She is Dana. Today was their first day out on the ground. I rearranged birds so I could have my barred project all in one 10x10 pen but have them separated off from each other.



And the buff pair I picked up yesterday at the show. I hope they will add to the project. They seem like very nice birds. The gentleman usually shows the buffs and I was fortunate that I had a friend that asked him to bring me a pair to look at to see if I could use them.




And I have a buff pullet growing up from my buff Mottled project. So far no white on her but she is young yet. I may use her to see what I get if she continues to look pure buff. Another bad photo, sorry. I will get more as I am able to move better without this back brace on.




And here is a barred pair I traded for yesterday. The guy said he had barred bantam Rocks to trade and I told him no but then he brought them to me to see and I told him they weren't Rocks they were Cochin. He didn't know or else he misspoke but he really wanted my bird so I was happy to trade. Not very typy and the hen is less than ideal so I may not use her but the fella has nice barring, as far as I can tell. I am still learning about barring since I have only bred it in Marans and didn't do that for long.





And I have 2 pair of reds that a friend sold me pretty cheap. I am not sure if I can use the girls or not but they are pretty young so I will watch them. I love the reds but am really out of room and have been for some time. Not room really so much as time and hours in the day for proper care of the birds.
And these are not as typy as I like either. But this is a project so I will forge ahead.
You can see the 2 girls here but the boys are in the weeds.




And that is how far I have come in a little more than 2 weeks.
I hope to do as well as I have with my MFC in the last 3 years. I'm excited and want to thank Lynne from the bottom of my heart for helping me start and Nancy for showing me how lovely her birds are all the time and for Mike posting so many blasted photos of Peanut Butter that I could not stand it! LOL
I can't wait to travel this road with all of you in the future!

Dynamite is super!!!! Is his band # 48? You are going to get beautiful chicks I bet. He and Dana make a lovely pair! I can't wait to see there chicks next year. Are you using all of these going to be used in a buff barred project?

 

[WestKnollAmy]

CountyBoy, do you stalk Lynne's birds? LOL

I may do some breeding with the barred and the buffs but not mix in the buff barred with anything but the buff. I am pretty good about record keeping and tagging everyone so if I don't like what a bird has produced I sell them or use them in another project that I have going on here. Always more than I need but I love them all so much.

I will definitely breed the buff barred kids and get some chicks and will probably breed the buffs with them and see what I get but I am not sure about the black barred.
I never see that pattern around here and was surprised when I saw these. I wasn't in a rush to get this color but needed to move out my LF buff Orpington rooster anyhow so felt it was a good trade. They are not typy at all but the buffs have type and I know how to cull ruthlessly. Hard as that may be. No wonder I have so many bantam Cochins here!

 

[County Boy]

CountyBoy, do you stalk Lynne's birds? LOL

I may do some breeding with the barred and the buffs but not mix in the buff barred with anything but the buff. I am pretty good about record keeping and tagging everyone so if I don't like what a bird has produced I sell them or use them in another project that I have going on here. Always more than I need but I love them all so much.

I will definitely breed the buff barred kids and get some chicks and will probably breed the buffs with them and see what I get but I am not sure about the black barred.
I never see that pattern around here and was surprised when I saw these. I wasn't in a rush to get this color but needed to move out my LF buff Orpington rooster anyhow so felt it was a good trade. They are not typy at all but the buffs have type and I know how to cull ruthlessly. Hard as that may be. No wonder I have so many bantam Cochins here!

As far as stalking them- I have pretty good memory of what I've seen and been offered! LOL!! I swore when I saw Dynamite he was one Lynne offered me but couldn't ask her as I still can't PM but can do everything else.

Peanut Butter has a georgous cushion developing and I can't wait untilhe is matured. I'll have to get pics some time!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

I am sure Peanut Butter will continue to mature out and become even more stunning! He is a lovely boy! And I know you will put him to good use in your breeding projects!

Dynamite was a great addition and Dana will give me some fantastic chicks. Depending on next year's economy, I hope to set every egg from this project to establish my base breeder group.

 

[County Boy]

Here is Peanut Butter!




Lynne I got your PM. I still can't reply back. I will get around to it as soon as possible.

 

[wwmicasa1]

Here is Peanut Butter!




Lynne I got your PM. I still can't reply back. I will get around to it as soon as possible.

Hey, no problem. Love the pics of PB...he looks like a cloud~!

 

[Fancy Feathers]

As far as stalking them- I have pretty good memory of what I've seen and been offered! LOL!! I swore when I saw Dynamite he was one Lynne offered me but couldn't ask her as I still can't PM but can do everything else.

I thought so

Peanut Butter is looking gorgeous as ever!

 

[davony's chicks]

Here is Peanut Butter!




Lynne I got your PM. I still can't reply back. I will get around to it as soon as possible.

I still love peanut butter! He is a very handsome boy!