Cochin Bantams and Frizzle Cochin Bantams!!

[jajeanpierre]

Good to know. Are Pekin bantams hardy?

Where are you located? I think Britain is the only place where bantam Cochins are referred to as Pekins.

 

[DuckRaiser]

Where are you located?  I think Britain is the only place where bantam Cochins are referred to as Pekins.

I live in Kansas yet I like calling them Pekins better

 

[Going Quackers]

Hi GQ... You'd be fine with CF's in Ontario... There's a few breeders here of CF's in Nova Scotia and they all thrive very well In out winters.

Thank you, have they had to implement supplemental heat?

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I live in northern Indiana. It isn't Canada but we have had a very brutal winter this year. Lots of negative temps, tons of snow. I don't use supplement heat or light for any of my chickens. All the bantams were fine. Straw and a sleep circle, they stayed warm.

 

[DuckRaiser]

Do Pekin bantams need special care as chicks?

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

Do Pekin bantams need special care as chicks?

Same as any other poultry. No drafts, good nutrition, warmth, Protection from predators, dry bedding.

 

[DuckRaiser]

Same as any other poultry. No drafts, good nutrition, warmth, Protection from predators, dry bedding.

Okay, I heard Pekin bantams were hardy

. Are they good moms?

 

[Going Quackers]

I live in northern Indiana. It isn't Canada but we have had a very brutal winter this year. Lots of negative temps, tons of snow. I don't use supplement heat or light for any of my chickens. All the bantams were fine. Straw and a sleep circle, they stayed warm.

Okay thanks, we didn't heat the silkies either but i keep getting massively differing opinions on a frizzled. I do what's best for the birds but prefer not to heat if the birds can manage alright.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Okay thanks, we didn't heat the silkies either but i keep getting massively differing opinions on a frizzled. I do what's best for the birds but prefer not to heat if the birds can manage alright.

This may sounds a little silly, but you could make them a saddle with sheep or alpaca wool for some extra warmth. I don't currently have any purebred frizzle, but I do have two frizzled cochin bantamXameraucana bantam cockerels. They have faired just fine. I didn't make them a saddle either.

 

[jajeanpierre]

Okay thanks, we didn't heat the silkies either but i keep getting massively differing opinions on a frizzled. I do what's best for the birds but prefer not to heat if the birds can manage alright.

I think the frizzles have a bit of trouble with the cold and especially the wet. They don't have a solid layer of smooth feathers to seal in the heat and repel the water the way a smooth-feathered bird does. I think the Silkies have a short, dense fluff that insulates them pretty good, much the way a Siberian Husky stays warm. The frizzle's plumage is a bit more open. I would be careful of them on cold, windy days and cold/wet. I would also make sure the coop was deeply bedded and dry. My frazzle doesn't go out if the temps are under 50 unless it is a very bright, still day. He drops weight otherwise. Weight is a good indicator at how they are coping with the temperatures.