Cochin Bantams and Frizzle Cochin Bantams!!

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Can someone show what a VH is....

I am pretty sure I know but would like to see a good vrs bad hock.

Thanks!

Look at a d'uccle. Around the hock area(leg). They are stiff feathers

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

Oh, as you can see these two have super vulture hocks......and don't be afraid to say what you REALLY think. Are they just too terrible to breed to ANYTHING?
Just for me and my pleasure, thought I'd try it, but if you all say NOT I won't.

You are looking too early. Vulture hocks can not be detected at this age. Many Cochins go through a stage in theri life where they look hockey but they are not hen the finish growing. Do not dispair. I suspect all will be fine on the hock front when they get 5-7 months old.

 

[SonRise Silkies]

I did not know that I needed to wait....I figured if they were there , they were there for keeps. Here is example of what I am seeing.


They are older now and still have it.....but the foot feathers are so profuse that it's hard to know what is leg and what is hock.
One thing for sure they are pretty colors.
They are just for me to enjoy but if any was exceptional I would breed them so I can have more. But don't really want to breed "undesirables" even for pets.
Thanks for the help!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I got a gray frizzle rooster from a lady today. I don't know if I want to keep him. he is not pretty. I gave him a bath.

 

[shanniboo402]

When can you tell if you have a frizzle! Just incubated some BCF's! Is it when they grow their feathers?

 

[SonRise Silkies]

I could tell mine as soon as the little wings started to come in, they were turned sort of "backward"

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

When can you tell if you have a frizzle! Just incubated some BCF's! Is it when they grow their feathers?

Depending on how fast they feather around 3-7 days old

 

[gimmie birdies]

here is my not so pretty frizzle. I gave him a bath when I brought him home. He is a splash frizzle but he doesn't seem too frizzle-y. Maybe he is molting. The lady I got him from said he would get beat up by the other roo so that's why his feathers are messed up.

 

[TeaChick]

Here's a pic of my Cochin chicks.
I wanted some outside opinions (outside myself and my kids) about which ones are frizzled/smooth.
They're about three weeks old (assuming I got them between 1-3 days old):


You can call them 1, 2, 3, and 4 (from left to right)
or, if you want to know, their names are Violet, Lavender, Prima, and Robert (from left to right):
Please let me know what you think.

 

[mindylee]

Here's a pic of my Cochin chicks. I wanted some outside opinions (outside myself and my kids) about which ones are frizzled/smooth. They're about three weeks old (assuming I got them between 1-3 days old): You can call them 1, 2, 3, and 4 (from left to right) or, if you want to know, their names are Violet, Lavender, Prima, and Robert (from left to right): Please let me know what you think.

All smoothed whites. Congrats!