Cochin Bantams and Frizzle Cochin Bantams!!

[Calichicken2015]

Just set 6 breeders choice eggs under my broody. Arhgggg! 21 days is soooooo long!

LOL!! Waiting is hard

But worth the wait!! And under your broody you can't candle them

But the broody does all the work for you!!!

Good luck!!!! I have 13 bantam cochin eggs in my incubator going strong on day 9!!!!

 

[Puddin Fluff]

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Oh, they will get candled, just not as often as if they were in the bator. Hope I see good development next week.

 

[kimthom66]

I candled my eggs under a broody! Most breeders recommend it!

 

[Puddin Fluff]

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I do it mainly so that I can pull any clears the first week. I figure there is no need for her to keep any bad eggs warm. She might as well save the space for the ones that will develop. Then I remove any quitters before "lock down" so there is not a chance of a rotten egg getting trampled.

 

[Calichicken2015]

 

[Calichicken2015]

Sorry...computer has a mind of its own today?!?!?!

 

[Puddin Fluff]

Depending on the broody, yes. Luckily my current girl is pretty aggressive but hasn't drawn blood.

 

[WVduckchick]

Good luck with the broody!

I hatched 6 a few weeks ago (5 weeks, I think). 3 blue and 3 black. I have a blue frizzle bantam boy in with a cuckoo bantam cochin female and 2 female white silkies. The 3 girls eggs are very similar, so I set several eggs, hoping to figure out exactly who the momma's are. (seems so backwards to know the daddy, but not the momma... lol!)

But here are a few of the chicks. Only one has 5 toes, so I know it came from a silkie, plus a few of the others have walnut combs, so they must be silkies too. But I might have a couple pure cochins in there, I hope? I think the black frizzle is full cochin female (no white head dot)


Think this one is silkie/cochin mix.


Straight comb and not as much poof on the head, but looks male, so should be barred, but had no white head dot.
So maybe its actually a full cochin female?


think this is silkie/cochin mix female.

 

[Puddin Fluff]

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I think mixes are fun. It is exciting to see how they develop.

 

[shahtir101]

I love Frizzles in bantam Cochins! I have blue Mottled Frizzles, black Mottled Frizzles and Mille Fleur Frizzles. I just set up more breeding pens this week. Frizzles are my favorites but I breed some other varieties that I do not add Frizzle to like the buff barred and the red barred. I haven't any plans to breed those into Frizzles.

I love them! Hope I can get one from you one day!