Cochin Bantams and Frizzle Cochin Bantams!!

[jajeanpierre]

They're pretty!
Do they have names?

I'm not big on naming chickens. Most have no names and you would die if you knew the names of those that have them. The two obnoxious Ameraucana cockerels that are really lovely and I want to show and breed from are called Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The frazzle cochin cockerel--are you sitting down with no coffee or drinks in your mouth?--is called Mini Testicle Face. The original Testicle face was killed by my dog. Those two were named courtesy of my (adult!) son. The silly buff laced Polish is named Lucy--what else would you name a silly red head. All the Silkies are simply "The Ducks." The poor naked frazzle Cochin who is in my kitchen is simply The Kitchen Chicken.

There is only one name for this mottled--Morticia, from the Addams Family with her fabulous swirl of black around her feet.

 

[TeaChick]

I'm not big on naming chickens. Most have no names and you would die if you knew the names of those that have them. The two obnoxious Ameraucana cockerels that are really lovely and I want to show and breed from are called Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The frazzle cochin cockerel--are you sitting down with no coffee or drinks in your mouth?--is called Mini Testicle Face. The original Testicle face was killed by my dog. Those two were named courtesy of my (adult!) son. The silly buff laced Polish is named Lucy--what else would you name a silly red head. All the Silkies are simply "The Ducks." The poor naked frazzle Cochin who is in my kitchen is simply The Kitchen Chicken.

There is only one name for this mottled--Morticia, from the Addams Family with her fabulous swirl of black around her feet.

Yes, those are very.... adult names.

I'm an adult, promise.

Thankfully, no, I did not have any drink in my mouth! =)
I like the Morticia one best!!! =)
My chickens all have names (except my new junior roo is waiting for a name).

 

[jajeanpierre]

Yes, those are very.... adult names.

I'm an adult, promise.

Thankfully, no, I did not have any drink in my mouth! =)
I like the Morticia one best!!! =)
My chickens all have names (except my new junior roo is waiting for a name).

Really, think about it--that's exactly what they look like. It really is a perfect name. Sadly, its stuck even with me.

 

[TeaChick]

Really, think about it--that's exactly what they look like. It really is a perfect name. Sadly, its stuck even with me.

hehehe
I'm still giggling about the names (mostly one).
My kids have named most of our chickens (my oldest is 14, but my youngest is four, so we've had chickens named after cartoon characters too).

 

[jajeanpierre]

hehehe
I'm still giggling about the names (mostly one).
My kids have named most of our chickens (my oldest is 14, but my youngest is four, so we've had chickens named after cartoon characters too).

Someone let his son or grandson name their race horse Squirtle Squirt after some cartoon or video game character. The horse ended up being champion sprinter in 2001. I thought it was very loving of the man to put such an awful name on such a good horse.

 

[TeaChick]

Someone let his son or grandson name their race horse Squirtle Squirt after some cartoon or video game character.  The horse ended up being champion sprinter in 2001.  I thought it was very loving of the man to put such an awful name on such a good horse.

Yeah, that's Abbott whee we are we've had to rename chickens b/c of DS's names. Nothing like Squirtle Squirt. Lol
But he wanted to name his sable female puppy Clifford ( as in the big red dog); DH named her Isis for him.

 

[Amalthea]

Hi! I ordered about 9 frizzled assorted about 6 months ago. The females are about to lay and the males are already reproducing with the frizzled female that was already producing, and I recently bought two black frizzles. One is growing normally but the other one is not. His feathers are growing in but sparse and his fluff is not coming in under his feathers. His skin is a yellowish color and the skin on his breast bone is reddish looking. I looked at my last batch of frizzles who are grown and there are two males in that batch who have this too. I thought that they were just runts but they are full grown frizzles that look like 15 week old chickens. I do not have the money to take them to the vet and I do not want to kill my beloved frizzles. Does anyone have an idea what this is or how to get rid of it?! I will try to post pictures soon if needed.

 

[TeaChick]

Have you read about breeding frizzles to frizzles? The babies are frazzles and they have a hard time with feathers and stuff.

IDK what the skin problem is that you're having with your males. I'm sorry you are.
Yes, I'm sure that pics would be helpful for anyone except the experts, but then, there are a lot of experts here, so....
I wish you the best with their skin problem.

 

[jajeanpierre]

Yeah, that's Abbott whee we are we've had to rename chickens b/c of DS's names. Nothing like Squirtle Squirt. Lol
But he wanted to name his sable female puppy Clifford ( as in the big red dog); DH named her Isis for him.

My son--he's 21, not a kid!--named his favorite chicken, a silver laced Polish pullet, Walter. Walter! She's the bird in my avatar. I wanted Dahlia, but no, she is Walter.

 

[jajeanpierre]

Hi! I ordered about 9 frizzled assorted about 6 months ago. The females are about to lay and the males are already reproducing with the frizzled female that was already producing, and I recently bought two black frizzles. One is growing normally but the other one is not. His feathers are growing in but sparse and his fluff is not coming in under his feathers. His skin is a yellowish color and the skin on his breast bone is reddish looking. I looked at my last batch of frizzles who are grown and there are two males in that batch who have this too. I thought that they were just runts but they are full grown frizzles that look like 15 week old chickens. I do not have the money to take them to the vet and I do not want to kill my beloved frizzles. Does anyone have an idea what this is or how to get rid of it?! I will try to post pictures soon if needed.

DO NOT EVER BREED TWO FRIZZLES TOGETHER.

Frizzle is a dominant gene. One copy gives you a beautiful frizzle bird with lovely feathers that bend backwards. A double-copy frizzle has two of those genes. The feathers are weak. The vane--the part of the feather that comes off the shaft--is narrow, weak, break easily and are without normal down. They feathers are damaged before they are finished growing, so a few days after just picking up your bird, the blood feathers can die and fall out. Blood feathers are immature underdeveloped feathers that look like quills but are full of blood and nerves. This creates a huge nutritional load on the bird that is constantly replacing feathers that should be lasting a year. I believe their easily damaged feathers cause them a lot of pain when they are handled. The vane of the feathers break easily, leaving just a curly quill that is like a wire. Frazzles (double copies of the frizzling gene) usually live very short lives. They have issues with organ failure, exhausted thyroids that I believe is because they have to maintain a very high metabolic rate to just to stay warm.

My pullet is so fragile, she lives in my kitchen at the moment. On warm days, sunny days I put her out in a pen with lots of dry dirt so she can enjoy being a chicken without the risk of being hurt by one of my other chickens. The cockerel is also fragile and I only let him out when the weather is over 50 degrees. He is brought in to house at night. I have found all the frazzles I've had have had a red skin issue that is slowly improving. Changing their bedding from pine shavings to hay made the most impact on the birds' skin. I've read they have skin problems, but have not found any literature to support that, just someone saying it to be fact.

Here are a couple of pictures of my frazzle Kitchen Chicken: