Cochin Bantams and Frizzle Cochin Bantams!!

[Marthab1953]

Looks like Silver Lacing coming in.

 

[Michael OShay]

You're chick is a Dark Brahma chick, not a Cochin.

 

[Michael OShay]

You're chick is a Dark Brahma chick, not a Cochin.

P.S. the comb looks like it might be a single comb as opposed to a pea comb (it's hard to tell in the pic), but sometime with hatchery grade chickens, single combs will pop up because of some impurity in the bird's history.

 

[tbmorgan]

Dark Brahma, really? wow. I hadn't thought of that....prob because so many people told me Cochin, and he/she is such a round, fat little thing! That is a single comb, though, but I didn't think anything about it because the (definitely) mottled Cochin chicks I have also have a single comb. So, bantam Cochins aren't supposed to have a single comb?

 

[Michael OShay]

Dark Brahma, really? wow. I hadn't thought of that....prob because so many people told me Cochin, and he/she is such a round, fat little thing! That is a single comb, though, but I didn't think anything about it because the (definitely) mottled Cochin chicks I have also have a single comb. So, bantam Cochins aren't supposed to have a single comb?

Cochins do have single combs and feathered legs which is where the confusion has come in over this chick. However its color pattern is clearly that of a Dark Brahma chick. Note the Dark Brahma chick in the pic below.

 

[tbmorgan]

Wow, yes, that does look a lot like my baby! Thanks!

I do have another question about cochins. Do they feather in slowly? My little mottled cochin baby girl only has about half the feathers that her flock-mates have (they are all about 3 weeks old) and the little boy has even fewer than she does! They have barely gotten in their wing feathers, plus some leg feathers and a few other random feathers, while the other chicks are about 3/4 feathered in already.

Thanks,
Katja

 

[Michael OShay]

Wow, yes, that does look a lot like my baby! Thanks!

I do have another question about cochins. Do they feather in slowly? My little mottled cochin baby girl only has about half the feathers that her flock-mates have (they are all about 3 weeks old) and the little boy has even fewer than she does! They have barely gotten in their wing feathers, plus some leg feathers and a few other random feathers, while the other chicks are about 3/4 feathered in already.

Thanks,
Katja

Yes, Cochins are generally slower to mature than most other breeds.

 

[tbmorgan]

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain everything, Michael! I am learning a lot. I have had chickens for a little over 2 years now, and I am used to my Marans, Ameraucanas and Polish but these new little bantam chicks I got on a whim have stolen my heart and I'm really enjoying figuring them all out! I have found that I really have a preference for the little round, fat body style as opposed to the more "gamey" (stringy, road-runner-y) type of conformation. LOL I love the way the cochins look like little feathered volleyballs with feet. My Marans and my two Australorps are also little butterballs....I love them! <3

Katja

 

[ESofVA]

I agree but there are some Cochins that feather out even slower, caused by a slow feathering gene. Most breeders try to breed this out if it shows up.

 

[mindylee]

Hi Everyone, I hope it's ok that I pop in here with this question! I originally posted on the "What breed is this" forum and never got a clear answer, so I'm hoping someone with cochin-specific experience will chime in here. I got several chicks out of the "assorted mixed bantam" bin at TSC a few weeks ago, when I fell in love with this little chick (and I had to buy a minimum of 6, so I got 5 more so that I could get this one! LOL Chicken math.) Anyway, it seems to be a cochin, albeit a hatchery-quality one. I just can't figure out what color it's supposed to be. It does not have a head spot AT ALL, and its feathers are not all barred (some are just solid black) so I don't think it's a barred cochin. I also don't think it's a mottled, as those are yellow and black as chicks (I have 2 of those as well) and look way different than this one. So, what the heck is this color? Is it just a mish-mash? Would not surprise me, given the typical hatchery...ahem...quality control issues. This is the sweetest chick EVER and has made me fall in love with bantam cochins...(and I thought my Marans were sweet! My senior Marans roo is even leash-trained!) I can see myself wanting to breed bantam cochins in the future, although my current little hatchery buddies won't be in that breeding program, naturally....I am just curious as to what I have here! This is the chick at a couple of days old: and this is today, at 3 weeks, give or take a couple of days. In these pics, he/she is kind of "stretched" because of excitement at being taken out of the brooder....normal body shape is a much rounder little dumpling. Thanks, Katja

Silverlaced cochin. And for hatchery stock... impressed with the foot feathering.