Cochin breeding, genetics, and showing

[BantyChickenLuv]

I have a at Frizzle at the fair now. I spent like an hour blow drying her yesterday and then she took a dust bath in the shavings of her cage and got dirty again.

 

[aoxa]

I have a at Frizzle at the fair now. I spent like an hour blow drying her yesterday and then she took a dust bath in the shavings of her cage and got dirty again.

I know how you feel! My white girls got dirty almost right away after putting them in their cages.

Is she white?

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

I know how you feel! My white girls got dirty almost right away after putting them in their cages.

Is she white?

I take wood shavings to almost every show I attend. I add them to the chips put by the show to help keep the birds clean. The fine ones for hampsters/rabbits seem to work best at absorbing and keeping birds clean. 1 big bag has lasted quite a while.

 

[aoxa]

I  take wood shavings to almost every show I attend. I add them to the chips put by the show to help keep the birds clean. The fine ones for hampsters/rabbits seem to work best at absorbing and keeping birds clean. 1 big bag has lasted quite a while.

I did do this, but the ones I'm talking about are Ameraucanas and they fully dipped their beards in the water and then ate the mash they provided. Babywipes did not get rid of the mess they made :/

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

I know how you feel! My white girls got dirty almost right away after putting them in their cages.
Is she white?

She's white. But, despite that, she won best of breed!

 

[tiki244]

aoxa~Hmmm I still think he is a looker. And the hen too! This is an interesting conversation I know exactly what you mean some of my blues have these very soft feathers too but are not all fluff.


Congrats BantyChickenLuv

 

[aoxa]

aoxa~Hmmm I still think he is a looker. And the hen too! This is an interesting conversation I know exactly what you mean some of my blues have these very soft feathers too but are not all fluff.
Congrats BantyChickenLuv

Thank you I will have to inspect them closer. I am sure they are soft and pliable though :/

 

[AndyCap]

Hey all, after a long and sad search i have found no gold/silver laced cochin bantams in this country.

i have decided to try and breed some, by crossing a nicely typed partridge gold cochin male bantam, with a pair of nicely typed SLW bantams i know this will give me sex linked offspring(gold female, yellow male), neither of which will be completely laced or resemble a laced bird. I know the next cross (f1) between brother and sister should give me some poorly laced birds, along with a huge variety of other colours.

i plan to keep two f1 males and 6 f1 females from the original cross, and to see if they will produce any laced birds in the f2 generation, my question is, what do you look for in the f1 birds? Would type be more important, or lacing and colour? Do i pick the birds who look the least "wyandottish" or the ones who have slightly better lacing and colour? I assume it would be easier to improve type in the future generations, so i assume picking lacing should be the number one priority?

i have spoken to a breeder who is happy to take the culls and sell them on, so even though it will take a long long time, i see it as my pet project for the next decade or so.

The end result i will be looking for is gold/silver laced, with a possible side project in columbians depending on what gets thrown by the f1 brother/sister cross. I know its a very long road but here we dont have many good partridge or pencilled birds, i have only seen two poorly typed columbians, no laced birds whatsoever.

I just want to get some laced birds to shows and hopefully encourage local breeders to start similar projects.

 

[thecochincoop]

Hey all, after a long and sad search i have found no gold/silver laced cochin bantams in this country.

i have decided to try and breed some, by crossing a nicely typed partridge gold cochin male bantam, with a pair of nicely typed SLW bantams i know this will give me sex linked offspring(gold female, yellow male), neither of which will be completely laced or resemble a laced bird. I know the next cross (f1) between brother and sister should give me some poorly laced birds, along with a huge variety of other colours.

i plan to keep two f1 males and 6 f1 females from the original cross, and to see if they will produce any laced birds in the f2 generation, my question is, what do you look for in the f1 birds? Would type be more important, or lacing and colour? Do i pick the birds who look the least "wyandottish" or the ones who have slightly better lacing and colour? I assume it would be easier to improve type in the future generations, so i assume picking lacing should be the number one priority?

i have spoken to a breeder who is happy to take the culls and sell them on, so even though it will take a long long time, i see it as my pet project for the next decade or so.

The end result i will be looking for is gold/silver laced, with a possible side project in columbians depending on what gets thrown by the f1 brother/sister cross. I know its a very long road but here we dont have many good partridge or pencilled birds, i have only seen two poorly typed columbians, no laced birds whatsoever.

I just want to get some laced birds to shows and hopefully encourage local breeders to start similar projects.

I know exactly how hard they are to find! Took me 3 years to get a trio. I'm not sure if I can help or not, but I'm using GL in my BLR project. I did have a male GL that I sold earlier in the spring so it's possible that I may have one or two for sale in the future. My BLR's are not the best type in the world but they're not bad either. I now have some BLR females so the possibility of having birds to sell this spring is pretty good

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Quote: i have decided to try and breed some, by crossing a nicely typed partridge gold cochin male bantam, with a pair of nicely typed SLW bantams i know this will give me sex linked offspring(gold female, yellow male), neither of which will be completely laced or resemble a laced bird. I know the next cross (f1) between brother and sister should give me some poorly laced birds, along with a huge variety of other colours.

i plan to keep two f1 males and 6 f1 females from the original cross, and to see if they will produce any laced birds in the f2 generation, my question is, what do you look for in the f1 birds? Would type be more important, or lacing and colour? Do i pick the birds who look the least "wyandottish" or the ones who have slightly better lacing and colour? I assume it would be easier to improve type in the future generations, so i assume picking lacing should be the number one priority?

i have spoken to a breeder who is happy to take the culls and sell them on, so even though it will take a long long time, i see it as my pet project for the next decade or so.

The end result i will be looking for is gold/silver laced, with a possible side project in columbians depending on what gets thrown by the f1 brother/sister cross. I know its a very long road but here we dont have many good partridge or pencilled birds, i have only seen two poorly typed columbians, no laced birds whatsoever.

I just want to get some laced birds to shows and hopefully encourage local breeders to start similar projects.

I know exactly how hard they are to find! Took me 3 years to get a trio. I'm not sure if I can help or not, but I'm using GL in my BLR project. I did have a male GL that I sold earlier in the spring so it's possible that I may have one or two for sale in the future. My BLR's are not the best type in the world but they're not bad either. I now have some BLR females so the possibility of having birds to sell this spring is pretty good
Mandy, he's in South Africa.