Cochin Thread!!!

[Funky Feathers]

I second that. I haven't been to her place, as I'm in MD, but I've gotten some AWESOME birds from her. My beautiful Splash are from her, as is my Blue Mottled Roo.

 

[elieugene6]

Boy or girl? At least 12-16 weeks old. I'm losing track of ages. There is a sea of baby fuzzy butts all over my layer coop, and my Cochin pen and my silkie pen and everywhere else and in the layer coop I can't even tell who belongs to who since they all play share the babies. What's scary is I get more eggs from my Cochins and silkies than I do my layer pen.

Anyway I kept this one and his/her twin cause they reddened up early and I thought they were boys and I was trying for a split to self blue boy but now I think I might have 2 girls. S/he is the reddest.

 

[Mr. Ree]

Just wanted to say hello to everyone here in the Cochin crowd! I only have one right now, but she is the sweetest thing. I have slowed down on acquiring chickens, as I need to build additional accommodations before I add any new birds. When I first started getting them, it seemed okay to get as many would fit in the brooder--after all, they are so much easier and quieter and cheaper to feed than dogs! But now that they are all growing up, I'm realizing there may be a limit to how many I would like to have. I plan to add just one more pen, and at the moment I am thinking Mottled Black Bantam Cochins...to me they embody all my favorite chickeny qualities, and have such a nostalgic look! If anyone has any suggestions on where to acquire some well bred birds of this type, I would be very grateful for a lead. Eggs, chicks, older birds--doesn't really matter to me, except older birds would need to be local enough for me to pick them up. Thanks!

And I am worried that if I keep looking at this thread, I will lose my resolve to only add one pen--you all have some amazing birds, in colors I'd never seen before!

This is my token Cochin, Cupcake.

Jamie Matts has some very nice Mottled, as does Matt McCammon. Both have birds to die for, and both have won shows with the birds they breed too.


~Casey

 

[marlowmanor]

One of my cochins may have started laying today.

I got an extra brown egg from my flock today (I've already got 2 RIRs that lay brown eggs)! So either one of my 3 cochin pullets started laying or my turken pullet started laying. Those are the only brown egg layers in my younger flock.I don't know how to figure out who could have layed it. I thought the cochins would take a little while longer to lay. They are 19weeks old right now. How do y'all figure out which hens lay which eggs? I certainly can't stand around all day and watch to see who lays where/when.

 

[jhfamily5]

One of my cochins may have started laying today. I got an extra brown egg from my flock today (I've already got 2 RIRs that lay brown eggs)! So either one of my 3 cochin pullets started laying or my turken pullet started laying. Those are the only brown egg layers in my younger flock.I don't know how to figure out who could have layed it. I thought the cochins would take a little while longer to lay. They are 19weeks old right now. How do y'all figure out which hens lay which eggs? I certainly can't stand around all day and watch to see who lays where/when.

My situation is probably not the norm, but my white bantam Cochin started visiting the nest boxes and squatting at 17 wks (well before any of my other breeds of pullets the same ages) and she laid her first egg at 18 wks to the day. It was a tiny cream colored egg and was a double yolk to boot! I was so excited! Now I feel like a vulture checking the nesting boxes 5+ times a day to see who is visiting and in what box so I know who has begun laying and who hasn't. I get so excited every time I find a new egg.

 

[marlowmanor]

My situation is probably not the norm, but my white bantam Cochin started visiting the nest boxes and squatting at 17 wks (well before any of my other breeds of pullets the same ages) and she laid her first egg at 18 wks to the day. It was a tiny cream colored egg and was a double yolk to boot! I was so excited! Now I feel like a vulture checking the nesting boxes 5+ times a day to see who is visiting and in what box so I know who has begun laying and who hasn't. I get so excited every time I find a new egg.

LOL! I'm thinking the brown egg may have been from my turken pullet. I was out there earlier when I was feeding them looking at all the combs and trying to get hands on them to see if they squatted. The cochins have redder combs but they haven't gotten much bigger really. Not like my turken pullet who pretty much doubled the size of her comb and sounds much more hen like now. Guess time will tell. I'm figuring all the young pullets should be laying my mid month likely.

ETA: How big does a cochin pullets comb get anyway? Combs on my 3 are getting redder but not much bigger really. Anyone have pictures that I could compare mine to?

 

[wildwoodcochins]

Thank you to everyone with advice on my chick with the twisted leg. I tried the bandaide and even tried to teach the chick to stand but to no avail.
Sadly, but thankfully, when I checked this morning, she had died. Thankfully I did not have to put her down~
Gail~ great info though on splayed legs, saved to favorites although I hope I won't need it again.

 

[theimis67]

I took this picture as the sun was setting. I just thought I would share it because I like the colors and lighting. We had just come home from an early June show.
Calico cockerel and blue mottle hen.

 

[wildwoodcochins]

I took this picture as the sun was setting. I just thought I would share it because I like the colors and lighting. We had just come home from an early June show. 
Calico cockerel and blue mottle hen.

Beautiful picture~ beautiful birds!

 

[Long Last Farm]

Hi! I am wondering if any of you have ever produced chicks from standard cochin roosters over Easter egger hens? They are my two favorite "breeds". ( I know Easter eggers are not really a breed, but I love thier colored eggs and spunky personalities). I love cochins for their gentleness, size, and feathered feet. I have both smooth and frizzled standard cochin roosters.

I am considering hatching some eggs out of this cochin/ee mix, and would love to see some photos if you have some.

Thanks!