Cochin Thread!!!

[AndyCap]

Those are gorgeous ki4got. And love the silver pencilled from Craig.

From my barred frizzle project i am keeping one roo. He is a poorly marked birchen frizzle. But i think he has great type.











For all you breeding and genetics buffs. What can i produce from this boy? I know i can get black, but can i get any other colours? not sure which girls to put with him. Any ideas?

 

[elsfieldchickens]

my bantam cochin cockerel

 

[mibirder]

Andy-
I'm wondering if you cockerel isn't a silver pencil rather than birchen. Much of the laced feathers looks to be doubled laced . I'm obsessed with blue based varieties so I would probably roll the dice and mate to blue.

Dave

 

[mjgigax]

ok got a bunch of pics today. loving my new camera but i still need to learn it better, since there's still some fuzz on most of the pics.
figured i'd post here too, since not everyone follows the mille fleur cochin thread. 8)

my free range group of chicklets... 3 cockerels 7 pullets from my mille fleur pen, with a dorking pullet (colored project).





think this boy is staying... and his twin too (above left)
depends how they mature, but i like what i've seen so far.


and from my younger pen... (4 dorkings, 16 cochins - 10 from shipped eggs)
i only poosted a few of my own breeding
the skunklet - got a LOT more white than i was expecting.




another view of skunklet, with a partridge behind and another less-white mille fleur chick to the left.


these 2 girls are the only 2 i kept from last summer's breedings. the girl top/behind is a blue mille.

another view of the bottom girl.

Nice free rangers. They look like they are having fun.What is Skunklet's breeding? She could end up with a lot more white. My girls change so much as they mature, usually adding white.

 

[Chickengirl47]

ok got a bunch of pics today. loving my new camera but i still need to learn it better, since there's still some fuzz on most of the pics. figured i'd post here too, since not everyone follows the mille fleur cochin thread. 8) my free range group of chicklets... 3 cockerels 7 pullets from my mille fleur pen, with a dorking pullet (colored project). think this boy is staying... and his twin too (above left) depends how they mature, but i like what i've seen so far. and from my younger pen... (4 dorkings, 16 cochins - 10 from shipped eggs) i only poosted a few of my own breeding the skunklet - got a LOT more white than i was expecting. another view of skunklet, with a partridge behind and another less-white mille fleur chick to the left. these 2 girls are the only 2 i kept from last summer's breedings. the girl top/behind is a blue mille. another view of the bottom girl.

They are all so CUTE!! I love that breed!

 

[Scifisarah]

is one of them the one from me? she was laying before I brought her to you, but a move will normally interrupt them

Yes, was so nice and plump looking at first but then dropped lots of feathers and is in the process of growing in a lot more mottled tipped ones. Can't wait to see how lovely she will look when they all come in. I think the combination of the move, less light and growing in all the new feathers probably caused her to stop laying. I haven't seen a single egg from any of my serama, silkie or cochins for a while now. Fine with me - they can take a rest and give me lots of eggs in the springtime.

 

[Scifisarah]

Bahaha, that is awesome. No ideas on how to get it to stay on better, but I would suggest perhaps using wool? Lanolized wool would stay clean, shed water, and keep the comb just the right temp. You could even use a red sweater so they would look halfway normal.

A wool like merino would probably be the best to use so it would have the stretch you need. If you want to give it a try, I can set you up with some to try if you cover the shipping. I always have tons of red sweaters for my business.

Hi everyone!

Every winter my cochin roosters suffer frostbite on their combs. One of them has a perfectly striaght comb because all of the teeth have fallen off from frostbite. I can't figure out how to prevent it, some say vaseline, but that never really works. So this year, I'm trying to make 'comb protectors'. Here's a quick prototype. The material needs to be a bit tighter and more strechy. The rooster in the pictures is Tom Jr. and he doesn't mind wearing it, but when he pecks at the dirt, it often falls off which is why the material should fit around his comb better. What do you think? Do any of you have other ways to prevent frostbite? Heating the barn isn't an option...

 

[ki4got]

Quote: they're all out of the same trio. 2 blue partridge split mille girls i got from Mandy and "Calico" my mille fleur roo.



oh and btw, skunklet is a cockerel.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

I have completed 2 tables worth of male/conditioning cages. These are based on cages built by Tom Roebuck for his birds. I use 1 x 1 x 24 wide vinyl coated 14 gauge wire for the base. 1 x 2 for the top and back and both ends. I did not build mine as tall as Tom's as I decided to use some salvage parts for the front of each cage. I was going to build 1 long one but decided that it would be better to make them shorter so I could move them around if need ever arises. I also only use 1 wire for a divider rather than the 2 dividers like his and made made mine out of the 1 x 1 vinyl coated wire. I need to complete at least 2 more tables worth of cages. Also based on some information from Tom I made the bang board supports out of 2x6 so the bang boards will have plenty of clearance when being cleaned.

Craig

 

[bantyman]

Hey Craig
Where did you get your 1 x1 wire at ? I have been looking and cant find the vinyl coated anywhere