Cochin Thread!!!

[Coopa Cabana]

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It's my understanding that comb quality comes (genetically) from the hens, which is why it's more important to cull/not breed the hens with bad combs.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

I set about 5 dozen test eggs last Friday. Candled today and had 2 fertile Silver Penciled eggs is all. Spent some time today plucking about quite a few pens. More to do tomorrow. Set the second set of test eggs today. In 4 days I will set a 3rd set of test eggs to see if plucking helped fertility. I know I have to get my bigger incubator ready for the real hatches when I have fertility high enough to seriously collect eggs for hatching. Another job for tomorrow.

 

[mjgigax]

personally, comb is the last thing i pay attention to when working on a line of any breed (except for side sprigs)... once your type is good, then you can worry whether he's got a good comb or not. but even so, i think only having 4 points rather than 5 is a minor fault...

My LF roo has one point that is missing from some youthful scrapping. It is pretty noticeable. Would it count off the same as having grown only 4 points?

 

[12eggs]

i love your avatar bird..he is so gorgeous !!!

 

[12eggs]

I set about 5 dozen test eggs last Friday. Candled today and had 2 fertile Silver Penciled eggs is all. Spent some time today plucking about quite a few pens. More to do tomorrow. Set the second set of test eggs today. In 4 days I will set a 3rd set of test eggs to see if plucking helped fertility. I know I have to get my bigger incubator ready for the real hatches when I have fertility high enough to seriously collect eggs for hatching. Another job for tomorrow.

OH this is how you do it... This is the Boy I was trying to comment on... This Avatar Cochin is so Beautiful !!! Makes me want to get a Rooster.

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

I have a quick question. I have a few Cochins but they are pet quality. They're not bad but not like some on here. My question is if I got a really good rooster could I breed them and get good quality birds? I'd hate to get rid if my girls, my kids love them.

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

When breeding a good quality male to bad females, you just allow another chance for defect and DQ's to appear. My suggestion is to get a trio or pair of SQ Cochins from a well known breeder and hatch some eggs from them.

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

When breeding a good quality male to bad females, you just allow another chance for defect and DQ's to appear. My suggestion is to get a trio or pair of SQ Cochins from a well known breeder and hatch some eggs from them.

That's what I thought. Looks like I need to add another small coop.

 

[lilcrow]

That's what I thought. Looks like I need to add another small coop.

I agree with this and as long as you keep your PQ birds away from your good birds, you wouldn't need to get rid of them, just don't hatch their eggs.

 

[dwegg]

Ok newbie question... I recently acquired 5 awesome bantam cochins and the pullets just started laying and I checked for fertility and they were fertile.

I set my bator up for a test batch...I put a weeks worth in as well as a test batch of my silkie eggs (my silkies are older)... As well as have some shipped eggs in the bator....

Well ALL eggs are developing nicely even the shipped eggs BUT none of the Cochin eggs even started to develop? They were fertile....is this because they are just new eggs? Young layers? I have two different Roos so both can't be infertile?