Cochin Thread!!!

[KBG204]

Hello All,
I am planning on starting my cochin bantam flock soon. However, I have run into a problem. I do not know what color to get. I love all of them and get seem to pick a favorite. Please help me out! What should I start with? TY - Katie.

 

[dak]

Bad news, I managed to get 4 LF Black chicks hatched from my chosen pair before the hen quit laying and one of the two young males has already slipped the tendon in his hock and had to be culled.

I find it disturbing how often this happens in my LF.

 

[ShysCreations]

I'm working on red bantam cochins....these are some of my 5-6 month old pullets QUOTE] Your reds look great, the one pullet has some great shape

 

[cochins1088]

Bad news, I managed to get 4 LF Black chicks hatched from my chosen pair before the hen quit laying and one of the two young males has already slipped the tendon in his hock and had to be culled.

I find it disturbing how often this happens in my LF.

I've had 5 LF cochin chicks with slipped tendons and I was able to successfully heal all but one of them. The last one is still around today, she's our 'special' hen and she's in the layer coop.

 

[Frizzled Pink]

Good news here. My 1st chick of the year hatched this afternoon. It is a Silver Penciled Cochin.

OMG pic pic-i am so contemplating getting into the penciled

 

[dak]

Bad news, I managed to get 4 LF Black chicks hatched from my chosen pair before the hen quit laying and one of the two young males has already slipped the tendon in his hock and had to be culled.

I find it disturbing how often this happens in my LF.

I've had 5 LF cochin chicks with slipped tendons and I was able to successfully heal all but one of them. The last one is still around today, she's our 'special' hen and she's in the layer coop.

Seems like this is a cull-worthy defect in my book. I have only had it in males which means they go to that big chicken coop in the sky immediately.

 

[cochins1088]

Seems like this is a cull-worthy defect in my book. I have only had it in males which means they go to that big chicken coop in the sky immediately.

All of mine slipped their tendons because of injury. One slipped it's tendon while hatching (kicking out of the egg shell), 1 slipped it during shipping, and 3 ended up with slipped tendons because they twisted their legs in the hay. I've found that it affects males and females equally.

I'm not sure if this is a defect to breed away from. I really think that in my case they were all simply injuries that could have happened to any chick.

 

[cochins1088]

By the way, the chick in my profile picture had a slipped tendon and it healed fine. Slipped tendons are very treatable, but I understand if you feel you need to breed away from it.

 

[dak]

All of mine slipped their tendons because of injury. One slipped it's tendon while hatching (kicking out of the egg shell), 1 slipped it during shipping, and 3 ended up with slipped tendons because they twisted their legs in the hay. I've found that it affects males and females equally.

I'm not sure if this is a defect to breed away from. I really think that in my case they were all simply injuries that could have happened to any chick.

Other LF breeders I have discussed this with see it mainly in males. I think there has to be an inherited weakness that predisposes them to this. Injury may be involved, but it is over-represented in of the LF this breed.

 

[cochins1088]

Other LF breeders I have discussed this with see it mainly in males. I think there has to be an inherited weakness that predisposes them to this. Injury may be involved, but it is over-represented in of the LF this breed.

I hate to cull chicks, but if that's the case, then it should be bred away from.