Cochin Thread!!!

[mama2my4]

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.

Hi Katie. Depends on what you really like. Some people like a nice solid like a beautiful black or snowy white. Some people like something a little more flashy like MF or mottled. Maybe you want a color that is already competitive with great type and then a second color that you could work on? Just my opinion and I am very new at this. I couldn't decide, which is why I have a few varieties!

 

[Funky Feathers]

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I have no idea, I have never seen that.

 

[dak]

Absolutly Gorgous!!! I have seem your guy's talking about slipped tendones? What do they look like?

It is generally a male Large Fowl issue. They will walk on the back of their hock on one leg with the foot turned out and the hock turned in. If you feel both hocks, one will feel different and enlarge over time. They seem reluctant to move around, likely due to pain.

 

[Scifisarah]

My mottled blue cochin Bluebell (from Mandy/thecochincoop) got some airtime today!


Animals encounters for your toddlers

 

[countrygirl74]

Wow!!! What a bunch of beautiful cochin pics of the last couple days!! I can't wait to see what mine will look like when she's grown up. I just have one because I couldn't resist adding one to my new baby flock. She is now 4 weeks old (hope it's a she - sold as a pullet). She's hitting that scraggly age.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

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


Top one is of the 1st Silver Penciled of the year. The 2nd picture is to show that the feathering on the center/2nd toe shows up at hatching and those that don't have it are not show material and you can tell at hatching.

Craig

 

[aceschix]

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.

How did you correct it?

 

[crystal10asee]

My mottled blue cochin Bluebell (from Mandy/thecochincoop) got some airtime today!
Animals encounters for your toddlers

congrats!!! You must be so excited and very proud of your girl.I saw her pics. She's beautiful!

 

[crystal10asee]

I'm new to chickens and just wanted some feedback.most of my birds I don't know what they are and are probably mutt's but I do have some that I do know and just want your opinion's.so critique away!

hen,I think mottled.correct me if I'm wrong

roo'black,or blue not sure

could'nt get good shot of white Cochin,mostly butt shots.try for better one later.

don't know what she is probably mutt.

again don't know

not sure

another Cochin roo

[/IMG]room don't know

several hen's like this buff and the black w/ red streaks at throat

babies from my partridge cochin's about 2 weeks old no ideal on sex. Sorry there's so much.

 

[crystal10asee]

Here are some better pics of my chicks.I think there still to young to sex but their feathers are really coming in quickly.I'm surprised cause the oldest two are at 2weeks and the others are a few days behind youngest being at a little over a week.