Hey. If you look a few pages back you will see a post with what to look for with pictures to help you. Page 477 I thinkI have some week old Cochin's, 5 straight run silver laced and 2 blue hens, they are only about a week old now but I can't wait to see if my silver laced are boys or girls! Anyone know the age I should be able to start looking for signs? And what those signs would be?? These are my first Cochins so I am a newbie at this
Yes frizzles grow very slow at first. Then one day they seem to double in size and never stop till they are full size. It's pretty crazy. LolHere are my older 2 banty cochins, same age (give or take a day or 2). White one's HUGE and black frizzle's really small. Someone said the frizzles are slow to grow, is this true? Or should I be concerned?
These are new ones I just picked up: 2 black splash, 1 blue splash. Bantam trio.
And standard sized blue & gold laced pullets:
The eggs whe're from a friend of mine. She has a wheaten roo and pullet, one lavender and one buff columbia pullet. The one's on the outside are more porcelain looking and the black one looks a a bit like a birchen one. I was very suprised to see these colorsThe two brown ones look like partridge cockerels, the buff colour with dark colouring around the neck in the last image also looks like it may be a cockerel i am afraid to say(hard to tell for me though) Having said that, they all look to be offspring with a partridge, the buff from a columbian X partridge. They look lovely though. Congrats
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I was reading about feather development being an indicator of sex . This one had long wing feathers compared to the others in the beginning.
Aw, that is so sad. I have never heard of that before. I'm really surprised it even hatched out. What in the world would u do w/ something like that or did the poor lil thing die?
Out of 4 birds that were supposed to be of "breeder quality" I'm only keeping one. The rest are culls. I'm really bummed out, but I already contacted Mr. Ree about getting some more. Here is the only pullet I'm planning on keeping. Critique is welcome. Pick her apart. She is about 4 months old and obviously nearing POL. Her comb is way redder and bigger then the other pullets from the same hatch. So far I like her foot feathering and she has good yellow legs and beak. I also like her wing carriage. I can get better pictures if needed.
) having just got my first LF Cochins, but she looks very nice to me. I'm partial to Buff myself, having just bought 2 Buff hens and some Buff Barred hens and rooster.
