Cochin Thread!!!

[cochins1088]

cocchins1088

My Cochin that I just got was covered in lice and i gave her a bath right away the next day we went and got a dust for her and it killed off the lice but you said they needed to be dusted 3 times to get them all can you tell use how far between dusting before we should do it again.

I believe that the standard is to re-dust in 7 to 10 days after the first dusting. You should figure out what type of pest you are dealing with and look into their life cycle to find out exactly when you should dust again.

 

[ChickenCrazy123]

I believe that the standard is to re-dust in 7 to 10 days after the first dusting. You should figure out what type of pest you are dealing with and look into their life cycle to find out exactly when you should dust again.

thank you for the help i will definitely do that

 

[moomoodiddy]

not the greatest pic, but if you'd seen her when I got (rescued more like) this girl... please ignore the mud on her back too. LOL the rooster doesn't know to wipe his feet first. her story is, that I found her at a swap early last month. she was dirty, had turd-balls clinging to her belly, scaly feet AND face, etc. there was a tag on her cage that said simply $5. but she's a cochin, #1, and even under all that gunk, missing feathers and scaly leg, she had something to her that told me she'd be worth the effort... so I handed over my $5 and immediately put her in a cardboard box, told the guy parked next to me (I was also selling at the swap that day) that i'd be right back, and went in and washed my hands and arms thoroughly. I could practically feel those bugs crawling on me, though I couldn't see anything. Once home, and everyone else was back where they belonged (those few who actually CAME home), she was treated with ivermectin injectable (orally) and subjected to a long hot soaking bubble bath (ok dish liquid, but it bubbles). she didn't need to speak English for me to understand her sigh when I put her down into the water. I let her soak there for a bit (more like 20 minutes) while she fell asleep with her head propped up on a container at chin-height (her head kept falling forward into bubbles, I was afraid she'd drown LOL). once the bath was over and she was rinsed well, vinegar water rinse after, then wrapped in a towel and finally blow dried, did she get to meet her new home. a whole 24 x 48 space that was all hers! I don't think she knew what to do with it. she was talking excitedly by now, 'oh look! food! and WATER! hey! is that a clean roost?' that was about 6 weeks ago, and she's been out of quarantine for 2... rather than subject her to the ravages of eager juvenile roosters (and some not so juvenile), I decided she would do best playing second fiddle to my bantam blrw rooster's girl. (who by this time was quite weary of him i'm sure...) so now the old crusty scales have fallen off her legs and they're looking healthy again, her face looks normal, and her feathers are growing back in. her head and neck feathers have filled in and her cushion's trying to (no thanks to S'mee and our neverending MUD). so over all, I won't say she's the greatest example of a partridge cochin, one wing hangs low, and her cushion... well it'll grow back. but she's sweet and i'd say worth the effort. now if we could just stop the incessant rain that's washing everything but the mud away...

<3 <3 <3

 

[ChickSter99]

How much do ya'll sale your Cochin chicks for? I have some one coming tomorrow to look at mine. I have not said a price yet. I have silver laced bantam Cochins and blue and buff standards. They are pet quality.

 

[ki4got]

for my mille fleur babies, it depends on quality and age of the bird... roos I might get $5 each, more if I sell them as a pair with a pullet. chicks I ask $5 each unsexed, if I can sex them pullets are 10, once they're fully feathered 15 and laying 20-30 depending on quality... any hatchery chicks I've had go for less, usually 15 for point of lay pullet and down from there again depending on age.

 

[lilcrow]

not the greatest pic, but if you'd seen her when I got (rescued more like) this girl...
please ignore the mud on her back too. LOL the rooster doesn't know to wipe his feet first.


her story is, that I found her at a swap early last month. she was dirty, had turd-balls clinging to her belly, scaly feet AND face, etc.
there was a tag on her cage that said simply $5. but she's a cochin, #1, and even under all that gunk, missing feathers and scaly leg, she had something to her that told me she'd be worth the effort... so I handed over my $5 and immediately put her in a cardboard box, told the guy parked next to me (I was also selling at the swap that day) that i'd be right back, and went in and washed my hands and arms thoroughly. I could practically feel those bugs crawling on me, though I couldn't see anything.

Once home, and everyone else was back where they belonged (those few who actually CAME home), she was treated with ivermectin injectable (orally) and subjected to a long hot soaking bubble bath (ok dish liquid, but it bubbles). she didn't need to speak English for me to understand her sigh when I put her down into the water.

I let her soak there for a bit (more like 20 minutes) while she fell asleep with her head propped up on a container at chin-height (her head kept falling forward into bubbles, I was afraid she'd drown LOL).

once the bath was over and she was rinsed well, vinegar water rinse after, then wrapped in a towel and finally blow dried, did she get to meet her new home. a whole 24 x 48 space that was all hers! I don't think she knew what to do with it. she was talking excitedly by now, 'oh look! food! and WATER! hey! is that a clean roost?'

that was about 6 weeks ago, and she's been out of quarantine for 2... rather than subject her to the ravages of eager juvenile roosters (and some not so juvenile), I decided she would do best playing second fiddle to my bantam blrw rooster's girl. (who by this time was quite weary of him i'm sure...)

so now the old crusty scales have fallen off her legs and they're looking healthy again, her face looks normal, and her feathers are growing back in. her head and neck feathers have filled in and her cushion's trying to (no thanks to S'mee and our neverending MUD).

so over all, I won't say she's the greatest example of a partridge cochin, one wing hangs low, and her cushion... well it'll grow back. but she's sweet and i'd say worth the effort.

now if we could just stop the incessant rain that's washing everything but the mud away...

She may not be show quality, but I actually like the color of her hackles. They appear to be a nice shade of red which is hard to get on the Partridge hens.

 

[ChickSter99]

for my mille fleur babies, it depends on quality and age of the bird... roos I might get $5 each, more if I sell them as a pair with a pullet.  chicks I ask $5 each unsexed, if I can sex them pullets are 10, once they're fully feathered 15 and laying 20-30 depending on quality...  any hatchery chicks I've had go for less, usually 15 for point of lay pullet and down from there again depending on age.

Thank you for your imput. I don't know the genders yet. They are 2 weeks old and are getting their beautiful big bird feathers, although, they are still in the ugly stage. Some of them I could guess what they are just by demeanor (maybe). It will be my luck I will have 18 roos on my hands:0

 

[ki4got]

She may not be show quality, but I actually like the color of her hackles. They appear to be a nice shade of red which is hard to get on the Partridge hens.

that's one thing I didn't have anything to go by when I got her... she'd been nearly bred to death I think. her saddle and neck/head had been nearly bald or broken off feathers. now she's in with 1 roo that's active, but gentle to his girls at least... tho it appears she's going to be the only girl for a while... my bantam blrw has been penned for 9 days, and is broody already. so I STILL have yet to get any purebred eggs from her.

I think she's going to get chicks sooner than later, and lose them all after a week or so...

 

[AndyCap]

my bantam blrw has been penned for 9 days, and is broody already. so I STILL have yet to get any purebred eggs from her

I think she's going to get chicks sooner than later, and lose them all after a week or so...

I feel your pain. i haven't had an egg from 4 of my hens this entire year. In fact, one of the chicks that hatched in February has already laid an egg, none of my breeding hens have though since December

That is the last time i let my breeding hens raise chicks

.

On the positive side, these have to be the smallest/cutest cochin eggs i have ever seen.

First pic, a bantam cochin egg, sitting next to a super market large,



this pic, a pullets first eggs next to a normal cochin bantam egg.(eggs for comparison are same size as the one in the top pic.)



Just 1.7 inches long.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

I feel your pain. i haven't had an egg from 4 of my hens this entire year. In fact, one of the chicks that hatched in February has already laid an egg, none of my breeding hens have though since December

That is the last time i let my breeding hens raise chicks

.

On the positive side, these have to be the smallest/cutest cochin eggs i have ever seen.

First pic, a bantam cochin egg, sitting next to a super market large,



this pic, a pullets first eggs next to a normal cochin bantam egg.(eggs for comparison are same size as the one in the top pic.)



Just 1.7 inches long.

Due to predator nightmare here last year I had to use pullets eggs to get chicks this year. Not my preferred method but it does work to hatch the smaller eggs. Good luck!