Cochin Thread!!!

[lilcrow]

Loving my cockerels this year


and my pullets aren't bad either

Beautiful Mille Fleur Nancy, very near to the true Mille Fleur pattern.

 

[lilcrow]

There is a lot of thought here that there is a link between the lavender gene and feather problems. A lot of breeders say it can be selected out.

I wouldn't judge her too harshly yet. Not until first molt. I have seen some amazing transformations in my black birds. Also had a white hen who's comb went from being flopped over to straight up after her first true molt. And a black hen with similar tail feathers had a significant improvement in her cushion after her first molt.

As Andy said the Self Blue is fraught with feather issues. Over here in the US we see a lot of the fray gene connected to the lavender gene. I don't breed Self-Blue but I've seen Tom Roebuck's Self Blues and they are gorgeous. He started with birds not as nice as the one you are showing in your post, and used his gorgeous Blacks to get to where he was at time. If you're going to breed SB, the good news is just that, "outcrossing" to the best Black you can find will not only give you improved type, but it should also aid in getting rid of the fray on the feathers.

 

[CyndiChick]

Wow JM those are absolutely gorgeous- all of them

 

[Fancy Feathers]

Then you're gonna love this one too!

He's a Bob Hawes buff bantam cochin cock....I have two hens and some new chicks coming along.

Beautiful Mille Fleur Nancy, very near to the true Mille Fleur pattern.

Thanks Nancy

Working on it!

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

Then you're gonna love this one too!

He's a Bob Hawes buff bantam cochin cock....I have two hens and some new chicks coming along.

LOVE HIM!

 

[Frizzled Pink]

Loving my cockerels this year


and my pullets aren't bad either

Good looking bunch this year --Congrats

 

[ki4got]

Then you're gonna love this one too!

He's a Bob Hawes buff bantam cochin cock....I have two hens and some new chicks coming along.

Did you get him from Bob recently? any idea if he's got anything else available? he hasn't replied to the email address I have recently, so maybe I just need to look up his phone #. LOL

it's all Bob Hawes' fault that I love cochins, when he gave me a splash girl back years ago when he was my advisor at UMO.

 

[atotton]

Martin and Miss Kay the oldies. Growing like a bad weed @ 14 weeks Si, Sadie, Kory.

 

[County Boy]

growing like a bad weed @ 14 weeks Si, Sadie, Kory and M


iss Kay and Martin

Love them and their names- Duck Dynasty.

 

[kabhyper1]

I don't want to offend anyone with this question, but I was wondering if anyone has ever seen or had a Cochin x Polish? I was just thinking about what different crosses look like and realized I had never seen that.