Cochin Thread!!!

[ChickenCrazy123]

Heres my black hen still growing back her feathers.

Two more weeks to go before our big show.

she looks great what a beauty glad to she her doing good.

 

[ChickenCrazy123]

This is Franky, my amazing MF cochin cockerel who is 5 months old

Love the coloring

 

[ChickenCrazy123]

Ok, guys can I have your opinions on this. I've never heard of this being bad for them but if it is please let me know. I have heard on a other chicken page that feeding your chickens grass is not good for them and that you should use straw not pine shavings. Which I feed my girls grass at times to give them a well balanced diet. I also use pine shavings cause I was told that straw is a place where bugs like lice can hide and that pine shaving don't give them a place to hide. Can you tell me what you think of this because if I'm doing something wrong I want to fix it. I like to do what is best for my girls and keep them healthy and happy. Thanks

 

[1TurkenLover]

Ok, guys can I have your opinions on this. I've never heard of this being bad for them but if it is please let me know. I have heard on a other chicken page that feeding your chickens grass is not good for them and that you should use straw not pine shavings. Which I feed my girls grass at times to give them a well balanced diet. I also use pine shavings cause I was told that straw is a place where bugs like lice can hide and that pine shaving don't give them a place to hide. Can you tell me what you think of this because if I'm doing something wrong I want to fix it. I like to do what is best for my girls and keep them healthy and happy. Thanks

I give untreated yard grass as Bonus or treat along with balanced diet. Allergic to Hay/Straw we did try it in coops, NASTY smelling stuff.

We use AP Sand in Runs and Main Coop scoop out nightly and when check for eggs.

we add food grade DE to coop as needed mixed well when chickens not in. lots of ventilation.






In Sick Run/Nursery we use Pine shavings in Coop and AP Sand in run.

Sick Run/Nursery

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Quote: Craig is 100% correct - it was a pullet shown by Craig Carroll in 2006.

Here's the link to a picture of Craig Carroll's Wheaten:
http://www.cochinsint.com/uploads/8/8/2/1/8821267/pics_aov_bantams.pdf

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Quote:
Here's the link to a picture of Craig Carroll's Wheaten:
http://www.cochinsint.com/uploads/8/8/2/1/8821267/pics_aov_bantams.pdf

 

[Reyvaughn]

Ok, guys can I have your opinions on this. I've never heard of this being bad for them but if it is please let me know. I have heard on a other chicken page that feeding your chickens grass is not good for them and that you should use straw not pine shavings. Which I feed my girls grass at times to give them a well balanced diet. I also use pine shavings cause I was told that straw is a place where bugs like lice can hide and that pine shaving don't give them a place to hide. Can you tell me what you think of this because if I'm doing something wrong I want to fix it. I like to do what is best for my girls and keep them healthy and happy. Thanks

I think someone else needs to educate themselves before giving bad advise. If a chicken was out free ranging, they'd be eating grass - among other things. Grass is perfectly fine for them. Make sure to give them grit with it so they don't get impacted crops. As for straw over shavings because of lice hiding places... Straw will hide them fine, too. Bedding is more of a personal preference, I suppose. For the most part shavings are the most common. If you get a lice issue, it's easy to treat with some Sevin dust, poultry dust and Ivermectin pour-on. I'm more leery of a chicken eating straw and causing an impacted crop or something.

 

[Tikkijane]

I think someone else needs to educate themselves before giving bad advise.  If a chicken was out free ranging, they'd be eating grass - among other things.  Grass is perfectly fine for them.  Make sure to give them grit with it so they don't get impacted crops.  As for straw over shavings because of lice hiding places... Straw will hide them fine, too.  Bedding is more of a personal preference, I suppose.  For the most part shavings are the most common.  If you get a lice issue, it's easy to treat with some Sevin dust, poultry dust and Ivermectin pour-on.  I'm more leery of a chicken eating straw and causing an impacted crop or something.

I agree. Ours have always eaten grass. We've even bagged the mower to give them a salad in the run.

Bedding is personal. As long as you don't use cedar (which is toxic to chickens) it should be fine.

 

[ChickenCrazy123]

Ok, thanks everyone because I was starting to think man have I been possibly hurting my girls not on purpose of course. Thanks for reassuring me that I wasn't doing anything wrong.

 

[ChknObsessedANG]

This is Franky, my amazing MF cochin cockerel who is 5 months old

He is mega pretty! Nice job!