Cochin Thread!!!

[chippysmom327]

Any Cochin will go broody if it decides to. The Cochin breed is known to be very broody. I found that out myself with my hen. Any partridge color will be very well blended in with its surroundings if you have fallen leaves and bushes.

Thanks! I really love the blue coloring! Partridge is a great idea for camouflage.

 

[ki4got]

Hi

I bought a sick banty cochin at a swap and had to cull her unfortunately, but I really want one in my flock.

This may be a dumb question, but is one color more broody than the other? I want a color that will be REALLY broody and will hatch me lots of babies! From what I have observed, blue seem to be the most broody. But I could be asking a really dumb question, and all of them are the same amount of broody. I'm also trying to stay away from light colors because I free range and have a LOT of HUMONGOUS hawks out here. I have all "camouflage" chickens (brown with black markings, golden laced, black) and they blend in pretty well. So I don't want white or silver-laced.

Just thought I'd come to the cochin experts! Thanks!

ALL of mine have gone broody at least twice this year... mille fleur and partridge tho. the rest are too young, but I anticipate they will in the spring, again depriving me of eggs to hatch.

 

[chippysmom327]

ALL of mine have gone broody at least twice this year... mille fleur and partridge tho. the rest are too young, but I anticipate they will in the spring, again depriving me of eggs to hatch.

Thanks! Partridge sounds like the one for me!

 

[loversday002]

cochins are so pretty!

 

[ki4got]

Quote:
that's mille fleur bantam cochin, not mille fleur d'uccle. LOL my only bantams are cochin or Wyandotte. also very broody girls, but not quite as bad as cochins.

 

[chippysmom327]

that's mille fleur bantam cochin, not mille fleur d'uccle. LOL my only bantams are cochin or Wyandotte. also very broody girls, but not quite as bad as cochins.

I found someone about 45 minutes from me with blue and black bantam cochins! Hopefully I can get one! I really like this breed. They're really sweet chickens. Mille fleur cochin bantams are really cool looking.

I've heard of wyandotte bantams but never heard of anyone actually owning any! It seems like bantams are more prone to broodiness.

 

[ki4got]

Quote: well, I think some bantam 'dottes are more prone than others, since they seem to have a lineage back to bantam cochins in part...

 

[chippysmom327]

well, I think some bantam 'dottes are more prone than others, since they seem to have a lineage back to bantam cochins in part...

True.

Wait, so cochins and wyandottes are related kinda?

 

[ki4got]

Quote: the bantam Wyandotte was created using a variety of other breeds, including the bantam cochin if I remember correctly.

 

[chippysmom327]

the bantam Wyandotte was created using a variety of other breeds, including the bantam cochin if I remember correctly.

That's super cool!