Cochin Thread!!!

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

No this is not normal, but it is not laziness either. It may be something neurological. More than likely this won't correct itself so you will be stuck with a handicapped chicken. The worst thing about that is - more than likely he will never be able to integrate into a flock that doesn't know him. If he stays with the group he is in now, they may let him live and just observe him as normal. A new group of birds won't be so kind. (I'm using the term "kind" very loosely)

I agree. I have a few handicap chickens and the were shunned from even there "family". I have a d'uccle that has a neurological disorder and has a trigger that causes sezisures. Absolutely nobody likes her, they are all terribly mean to her. Even my very sweet gentle white rocks, which is so not like them. I had to make a seperate spot for her and the picking just caused her further problems. She absolutely won't go on the ground. So she has a little air condo lol. This is just one handicap chicken I have- there are others and it almost always ends the same- no one wants them (as in the chickens)

 

[ki4got]

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I agree, I had one bantam cochin hen I nicknamed 'turtle'. one of my red girls. she would move around just fine, eat drink. lived to be over a year old but never laid or roosted. if someone bumped her she'd roll over onto her back and couldn't get up without help. I lost her about 2 weeks ago.

 

[mindylee]

I have a few handicap chickens (2 limps, 1 with only 1 leg and had one that was blind.) All did/doing well in the group. The 1 leg lives with flock during day but put in her own cage at night and rest lives fine amung the flock. I guess it just depends.

 

[ki4got]

and on a happier note...

I put a nice buff roo from Tom Roebuck (too dark to be a good buff I was told) over my 2 red girls. I expected the F1 to be entirely buff, but have been surprised by what I'm seeing. and they're getting darker with age. waiting to see how the type comes out on them.

with their broody momma and SFH 'siblings'
(yes, she's got over 30 chicks, some adopted when their mother quit)


and a couple up closer with a blue boy in the middle (and 2 sfh)


these chicks at hatch. the striped ones seem to be the darkest of the bunch.

 

[mindylee]

Look at that momma hen go!

It made me smile
Too cute and love it!

 

[cabinchicky]

Wow!! She's a heck of a Momma!! looks like u have two blues and a black in the chicks. Pls keep updated!!

 

[Chickenloving]

Oooooo I JUST FOUND THIS THREAD!!!! Cochins are my absolute FAVORITE CHICKEN BREED EVER!!!!! You can vote for them here https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/897516/favorite-breed-poll

I have a cochin that I raised and she thinks of me as her mother. She follows me everywhere, in cold weather she likes to snuggle, and she loves for me to carry her. Here she is:

 

[ki4got]

Wow!! She's a heck of a Momma!! looks like u have two blues and a black in the chicks. Pls keep updated!!

actually the black is a SFH. I have 11 buff/reds and 2 blues (there is also a silver laced cockerel but she rejected him when his momma quit so he's been adopted by turkey momma). all the rest are Swedish flower hens. one of my girls is a mottled blue with a bit of red leakage and her chicks often look just like her (blue or black), but most develop more red leakage as they grow.

this is sfh momma of the blue and black sfh chicks


Turkey momma is the blue partridge on the left, ready to attack my hubby because he's holding one of HER chicks. LOL her brood includes the 3 bb white turkeys, 1 sfh 1 blrw, the splash cochin (bottom left) and all the silver laced cochins (3 cockerels 1 pullet). you should see them at night. she takes over a nest box complete with MOST of the cochins and 1 tom turkey. LOL 1 of the toms roosts nearby, the girl stays on the floor because of her sore foot (stepped on by the horse, fortunately not broken). the others who won't fit or are old enough stay with the other turkeys either on the roost or floor.

 

[mystonedgarden]

Oooooo I JUST FOUND THIS THREAD!!!! Cochins are my absolute FAVORITE CHICKEN BREED EVER!!!!! You can vote for them here https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/897516/favorite-breed-poll I have a cochin that I raised and she thinks of me as her mother. She follows me everywhere, in cold weather she likes to snuggle, and she loves for me to carry her. Here she is:

She reminds me of my Big momma

She made my DH and myself fall in love with cochins, which made my flock jump from 6 to 22...oops...

 

[flockofbantams]

Oooooo I JUST FOUND THIS THREAD!!!! Cochins are my absolute FAVORITE CHICKEN BREED EVER!!!!! You can vote for them here https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/897516/favorite-breed-poll I have a cochin that I raised and she thinks of me as her mother. She follows me everywhere, in cold weather she likes to snuggle, and she loves for me to carry her. Here she is:

She reminds me of my Big momma

She made my DH and myself fall in love with cochins, which made my flock jump from 6 to 22...oops...

Lol! Same thing is happening to me... Oops lol! I love Cochins too!