Cochin Thread!!!

[kabhyper1]

Nope...new mommas usually aren't! Your baby should be fine with her momma even if the other egg doesn't hatch. Usually you only have a problem with a lone chick if it was an incubator hatch with no hen. Congrats!!!!

Thanks. They really love each other. I'm not going to put them in with the flock right away. They will go to a little coop by themselves. I don't trust my flock to not hurt the little one. I really do hope the other egg hatches. I'm actually pretty sad about that other egg. These were Lavenders first babies of her own. There were 4 eggs, two were clear, and the other two developed normally, but the one under her was put under her a day later. Today is day 21 so I hope Im just being paranoid and it still hatches. She has no interest so far in getting up. She eats and drinks with the baby while she broods the egg. I hope if it does hatch it is soon, poor lavender needs to move her legs.

 

[calichicken]

Thanks. They really love each other. I'm not going to put them in with the flock right away. They will go to a little coop by themselves. I don't trust my flock to not hurt the little one. I really do hope the other egg hatches. I'm actually pretty sad about that other egg. These were Lavenders first babies of her own. There were 4 eggs, two were clear, and the other two developed normally, but the one under her was put under her a day later. Today is day 21 so I hope Im just being paranoid and it still hatches. She has no interest so far in getting up. She eats and drinks with the baby while she broods the egg. I hope if it does hatch it is soon, poor lavender needs to move her legs.

I have not hatched with a broody yet, but from what I have read(mine keeps going broody so thinking about letting her hatch some...doing research..LOL) if the hen is still sitting on the egg then she senses it will hatch.....so hopefully it will! What a good girl, teaching her new baby while hatching the other! God luck and keep us updated

 

[WendyF]

I know I was taking a risk bringing her home. But I wash my hands and all that good stuff after handling her b/4 I do anything with my chickens. She is separated and everything too. There was just no way I could walk away after seeing her like that. I had to do something.

It is such a tragedy to see living beings being forced to endure this type of torture. I completely understand why you felt the need to rescue at least one of them! I have had that same reaction at a local pet store with a sick ferret. The problem is, that when we give these monsters money to buy their poor animals, we are enabling them to keep repeating this disgusting behaviour, and to make a profit at the animal's great expense. I don't know if your local animal control has an emergency line, but if you ever see anything like this again it will be much better for all of the chickens unfortunate enough to fall into their greedy hands if you could get animal control out immediately to seize the birds & press cruelty charges. That will hit them right in the pocket book, which is the only way to get through to pigs like them. I'm so sorry you had to see that, and I really do wish your poor little bird well. Bless you for helping her!

 

[flockofbantams]

I know I was taking a risk bringing her home. But I wash my hands and all that good stuff after handling her b/4 I do anything with my chickens. She is separated and everything too. There was just no way I could walk away after seeing her like that. I had to do something.

It is such a tragedy to see living beings being forced to endure this type of torture. I completely understand why you felt the need to rescue at least one of them! I have had that same reaction at a local pet store with a sick ferret. The problem is, that when we give these monsters money to buy their poor animals, we are enabling them to keep repeating this disgusting behaviour, and to make a profit at the animal's great expense. I don't know if your local animal control has an emergency line, but if you ever see anything like this again it will be much better for all of the chickens unfortunate enough to fall into their greedy hands if you could get animal control out immediately to seize the birds & press cruelty charges. That will hit them right in the pocket book, which is the only way to get through to pigs like them. I'm so sorry you had to see that, and I really do wish your poor little bird well. Bless you for helping her!

Very true, I didn't really think about me giving him more money to do it again. Buts it totally true. But I don't my $8.00 went tears another bird. Last night we saw the same man at ruby Tuesdays. That's a shame he sold enough birds for him to go eat a nice meal. He rewarded himself for the crul way he treats his animals. I did ask him if he was at the flea market often. He said every Saturday. So now I now when I report him that he will be there.

 

[flockofbantams]

He had a beautiful LF cochin sunburn splash rooster that had a twisted beak. The upper beak went to the left and the lower to the right and it was severe. And the rooster had a eye infection in one eye and his eye was matted shut. I so badly wanted to get this rooster to but I have a rooster and didn't have another place to put him and the hen to. But in another cage he had 4 cochin bantam cockerels they all looked ok ( for now). Most of his bantams in general looked better. I guess cause he sells them as pets more then dinner. My hen was in the dinner coop.

I just feel even if you raise animals for dinner that they need to be treated with care and respect all the way to the "kill" shot or how ever they do it.

U could just see in the eyes of these chickens that some of them seemed to be praying for death just so they were scared and in pain anymore.

My little hen was one of those. But yesterday afternoon after a few hours with me she seems like her spirits had lifted a little. She was up walking around and eatting. She loved the start and grow. I'm going to go get her some meal worms and black oil sunflower seeds.

 

[flockofbantams]

Oh by the way she is a game. (I think) it's hard to tell will so many missing feathers.
And I named her rainbow. The reason I thought rainbow would be perfect is because in my eyes she is beautiful for 1 and 2 god made a promise with a rainbow and my promise to her is she will never be treated that way ever again.
Again I know she is not a cochin, but I have Cochins too ( witch I love... Cochins are awesome!!!!) so I'm on this thread and just wanted y'all to know rainbows story and watch her progress.

 

[dee06]

Here are my Cochin? bantam orp? at 3 weeks old
Chick 1Chick 2




Chick 3
Chick 4

 

[flockofbantams]

Here are my Cochin? bantam orp? at 3 weeks old [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR]Chick 1 [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR]Chick 2 [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR]Chick 3 Chick 4

They are such little fluff balls!!!! Adorable !!!

 

[Wildivy2112]

Such nice colors! Love these chicks.

 

[dee06]

Thanks, love them can't wait to find out what sex they are