Cochin Thread!!!

[Coopa Cabana]

That's fantastic that you have a pair of lavender!!!!!!!! Maybe come spring we can swap some eggs or chicks!

 

[I'mACountryGirl]

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You bet!!! I'd love to do some swapping! I also have a pair (roo and hen) of black split to lavender from the same hatch...you can kind of catch glimpses of them in the pictures I posted. They are also really nice! I'll post a couple more pics of them tomorrow. Is it too late for me to enter a bird in the show this weekend? I know NOTHING about showing!!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

I'mACountryGirl :

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You bet!!! I'd love to do some swapping! I also have a pair (roo and hen) of black split to lavender from the same hatch...you can kind of catch glimpses of them in the pictures I posted. They are also really nice! I'll post a couple more pics of them tomorrow. Is it too late for me to enter a bird in the show this weekend? I know NOTHING about showing!!

The entry deadline was last Wednesday. I gotta get to bed now, or I'll never get to work on time!!! Talk to everyone tomorrow!​

 

[mjgigax]

I'mACountryGirl :

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I try to get there every year. We had an itty-bitty BYC meetup there last year - I think there were 4 of us! I had my entry form in hand for this year, and "chickened" out. Maybe next year I'll get up the nerve to show!

Do you have any lavender hens for that pretty boy?

Just one lavender...her name is Nala and she is as sweet as he is ornery!!!

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Wow, I'm not an expert but I like their type alot.

I've got one two week old chick. He/she and 35 eggs, from three different sellers, in an incubator right now are the begining of a project flock.

There is a self/blue lavender cochin thread that has very good breeding info. on the forum.

 

[I'mACountryGirl]

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You bet!!! I'd love to do some swapping! I also have a pair (roo and hen) of black split to lavender from the same hatch...you can kind of catch glimpses of them in the pictures I posted. They are also really nice! I'll post a couple more pics of them tomorrow. Is it too late for me to enter a bird in the show this weekend? I know NOTHING about showing!!

The entry deadline was last Wednesday. I gotta get to bed now, or I'll never get to work on time!!! Talk to everyone tomorrow!

OK!!! I just found out that I can still get these 2 lavender (self-blue) kids in the RMFF show this weekend...and all of a sudden I'm REALLY nervous about it! What do you think? Should I enter them?

 

[Coopa Cabana]

I'mACountryGirl :

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The entry deadline was last Wednesday. I gotta get to bed now, or I'll never get to work on time!!! Talk to everyone tomorrow!

OK!!! I just found out that I can still get these 2 lavender (self-blue) kids in the RMFF show this weekend...and all of a sudden I'm REALLY nervous about it! What do you think? Should I enter them?​

If you can still get in, I say go for it! (What did you find out about the procedures for late entries?)

Here's the Self-Blue Cochin thread - you should post over there, also:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=222829

 

[I'mACountryGirl]

Well.....John Baker with RMFF just called me back to let me know that he has already entered all my information in the list, so I now have zero chance to back out!!

So, I will be there early Saturday, I will bring my 2 birds, and I will prepare to drink away my embarrassment with margaritas afterward if I'm laughed out of the show!!

I found out that mine are the only self-blue bantam cochins entered, so that should stack things in my favor! I really hope some of you are also going to be there!! We could make arrangements to meet up at a certain time on Saturday...

 

[I'mACountryGirl]

Coopa - I just pm'd you.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

I'mACountryGirl :

Coopa - I just pm'd you.

Didn't get it.​

 

[cochinman2005]

I'mACountryGirl :

Well.....John Baker with RMFF just called me back to let me know that he has already entered all my information in the list, so I now have zero chance to back out!!

So, I will be there early Saturday, I will bring my 2 birds, and I will prepare to drink away my embarrassment with margaritas afterward if I'm laughed out of the show!!

I found out that mine are the only self-blue bantam cochins entered, so that should stack things in my favor! I really hope some of you are also going to be there!! We could make arrangements to meet up at a certain time on Saturday...

The type on your pair is better than most I've seen. Question...what color are their shanks and bottoms of their feet? Blue/Slate and White, or dusky yellow and yellow, the latter being what you need since all Cochins have either yellow or dusky/swarthy yellow legs/feet. All the Self-Blues that I've seen to date have had Blue legs and White feet, which goes back to whatever was used to create them. The birds I started with 3 years ago had Blue legs and white feet. My f3's were mostly yellow legged which is the infuence of the Blacks coming into play. I have some photos of the f3 splits on that Self Blue thread that was referenced earlier.

RE: leg color - since they aren't a recognized variety, you probably won't get dinged on leg color at the show this weekend (unless they have yellow legs already, then you are ahead of the game). Something to keep in mind in the future once we get them recognized is that the standard will call for yellow/dusky yellow legs and feet, so anything else would be considered color foreign to the breed and a disqualification.​