A thought for all you cochin people out there thinking about what to order next year
I am trying to decide what I want to focus on this season as far as quantity of what to produce. I have birds to produce the following combinations of colors
Mottled
Blue Mottled
Splash Mottled
Mille Fleur Project
Buff Columbian Project
Blue Buff Columbian Project
Splash Buff Columbian Project
Possible Blue Laced Red Project
these will all be in bantams and I will be selling mainly eggs this year but should have a few started birds to sell
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Thanx to everyone who has contributed so far
- we've got a great database started for just the 1st day! I will keep the Master List in the 1st post updated nightly when I get home - so please have patience if you submit early in the day!
Remember - ALL Cochin Breeders are encouraged to participate - both Bantam and Large Fowl, all Color Varieties and Projects!
As you can see in my signature, I have two black cochins, one white frizzle, and one silver penciled. The white frizzle is the only rooster.
My question to others is whether it would make sense to just let those 4 be secluded together and raise whatever hatches, or if it would be better to acquire males for matching pairs?
I would be selling most, if not all, the chicks, so what might make the most sense?
Uh-ohhhh! My rooster, Louie, has no more neck feathers and I'm begining to really worry about him! Could you pleeease check out that link? I've already posted this message on two other threads
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Jessica, that is EXACTLY what my beautiful GL cockerel Calypso looked like the 2nd night after I put him in the main coop. Not sure if it was the hens or roos. He hid in the corner for the next week or so - sometimes they just have to establish their own rank and file. It's been a couple of months now - his comb is all healed, the feathers are growing back in very nicely on the back of his head, and he is back to being the absolute sweetest and friendliest bird I have EVER raised - including all the girls. He holds his own in the coop - no longer shy, and gets along well with everyone.
I hope Louie fairs just as well.