Cochin Thread!!!

[GotGame]

they should be just blue chicks until their hackles come in...

 

[NellaBean]

Every single one of my mottled cochin hens is broody. 1 is finishing up raising chicks, and the other 4 are all sitting on eggs. Crazy birds. My rooster is so lonely! LOL

Momma and her (lf speckled sussex) babies

Sister to the above momma (right) and one of my younger girls (left)

my gorgeous blue mottled hen (front) and overly mottled black hen (back)

 

[smithbantam]

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Thanks.

 

[lilcrow]

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Thank You so much. I still don't know if I can do it but at least it gives me an idea of how.

The easiest way I can think of, and less painful. I put the bird in a box and run a vacume cleaner hose from my exhaust of the car into the box, I run the car for just a few minutes and it only takes less than a minute but at least they don't suffer any more. It's the least gory way I can think of. Just part of life and being a chicken owner and it's just something that needs to be done to relieve suffering.

This is a terrible subject, but as you said wildwood, it is part of being a chicken owner and necessary to relieve suffering, but I'm sorry I have to disagree with you about the exhaust being less painful. Yes it may be less gory, but definitely not less painful. I euthanized a baby lorikeet (Parrot) several years ago in this fashion; I didn't put it in a box (which I couldn't see into) it was in a clear box that I COULD see into, plus I was able to hear it peeping. It takes at least a full minute for the chick to die and possibly a little longer, it peeps (gasping ?? in my mind) the entire time and the cessation of the peeping was how I knew it was dead. I believe this method is easier for the person, but not for the chick. If you use Mandy's method it is over INSTANTLY! No pain, no suffering, no dragging it out.
Now I admit that I have not yet been able to destroy a bird and I feel ashamed of myself for it. I feel like I owe it to my birds to be able to help them out of this life if they need it, but at 63 I don't think I'll be changing my constitution at this late date. I'm blessed in the sense that Mandy has helped me in the past as has another good friend of mine, Gary who developed the Silver Laced Brahmas. My suggestion is if you can't do it yourself, try to find someone who will, it is the quickest, totally painless way of exiting this plane for a bird.
Nancy

 

[mjgigax]

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They sure have some nice type!

 

[mjgigax]

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The easiest way I can think of, and less painful. I put the bird in a box and run a vacume cleaner hose from my exhaust of the car into the box, I run the car for just a few minutes and it only takes less than a minute but at least they don't suffer any more. It's the least gory way I can think of. Just part of life and being a chicken owner and it's just something that needs to be done to relieve suffering.

This is a terrible subject, but as you said wildwood, it is part of being a chicken owner and necessary to relieve suffering, but I'm sorry I have to disagree with you about the exhaust being less painful. Yes it may be less gory, but definitely not less painful. I euthanized a baby lorikeet (Parrot) several years ago in this fashion; I didn't put it in a box (which I couldn't see into) it was in a clear box that I COULD see into, plus I was able to hear it peeping. It takes at least a full minute for the chick to die and possibly a little longer, it peeps (gasping ?? in my mind) the entire time and the cessation of the peeping was how I knew it was dead. I believe this method is easier for the person, but not for the chick. If you use Mandy's method it is over INSTANTLY! No pain, no suffering, no dragging it out.
Now I admit that I have not yet been able to destroy a bird and I feel ashamed of myself for it. I feel like I owe it to my birds to be able to help them out of this life if they need it, but at 63 I don't think I'll be changing my constitution at this late date. I'm blessed in the sense that Mandy has helped me in the past as has another good friend of mine, Gary who developed the Silver Laced Brahmas. My suggestion is if you can't do it yourself, try to find someone who will, it is the quickest, totally painless way of exiting this plane for a bird.
Nancy

I have euthanized a possum and a kitten that were both in farm accidents and were suffering greatly but so far I have "chickened out" and had someone else euthanize chickens for me. My husband shot a poor mottled rooster for me this week.

 

[RareBreedFancier]

Hi all, I have a question about the mottle color.

I hatched a black chick who was marked like the mottle chicks I've seen on the net and when it started feathering in it had white tips on it's feathers. Now he's 3 1/2mo he looks solid black. I really wanted mottles, could the way he feathered in mean he's carrying one copy of mo? Or is it just something that happens? He's cute and has the good sense to be friendly so I'm planing to pair him with his little lav hatchmate.

 

[NellaBean]

White wing tips in solid black birds is common when they are chicks. They should grow out of it and be solid black.

 

[NellaBean]

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They sure have some nice type!

Thanks! I actually removed the broody hen from the chicks and returned her to the mottled pen. Mr Mottled was so excited to see one of his hens back. He was dancing all over the place.

 

[1muttsfan]

nellabean if anyone wants to see what a cochin should look like they need only look at your pictures, those are beautiful birds