Cochin Thread!!!

[Elinor's chicks]

I only have one cochin in my tiny mixed flock, a pullet that I got from a breeder here on BYC. I bought her as a pet and that's what I got. I don't have any illusions about her quality, I'm just curious. Compared to a lot of the photos I'm seeing here, her feathers are narrow. The feathers I see here - especally on the tail - are much wider. She is nice and round, with the usual cochin fluffy cushion, it's just the individual feathers that are narrow.

Is that just a flaw? Are wide tail feathers something you all breed for? Or can I expect a change after her first molt? (yes, I'm sure she is a she - she started laying a couple of weeks ago)

Oh for more room......for more cochins!!

 

[wildwoodcochins]

Elinor's chicks :

I only have one cochin in my tiny mixed flock, a pullet that I got from a breeder here on BYC. I bought her as a pet and that's what I got. I don't have any illusions about her quality, I'm just curious. Compared to a lot of the photos I'm seeing here, her feathers are narrow. The feathers I see here - especally on the tail - are much wider. She is nice and round, with the usual cochin fluffy cushion, it's just the individual feathers that are narrow.

Is that just a flaw? Are wide tail feathers something you all breed for? Or can I expect a change after her first molt? (yes, I'm sure she is a she - she started laying a couple of weeks ago)

Oh for more room......for more cochins!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/41928_91011_004.jpg

Is this the little girl you got from me?? That's strange, I've never seen feathers this narrow. Wonder what's up with that, hopefully somebody can fill us in~​

 

[lilcrow]

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Sorry fattie, I think I was preoccupied with my stuff here and the Zanesville issue. They look very familiar to me (Ha) I wonder why........
I see them all the time, as a matter of fact I've most likely seen some of those chicks in person not so very long ago. They are lovely of course.
Nancy

 

[Funky Feathers]

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Sorry fattie, I think I was preoccupied with my stuff here and the Zanesville issue. They look very familiar to me (Ha) I wonder why........
I see them all the time, as a matter of fact I've most likely seen some of those chicks in person not so very long ago. They are lovely of course.
Nancy

Ummm, not sure what you mean?

How would you have seen them in person? I am in MD, you are in Ohio?

 

[Mr. Ree]

Elinor's chicks :

I only have one cochin in my tiny mixed flock, a pullet that I got from a breeder here on BYC. I bought her as a pet and that's what I got. I don't have any illusions about her quality, I'm just curious. Compared to a lot of the photos I'm seeing here, her feathers are narrow. The feathers I see here - especally on the tail - are much wider. She is nice and round, with the usual cochin fluffy cushion, it's just the individual feathers that are narrow.

Is that just a flaw? Are wide tail feathers something you all breed for? Or can I expect a change after her first molt? (yes, I'm sure she is a she - she started laying a couple of weeks ago)

Oh for more room......for more cochins!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/41928_91011_004.jpg

If you look more closely at her feathers, its not just the feathers in her cushion. The feathers on her shoulders and on her back look very narrow as well. I have never had to deal with this in any birds, and not sure how you would. I am noy sure if it is a genetic thing of not, I am sure Tom or Craig will be able to explain things a bit better. I will say though, I really love her color.


~Casey​

 

[Elinor's chicks]

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Is this the little girl you got from me?? That's strange, I've never seen feathers this narrow. Wonder what's up with that, hopefully somebody can fill us in~

Yep, that's the little one I got from you. She's a hoot - more like a puppy than a chicken. She even begs! When she sees me with a tomato, she sits up, bounces and stretches out her neck toward my hand, like 'please, please, I want some." My others, a bantam Brahma and 2 bantam Orpingtons, are sweet, but well, more like ..... chickens! ha - ha

 

[wildwoodcochins]

Elinor's chicks :

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Is this the little girl you got from me?? That's strange, I've never seen feathers this narrow. Wonder what's up with that, hopefully somebody can fill us in~

Yep, that's the little one I got from you. She's a hoot - more like a puppy than a chicken. She even begs! When she sees me with a tomato, she sits up, bounces and stretches out her neck toward my hand, like 'please, please, I want some." My others, a bantam Brahma and 2 bantam Orpingtons, are sweet, but well, more like ..... chickens! ha - ha​

I will post pictures of her mom and dad and maybe that will help to figure it out!
This is her mom, the wind is blowing up her tail in this picture but she has normal feathers:

And this is daddy: This is also Lacey (mommy) again when she was much younger, she really grew up and changed a lot between the 2 pictures!

I'll try to find better pictures of them tonight~

 

[wildwoodcochins]

Elinor's chicks :

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Is this the little girl you got from me?? That's strange, I've never seen feathers this narrow. Wonder what's up with that, hopefully somebody can fill us in~

Yep, that's the little one I got from you. She's a hoot - more like a puppy than a chicken. She even begs! When she sees me with a tomato, she sits up, bounces and stretches out her neck toward my hand, like 'please, please, I want some." My others, a bantam Brahma and 2 bantam Orpingtons, are sweet, but well, more like ..... chickens! ha - ha​

Sounds like she has mommy's personality, Lacey is the sweetest chicken I have, she can't wait for me to pick her up and hold her~

 

[lilcrow]

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Sorry fattie, I think I was preoccupied with my stuff here and the Zanesville issue. They look very familiar to me (Ha) I wonder why........
I see them all the time, as a matter of fact I've most likely seen some of those chicks in person not so very long ago. They are lovely of course.
Nancy

Ummm, not sure what you mean?

How would you have seen them in person? I am in MD, you are in Ohio?

Since I see Mandy's birds all the time, I thought possibly the Mottled juveniles were a pair that you got from her. I was down there not very long ago and saw this years offspring. Plus, your own chicks look a lot like their parents (Mandy's breeding) that's all I meant. If I'm mistaken I apologize, I shouldn't have made assumptions.

 

[thecochincoop]

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Ummm, not sure what you mean?

How would you have seen them in person? I am in MD, you are in Ohio?

Since I see Mandy's birds all the time, I thought possibly the Mottled juveniles were a pair that you got from her. I was down there not very long ago and saw this years offspring. Plus, your own chicks look a lot like their parents (Mandy's breeding) that's all I meant. If I'm mistaken I apologize, I shouldn't have made assumptions.

you were right about the blue mottleds. I showed them to you one time you were here right before I shipped them out