Cochin Thread!!!

[lilcrow]

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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

Thanks Mandy, I thought they looked like yours..........

 

[Beth G.]

The dam of this chicken suffers from an immunospressed syndrome. The dam has had a chronic illness somewhere in its breeding line that has caused damage to the melanocytes in her genetic make up. Which means in lemans terms. Her offspring could pop up with irregluar shaped feathering due to her genetics. You can read up on this online I believe.

I have a friend who went to Cornell for Poulrty Science and has taught me alot over the years on how to cull for breeding. This is one thing he showed me on a bird at a show in RI. I just called him to have him explain it again. He said he would not breed your cochin b/c her genetics will cause the same defects in feather. He's seen this alot in chickens who have contracted Mycoplasma gallisepticum. He said it's a delayed amelanatic (sp) line in the Galla. That's all he could elaborate on b/c he had to go.

Hope this helps!

Edited**** ps he said you could call your state tester and have them come out and do a blood test for M.G. That way you can know for sure if you really are curious and want to know. He said M.G. is spread from chicken to the egg.

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!!

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[WestKnollAmy]

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Look at Cowboy's daughter, NellaBean! And she isn't out of the hens I wanted to put with him before you took him back! She stays on the go all the time and it is hard to photograph her. I named her Giddyup.

And here is his son, Roper.

If I already posted these, I am sorry to repeat myself. I am on so many delightful threads.

 

[NellaBean]

Those are some cute kids....always exciting to see them grow up. The flashy mottled cockerel I have growing up is starting to widen.....definitely looking better these days. He was a really late bloomer.....I bet in a few months he will look great.

 

[RedBugPoultry]

I do not get a lot of time to read this thread but I see such pretty birds of peoples on here!

That said I do have a question....I have a quad of gold laced LF cochins. This is the first year I have hatched from them and I admit I have sold all the chicks but a few that I have held on too. One of the little cockerels I have kept I just noticed has really yellow legs--the hens I have hatched and kept do not but he does. He is free ranging and will not let me get close enough to take a picture but the question is -- is this ok? My adult rooster does not have real dark yellow legs nor any of the hens. Is it something that will change as he grows? His legs are so feathered I had not noticed it before.

 

[Blue]

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Cochins are supposed to have yellow legs. If they have dark legs, their feet should still have yellow soles.

 

[Funky Feathers]

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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.

Oh, yes, all my Splash and the mottled pair are from Mandy's line. I was just confused by what you said, that's all. Now it makes sense.

I am proud to have birds of her line, they are amazing.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

So I have really messed up.

There haven't been any eggs to collect for a couple of weeks, and I thought nothing of it, as the days are getting so short, it's near freezing at night now, and most everyone is either molting or broody. There have been NO eggs what-so-ever in the usual places.

Well, by now you can guess what greeted me out in the coop this morning - peaking out from under one of the broody hens!

And I feel so guilty - not only because I obviously missed some eggs they were hiding from me, but mainly because the very first thing this innocent little chick heard me say was "Oh C_ _ p!"

I'm almost afraid to go home tonight and see if there are any more little suprises waiting for me.

I've never had any unplanned chicks before - and never out in the community coop - and never without pre-arranged matings. Guess I will try and set up a little nursery for them tonight - they certainly can't drink and feed with the adults.

I suppose the good thing is that I know for sure at least what one half of the chick is - as the only 2 males out in the coop are Golden Laced. But as far as potential mother hens, the possibilities are 3 Golden Laced, 3 F1 BLR, or 1 Mille Fleur.

 

[tiki244]

What a surprise.

I bet it is cute though. I mean how cant it be. Bad timing isnt it? And thanks for the warning, I havent been collecting too many eggs either lately. Hmm better go check every nook and cranny.

Stephanie I love your chickens.

And thanks guys for filling me in on Zanesville. I finally saw something on tv last night at 1 am (this morning) I guess they found the monkey in one of the tiger's stomaches. They were some horrific pictures of large dead animals. .

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

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I have 2 of those unexpected chicks that are now 6-7 weeks old. Columbian hen x Black male. My chicks have done fine under the hen. Hope they are GL so they will be old and yet less than 1 at next years RMFF show. Again I can't say how nice it was to meet you and your friend at the show. Wish I had more time out there.