Cochin Thread!!!

[wildwoodcochins]

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Your boy looks nice. I can't see his foot color or wings. Looks like he has weak wings, but that's not uncommon. Spread them and see if theres a gap. The wattles look very long and the comb's a bit too many points but that's just nit picky stuff there. If you're not doing AI then you won't get any fertile eggs. I never get any till I do AI and then everything's ok

Guess I better watch the collecting AI videos again! LOL Always fun explaining that to the hubby!

 

[thecochincoop]

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Your boy looks nice. I can't see his foot color or wings. Looks like he has weak wings, but that's not uncommon. Spread them and see if theres a gap. The wattles look very long and the comb's a bit too many points but that's just nit picky stuff there. If you're not doing AI then you won't get any fertile eggs. I never get any till I do AI and then everything's ok

Guess I better watch the collecting AI videos again! LOL Always fun explaining that to the hubby!

I know what you mean. My hubby thinks I'm crazy. If you run into me at the show I'll try to show you how because it's hard to do with cochins and all their fluff
btw here's my boy which is also overmarked

*edited to add he lost a front comb point in a fight

 

[wildwoodcochins]

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Guess I better watch the collecting AI videos again! LOL Always fun explaining that to the hubby!

I know what you mean. My hubby thinks I'm crazy. If you run into me at the show I'll try to show you how because it's hard to do with cochins and all their fluff
btw here's my boy which is also overmarked
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...33437_100000560950503_1147895_770267069_n.jpg

*edited to add he lost a front comb point in a fight

He's awesome! Funny with the mottled; either too much mottling or not enough. The girls are so much easier!

 

[thecochincoop]

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I know what you mean. My hubby thinks I'm crazy. If you run into me at the show I'll try to show you how because it's hard to do with cochins and all their fluff
btw here's my boy which is also overmarked
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...33437_100000560950503_1147895_770267069_n.jpg

*edited to add he lost a front comb point in a fight

He's awesome! Funny with the mottled; either too much mottling or not enough. The girls are so much easier!

you just have to watch who you pair up I've had a few overmarked females too

 

[lilcrow]

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Twyla, if you can't find any Red-Brown hens/pullets you could breed some for yourself, you have everything that you need to get them. You could breed your RB roo to a Birchen hen, you should get RB offspring from that mating. Something keeps going around in my head about sex linked color, so I'm not sure if you get RB roos or RB hens or just a mixture, but you'll get RB. I think Gail will know how this works, you could ask her how many breedings it will take to get your RB hens.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Twyla, if you can't find any Red-Brown hens/pullets you could breed some for yourself, you have everything that you need to get them. You could breed your RB roo to a Birchen hen, you should get RB offspring from that mating. Something keeps going around in my head about sex linked color, so I'm not sure if you get RB roos or RB hens or just a mixture, but you'll get RB. I think Gail will know how this works, you could ask her how many breedings it will take to get your RB hens.

Sex-linked genes are something I haven't really studied up on, so I'm not sure if you want a BR roo on a Birchen hen, or a Birchen roo on a BR hen. But you are correct Nancy, Brown-Red and Birchen are the same, except one is based on s+ (gold/red) and one is based on S (silver).

Twyla, didn't you say you joined Cochins International at Crossroads? Did they give you your Breeders Directory? See page 48 for the bantam Brown-Red breeders.

(PS - the proper name of the variety is Brown-Red - not Red-Brown - maybe that's why you overlooked it in the directory.)

 

[lilcrow]

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Twyla, if you can't find any Red-Brown hens/pullets you could breed some for yourself, you have everything that you need to get them. You could breed your RB roo to a Birchen hen, you should get RB offspring from that mating. Something keeps going around in my head about sex linked color, so I'm not sure if you get RB roos or RB hens or just a mixture, but you'll get RB. I think Gail will know how this works, you could ask her how many breedings it will take to get your RB hens.

Sex-linked genes are something I haven't really studied up on, so I'm not sure if you want a BR roo on a Birchen hen, or a Birchen roo on a BR hen. But you are correct Nancy, Brown-Red and Birchen are the same, except one is based on s+ (gold/red) and one is based on S (silver).

Twyla, didn't you say you joined Cochins International at Crossroads? Did they give you your Breeders Directory? See page 48 for the bantam Brown-Red breeders.

(PS - the proper name of the variety is Brown-Red - not Red-Brown - maybe that's why you overlooked it in the directory.)

Whew!

............Thanks for the reminder about Brown-Red - I've fallen into the trap of seeing it too many times on this thread.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Found It!!!

* Sex-linked Gold (recessive) & Sex-linked Silver (dominant)

Gold + Gold = all gold
Gold male + Silver female = all gold females, all silver males (S/s) -carrying gold
Silver male (S/S) + Gold female = all silvers, all males carrying gold (S/s)
Silver (S/s -carrying gold) male + Gold female = of males: 50% Silver [S/s -all carrying Gold], 50% Gold, of females: 50% Silver, 50% Gold
Silver (S/s -carrying gold) male + Silver female = of males: 50% Silver -carrying Gold (S/s), 50% pure Silver (S/S), of females: 50% Silver, 50% Gold

Here's the entire thread (fantastic resource for everyone), courtesy of Chris09:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=343605

 

[wildwoodcochins]

Thanks Nancy & Gail! Great info and link.
I don't know when I got turned around on the red-brown, brown-red. I knew what it was in the beginning but got it turned around at some point. Maybe like you Nancy; I've seen it backwards too many times! LOL
I do have the breeders directory from CI and hadn't thought of that! DUH!
I must be "chicken drunk" again

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

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That is an incredible page. I bookmarked it. So much information in one spot. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Craig