Cochin Thread!!!

[SC-ChickMom]

Chickie'sMoma :

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try 5 times in a row! i had a girl unsuccessfully try her first time, stop for a few weeks and then jump back on some eggs with no luck just to keep jumping on more eggs till her 5th try was successful! she has 2 pullets and a cockerel still chasing her around now that they are 4 months old!

not all cochins are constantly broody. i have 3 girls that have tried at least once in their lives and didn't try it again this year (yet).

Thanks. That's what I was curious about.​

 

[NanaKat]

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Surely someone will answer your question. For my fluffy bottomed girls and roo, I selectively pull feathers around the vent area to thin them out...being sure to leave those small feathers closest to the vent alone...they are considered sperm feathers. You should not clip the feathers as that leaves sharp ends to poke the rooster and can cause injury. AI requires more of the feathers to be pulled.

I have a 10 month old LF Blue Cochin that may have laid her first egg today. It is a light creamy beige similiar to the color of the eggs laid by my Columbian Wyandottes. Would this be the color for the Cochin eggs? If Delilah is now laying I will pair her with the Cochin roo Samson.

 

[mjgigax]

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I'm so sorry Robert, what a terrible heartache for you. I hope that you have some babies from Monet that will help to fill the void.

Do you possibly have rats? I had a terrible problem with them this summer, they can get through chicken wire and I came in to find a gorgeous pullet dead, half eaten and they tried to pull her through the chicken wire. I am trying to switch all my cages to hardware cloth now instead of chicken wire. When I found my little pullet, they had attacked her around the neck area first. I hope you can keep your other birds safe and you don't lose anymore. Again, so sorry for your loss~

Thank you. I had not thought that rats could do that, but I guess it's a possibility. I was thinking perhaps a raccoon. I found a place where the staple in the wire had been pulled loos. I tried to secure as best I can until tomorrow when I will have an opportunity to do a better job of repairing the coop.
He was my first bantam Cochin and started me with this breed that seems to fit me and my personality. I have one rooster from him that I just couldn't part with and a couple of hens as well, but still... I can't believe how attached I can get to a little chicken! but they have such great personalities and add a lot of enjoyment to my life.

So sorry you lost them. Cochins do have such wonderful personalities. I like mine more and more. Other breeds have sometimes tempted me but Cochins were just what I was looking for to start with and insteading of moving on I seem to like them more and more.

 

[nursebettie]

Anyone know of a show quality standard blue roo around washington state area or a breeder that will ship?

 

[tkay6205]

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I am very sorry to hear about your Rooster!!

 

[MERCERS]

So sorry about your rooster. Hardware cloth is definitely the way to go - I even have it under the run to prevent any tunneling. Best of luck.

 

[MERCERS]

I am a newbie, with a sweet blue cochin who's 3-4 months (and a same-age RI red, and a leghorn) She gave a couple loud "crows" 2 days ago, but has been silent since. She is otherwise pretty "henlike," and totally docile.

It 3-4 months old enough so that cochins can be reliably sexed? Do cochins roos get their tailfeathers/suprs/large wattles by this age?

(I'm too new to the forum to upload her pics, but for those who are feeling helpful to a new family of chicken lovers, I put a short clip of her on YouTube under "Docile Blue Cochin" It's at youtu.be/7NM3AXUZpps )

Thanks, all you Cochin pros!

 

[Beth G.]

I find I can tell by 6 wks old. I think in time with breeding we all have our tricks. I will go take a peak and see if I can help

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[Beth G.]

Everything to me is speaking cockrel. I could be wrong but, from the leg position, feathering, tail feathering, and I believe I see saddle feathers coming in. Very cute birds!!
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[Moonlight Piano]

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO exited.

i got my first trio of partridge cochin bantams the other day for Christmas.

. They are still young, but they should be laying by spring, so the incubator will be ready for the onslaught of eggs

. I'll get pics later. God bless everyone

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