Cochin Thread!!!

[samouw]

Looks like a cockerel to me. It is also a curlie, which is a huge no-no when breeding frizzles. If you were to keep these birds they can not be bred together.


~Casey

Yes, we are afraid Butterbean is a "he" and not a "she" (hence the "hopefully" in my above post), but until she starts crowing, I'm not concerned. His/Her main purpose is to keep Buttercup company until she is big enough to join the flock anyway. At that time we will decide what to do with Butterbean, if in fact, she is a he.

I do know not to breed two frizzles together and would not have done that anyway, but thank you for your advice.

 

[samouw]

Well, the five toes sounds like a Silkie to me. They may not be half Silkie but I'm guessing it's in there somewhere to some extent. Are they standard? The one picture of Butterbean kind of looks like she/he could be a standard or maybe it's just not feathered completely on the legs and feet making it look tall.
That was very thoughtful of you to get the two of them for companionship even though they can't be bred together (if Butterbean is a male). Of course it's not to say they can't be together and even breed, just don't hatch the eggs.

Well, the breeder thinks that Butterbean may have been out of her bantam silky hen. Buttercup is most likely from a LF Silky hen. Both are sired by a cochin rooster, named Butterscotch (he is not mine, he belongs to Huckleberry Farm in Hodges, SC). Here is a picture of him:

http://www.huckfarm.com/gallery/53212

 

[Apyl]

Apyl he is adorable!!!! And what a cute name! I so want some white cochins. I just realised we live only about 60 miles from each other. lol

Hi Tiki Thanks. He sure is cute, I cant wait until he is all feathered. He and the silkies are the only ones that arnt mostly feathered. It's pretty cool, I think I met more people online near me than I get to meet in real life lol.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

so tell me about colors. Is it possible to get lavender cochins?

the chicks I have, I don't know the colors. I think I have buff, black and whatever you get when you breed a buff and a black. they're just pet quality.

but I totally want blue cochins! And lavender orpingtons! So can a lavender orp breed with a cochin to make a lavender cochin?

1 Lavender is the gene. Self Blue is the Color.
2 Self Blue Cochins already exist.
3 There is a thread. Look up the Self Blue (lavender) Cochin Thread. It will tell you what it takes to have a good Self Blue Cochin. I will not comment on the Orpington in a Cochin thread.

 

[lilcrow]

Oh, yes it is a Birchen hen. They have black bodies with the Elizabethan collar.

lilcrow is the cochin in your avatar a birchen? It looks birchen but is kinda dark. That is the one I was talking about.

lilcrow is the cochin in your avatar a birchen? It looks birchen but is kinda dark. That is the one I was talking about.

 

[Mr. Ree]

so if I breed my cochins together over and over will I eventually get a frizzled cochin?

No, one parent has to be frizzled. If you take two smooth birds from a frizzle x smooth mating and cross them together you will not get frizzles. In order to breed frizzles, one parent has to be frizzled, not just carrying the gene for frizzling, and one bird should be smooth. You dont have to have a smooth bird carrying those genes to cross over a frizzle to get nice frizzles, but if you do have a bird carrying the frizzle gene and breed it over a frizzle the feathering will be of better quality. When breeding or showing frizzles, the key is to not sacrifice the type of the breed its representing at the same time controling the quality of feathering. Frizzles feathers should be very wide/broad and have a nice even curl. And when showing, its important to bathe and dry the birds thoroughly. A frizzle will not show its real potential unless its feathers are clean.


~Casey

 

[tiki244]

Sorry for the double post I don't know what happened

there.

Me too Apyl now I actually have a bunch of friends.

 

[NanaKat]

so tell me about colors. Is it possible to get lavender cochins?

the chicks I have, I don't know the colors. I think I have buff, black and whatever you get when you breed a buff and a black. they're just pet quality.

but I totally want blue cochins! And lavender orpingtons! So can a lavender orp breed with a cochin to make a lavender cochin?

Here is a picture of my Lavendar Roo Samson..he is in serious molt in this photo. Why is it when you want it, you can't find the best picture? He is a Large Fowl

 

[Mr. Ree]

Here is a picture of my Lavendar Roo Samson..he is in serious molt in this photo. Why is it when you want it, you can't find the best picture? He is a Large Fowl

He looks like a nice bird, but his color isnt Self Blue/Lavender it is just Blue.

~Casey

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

No, one parent has to be frizzled. If you take two smooth birds from a frizzle x smooth mating and cross them together you will not get frizzles. In order to breed frizzles, one parent has to be frizzled, not just carrying the gene for frizzling, and one bird should be smooth. You dont have to have a smooth bird carrying those genes to cross over a frizzle to get nice frizzles, but if you do have a bird carrying the frizzle gene and breed it over a frizzle the feathering will be of better quality. When breeding or showing frizzles, the key is to not sacrifice the type of the breed its representing at the same time controling the quality of feathering. Frizzles feathers should be very wide/broad and have a nice even curl. And when showing, its important to bathe and dry the birds thoroughly. A frizzle will not show its real potential unless its feathers are clean.


~Casey

Casey
Thank you for cleaning up my mistake and putting frizzle breeding into an easy to understand paragraph. Glad your on here!
Craig