Cochin Thread!!!

[Coopa Cabana]

what colors would i get out of a black mottled and partridge colored cochins?

Black, with possibly some gold leakage.

 

[County Boy]

What would the outcome of a golden laced cross splash cochin look like?

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

What would the outcome of a golden laced cross splash cochin look like?

Nothing recognizable as a variety but probably a cute chicken. After all it is a Cochin.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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1st generation - mine are all very dark blue with no leakage.

 

[ki4got]

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What would the outcome of a golden laced cross splash cochin look like?

most crosses won't result in any predictable outcome. most of the time, the only time a color can be guaranteed is when you breed 2 of the same thing together. some genes are dominant, others recessive.

mottled is a recessive gene that requires 2 birds to carry. laced also requires 2 genes i believe. a splash to anything will turn the base color from black to blue, but doesn't affect whatever pattern will come about. i would recommend reading up on poultry genetics if you're interested in trying to predict what crosses might look like, but it can be quite confusing if you don't have a basic understanding of genetics already.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

1st generation - mine are all very dark blue with no leakage.

Obviously I was wrong about the color/variety outcome. I was correct about them being cute.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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I will start setting 2nd generation eggs this weekend. So hopefully, I'll be able to post some new pics in a month. Also (finally!) setting some GL eggs this weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed for good fertility.

 

[lilcrow]

Ok, cochin experts I need some opinions on genders on my cochin chicks. They are 7 weeks old, and I think my frizzle is 8 weeks old now. I have comb shots of all of them and a decent body shot of one I am wondering about color on. I apologize ahead of time for picture quality. I did the best I could while holding chicks that didn't want to be held in one hand and the camera in the other. If better pictures are needed I can probably get my DH to help this weekend.

Blue chick





Black Frizzle





This one is the one I am curious on color. I am wondering if maybe it isn't blue mottled. Is there a blue mottled color in cochins?




Body shot. It is the one in front of all the white ones and the turken.

I THINK it is a Splash pullet, but it's very hard to tell for sure.

 

[marlowmanor]

I THINK it is a Splash pullet, but it's very hard to tell for sure.

I was thinking it would turn out to be a splash when I first got it as a chick, but now that it is feathering in it is confusing me. It appears more blue with white splotches and all the splashes I have seen are white base with blue or black splashes of color. Guess I just wait and see what the full adult color turns into. Fortunately everyone seems to think that one is a pullet so that means she gets to stay.

 

[Desirai]

Can any of you tell me if this cochin is a boy or girl? My chickens are 54 days old today. Also what color is it??