Cochin Thread!!!

[cochins1088]

I just wanted to say that I love your white cochin bantams. I saw your craigslist ad earlier and I was going to contact you about possibly buying some eggs, but then I read that your rooster had passed away, sorry. I hope that you find what you are looking for. I personally haven't seen a single egg in 2 months from my 12 cochin laying hens.

 

[lilcrow]

I agree with the Brahma, but the feathering in her tail is far too soft to be a Wyandotte mix. The feathering also seems to be a bit heavy on the legs for an F1 mix.

big medicine was the person who developed the Silver Laced Brahmas correct? Many of the birds that are being bred for "money" are taking on a more production look to them and are quickly losing the Brahma characteristics.

Correct, and I know that Gary only let out a very few eggs/chicks for that very reason. Dan Powell that developed the Buff Laced has had many more problems with "production" birds than Gary since he has sold many more birds and eggs than Gary. I have one of Gary's Blue Laced Red Brahma roos that led that flock from last year. He will stay here as protector of the hens that I got from Gary for eggs. These girls are Splash Light Brahma which of course appear almost completely white. I will not be breeding Brahmas except for maybe the Blue Laced Reds which would all go back to him. I love the BLR color and would like to have a few hens someday when he is cleaning house.

 

[silkielover5]

I just wanted to say that I love your white cochin bantams.  I saw your craigslist ad earlier and I was going to contact you about possibly buying some eggs, but then I read that your rooster had passed away, sorry.  I hope that you find what you are looking for.  I personally haven't seen a single egg in 2 months from my 12 cochin laying hens.

Thanks took me forever to find the perfect rooster for my hens and he passed away in the middle of the night ;(

 

[bantyman]

Got a question for the gurus on here Most likely been asked before but gonna ask anyway I have a blue mottled rooster that I am wanting to put over a black hen I know I will get blacks from this but will I also get black or blue mottleds and what are the odds of getting mottleds further down the line when breeding the blacks from this split Thanx for any help on this

 

[jeremy]

Got a question for the gurus on here Most likely been asked before but gonna ask anyway I have a blue mottled rooster that I am wanting to put over a black hen I know I will get blacks from this but will I also get black or blue mottleds and what are the odds of getting mottleds further down the line when breeding the blacks from this split Thanx for any help on this

Blue Mottled X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black offspring- all split to/recessively carrying the mottling gene.

If you breed the pullets back to the father bird then you will get visibly mottled chicks again. Depending on the color combination you could end up with Blue, Black or Splash mottled birds.

You also could breed the offspring together, brother X sister to get visibly mottled chicks.

You will want to keep good records of what birds are split to/recessively carrying the mottling gene. It could haunt you down the line if you don't, randomly popping up whenever 2 parent birds are bred together that are hiding the gene.

 

[ki4got]

Quote: Talk to Mr Ree... he's got some of the best whites i've ever seen. and i believe he is selling off some extras too. (waiting to hear back from him re: a pair each of blue/splash and reds, and when he can ship

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[Sanna]

Blue Mottled X Black = 50% Blue, 50% Black offspring- all split to/recessively carrying the mottling gene.

If you breed the pullets back to the father bird then you will get visibly mottled chicks again. Depending on the color combination you could end up with Blue, Black or Splash mottled birds.

You also could breed the offspring together, brother X sister to get visibly mottled chicks.

You will want to keep good records of what birds are split to/recessively carrying the mottling gene. It could haunt you down the line if you don't, randomly popping up whenever 2 parent birds are bred together that are hiding the gene.

What does a splash mottled look like??

 

[foxgapchickens]

Jeremy's response above is accurate

 

[lilcrow]

What does a splash mottled look like??

They appear to be Splash

 

[ki4got]

It is my understanding that if you put the Blue mottled roo over the black hen you could get either blacks, black mottled, or blue mottled. The offspring if bred to a mottled should give you better odds of gettting mottled. Hope this helps.

nope. Jeremy had it right.

mottled is a recessive gene that requires both parents to carry. so basically this first generation will be 50/50 black and blue, all carrying mottled. and breeding those chicks back to a mottled, you'd get 50/50 mottled, with the whole range of blue/black/splash depending on the color of the parent birds.