Cochin Thread!!!

[HooverHenHouse]

Question: If you have a Cochin without the 5 points should he or she be used for breeding?  I mean would the kids have 5 points or is it something hard to breed out of them?

This is what I have in my notes. Taken from breeders who are far enough in their programs to do so. Keep 4,5,6 point combs-cull anything more or less. If your roo has incorrect amount of points breed to a hen with correct number and visa versa. Balance the faults not make them worse.

 

[Lacrystol]

personally, comb is the last thing i pay attention to when working on a line of any breed (except for side sprigs)... once your type is good, then you can worry whether he's got a good comb or not. but even so, i think only having 4 points rather than 5 is a minor fault...

Well how about 2 LOL, I have a Millie I was going to use for breeding out more Millie's but after reading about the 5 point rule, now I'm debating on using him or just put him in the "pet Quality Section". LOL.

I wish this uploading picture thing would work but Ive tried three times and it just says one moment.. for like 15 minutes and still no pic..

 

[Funky Feathers]

Quote: i agree, cochins are supposed to have 5 points. i see 5 points...

Maybe I counted too many, my eyes aren't that good.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

Its a bit exasperated now, but as a newbie I want to add my 2 cents. In December I decided to start my 'dream' of breeding & owning Cochins...I had been raising some pq silkies for 4 years before.
I jumped in with two feet, Now I look back and regret asking some obvious questions..after some weren't answered I started researching...and found way more than I expected. If you are serious about breeding just dedicate some hours to reading. I havr read this WHOLE cochin forum, evert link on the CI website plus many many more pages. I have folders saved to.my comp, some pages I printed out and put in my binder...I have 'tip' lists wrote down etc. Research pays off, and personally I feel so much more educated, and I know fractions compared to others on this forum.

Congratulations. 1300+ pages is a lot to go through. What variety or varieties are you working with or that want to work with?

 

[davony's chicks]

OK here is my 5 month old cockerel going to the APA semi national in Ventura in April....what do you think?

He looks really nice from this picture. Is he as round as he looks?

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

Well how about 2 LOL, I have a Millie I was going to use for breeding out more Millie's but after reading about the 5 point rule, now I'm debating on using him or just put him in the "pet Quality Section". LOL.

I wish this uploading picture thing would work but Ive tried three times and it just says one moment.. for like 15 minutes and still no pic..

I do not worry about using a bird for breeding with 4,5,6 points. More or less than that I personally do not use them. An experienced breeder told me he commented to an old timer about 30+ years ago that he was having trouble getting combs right. The old timer got out a magnifying glass and looked at the hens to count the comb on them. After he started worrying about point comb on the hens his comb his issues were resolved. I don't currently have issues but if I start to have issuesI will look at the hen side too.

 

[HooverHenHouse]

Black and barred will be my focus, hopefully frizzles in both varities down the road.

 

[HooverHenHouse]

Insomnia has been troublesome for a few years, but with my Cochin research it has come.in handy for late night reading. I was just diagnosed with a hypothyroid and once my meds are regulated hopefully I will return to a normal person..until then I contunie to research Lol

 

[Brookiesbrooder]

He looks really nice from this picture. Is he as round as he looks?

even rounder,this was in the wind,as you can see one little feather flying away.He 1st show is little over a month away

 

[Brookiesbrooder]

here is a couple more of the same cockerel