Cochin Thread!!!

[qldchook]

Wow, sounds surprising you could be caharged for these guys. My suggestion: is for the first few days just settle them into a warm coop with good food and clean water. 2 roosters to 2 hens is not a good ratio so I would (if you can ) seperate the sexes initially. One to one or two to two is going to cause the hens to be over mated.so you will not get them back to optimum health. If the legs are scaly or rough looking, a good dip (legs only) in kitchen coooking oil(olive/vegetable etc) twice a day will smother the mites.
This thread has some very experienced people so I know they will give you some better long term advice. Good Luck. Poor things, post some pics?

 

[AndyCap]

OH! Andy!! That is a lovely chick, do you have pics as an adult? or is it grown yet. I'm surprised that the barring is so clearly seen. I would have thought that the color combination you described would have just been lost in the soft frizzled feathers, but not so.......beautiful!

Thanks Nancy, the pattern does actually persist on the adults, but is very muted, my boys only had one copy of barring, so it was very indistinct, but still noticeable.

i culled that whole project, in fact all of my frizzles, as i really only have the space to work on my improving partridge project at the moment. i am really passionate about improving partridge, and getting silver pencilled up and running in South Africa. I also am very drawn to columbian, but have only found washed out birds. I suppose you have to start somewhere though.

 

[AndyCap]

my gold laced cochin uthema

she is 6 weeks old hope she stays a she

what do yall think of her lacing?

Hey Brie, is she not silver laced? Looks a bit light to be gold, might just be the pictures though. If you look in this page you will see about the lacing, it is very difficult to tell how good it will be until at least one moult. Check Ki4got's post for more details.

 

[AndyCap]

pullets 2 & 3 - very poor lacing. incomplete at best... same with the roo at the end.
think I like 2 better than 3, but i'll put them to the roo and see what we get...

Hi Ki4got, would you agree that the pullets above both seem to be missing the Pg-Ml linkage, or are het for both? What are your thoughts on what they are missing? Are you going to put them with your well laced stag and see if you can get that in? The tails and neck seem to indicate Co is present dont they?

Apologies with all the questions. Really trying to learn

 

[joanie_maine]

Response to PrestonC's post:

If you are looking for SQ, you will have to spend a bit of money

Also, I suggest that you don't mention that you are going to cross the birds with other breeds. Breeders of SQ birds are interested in improving their breed.....

I'm not trying to sound snobby, but that's the reality.

Are you planning to show the birds you purchase??

 

[lilcrow]

crossing colors gets you nothing easily predictable since, as I've said before, so many different mutations can be hidden by other ones...

good luck finding sq birds. if you start talking about mixing colors and/or breeds, many breeders may not even be willing to sell since good quality birds are scarce in so many different color varieties. white, black, mottled, they seem to be the most common. the rest? nope.

like my dorkings. if someone wants to mix and match or cross breed, all they're likely to get from me are the culls. which will not be sq...

ditto

 

[CyndiChick]

Sorry for the dumb question here... But what is SQ?

 

[lilcrow]

Sorry for the dumb question here... But what is SQ?

Show quality = SQ
Breeder quality = BQ
Pet quality = PQ

 

[ki4got]

i bought 2 roos & 2 hens at a sale today. These are my first cochin bantams i believe they are buff. i have a few ?'s about trying to get these guys back into good shape. these guys feet are horrible. i want to bath them but don't know how to go about it. I'm guessing they were caged birds their toe nails are really long can or should they be clipped? there feet and legs are red and irritated i treated them with meds for scaly legs. i added some antibiotics to there water as well. the roos feet are their major problem. The hens look as though they were just left with the roos ALL the time they have very few feathers left on their backs or feet. im thinking just seperate the girls to give them a chance to recover. i do want to breed these guys towards the first of the year but that will depend on wether i can get them in good healthy shape again. i think with time,good feed and some meds they could be pretty birds.
I think this has turned into a rescue mission....

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks Bryant

i'm not a vet, so don't take this as an official 'prescription' this is simply what I do with my own birds.

I treat all new birds with ivermectin as well as bathing. I give the injectable version orally (.5cc for lf, about .3cc for bantam). this will get rid of internal and blood sucking external parasites. then I treat them topically usually 1-2 weeks later (cattle pour on version of ivermectin) with about .25cc under each wing on the bare skin.

there are several good posts about how to bathe chickens, so you might do a search for them. I know I wrote up one last year sometime, on this thread I think but not sure.

 

[topgunn601]

Wow, sounds surprising you could be caharged for these guys. My suggestion: is for the first few days just settle them into a warm coop with good food and clean water. 2 roosters to 2 hens is not a good ratio so I would (if you can ) seperate the sexes initially. One to one or two to two is going to cause the hens to be over mated.so you will not get them back to optimum health. If the legs are scaly or rough looking, a good dip (legs only) in kitchen coooking oil(olive/vegetable etc) twice a day will smother the mites.
This thread has some very experienced people so I know they will give you some better long term advice. Good Luck. Poor things, post some pics?

Thanks for the reply qldchook. I have them in my ill tractor at the moment everyone seems fine this morning all issues considered.
I snapped a few pics this morning I would appreciate any thoughts on them. I know they are not SQ as I have Heritage line LF that are. My daughter seen these in one of my magazines and loves them especially the frizzle. I had been looking for some to see if she would get more involved with the chicken world and less involved in the Internet world!!! If you know what I mean??

This is the larger and assumed older roo

The smaller and presumed younger roo he has much richer color the the other.

The girls are rough I know but I believe they were caged together with no way to get away from these guys.

It seems the more I hang around the run the more the roos chase the hens. I'm in process of a breeder pin my son and I are gonna finish out one section this morning to isolate the roos from the rest.

I'll ask again about the toe nails super long should they be clipped?