Cochin Thread!!!

[MainelyChicken]

Ok i got that. So do how do i tell if i they are roosters.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Ok i got that. So do how do i tell if i they are roosters.

They have larger and brighter combs and waddles than the pullet

 

[joanie_maine]

HI, i just got 3 new Cochin pullets. Can anyone identify what they are???

Where did you get them?

Just want to let everyone know they aren't from me

 

[Jharper]

I have to agree - when I have to look at a bird more than once to find the Cochin in it, it leads me to believe it is not purebred.  And the 3rd Blue definitely looks like a cockerel.

Well now, the blue boy looks like he could be a purebred, but just not SQ more than likely.

 

[MainelyChicken]

No joanie_maine, they are not from you. I got them at a farmers market. The guy said that he shows them and that the were all pullets. Can 2 roos still live under the same coop???

 

[chickobsessed]

ok while i'm at it... I have a question about this little guy... I had a couple blind chicks born over the last year. Unfortunately the two with both eyes blind did not make it past 3 weeks. The one with only one blind eye did very well. She is over a year now. when I took the pic (day old) I thought maybe he just had his eye closed... then I realized that he appears to have been born blind. anyone have any experience with raising blind chicks? he finds the food just fine, but I have to show him the water a few times a day. hoping once he gets a bit bigger he'll figure it out on his own. any thoughts on this guy? (he's also unknown color at the moment, still)

 

[ki4got]

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Originally Posted by ki4got

ok while i'm at it... I have a question about this little guy...

when I took the pic (day old) I thought maybe he just had his eye closed... then I realized that he appears to have been born blind.

anyone have any experience with raising blind chicks? he finds the food just fine, but I have to show him the water a few times a day.

hoping once he gets a bit bigger he'll figure it out on his own.

any thoughts on this guy? (he's also unknown color at the moment, still)
I had a couple blind chicks born over the last year. Unfortunately the two with both eyes blind did not make it past 3 weeks. The one with only one blind eye did very well. She is over a year now.

well I had updated about this guy, he didn't make it more than a few days... but from the same breeding we have one little pullet doing exceptionally well under a broody, both eyes were good. she's under a silkie at a friend's with an EE hatchmate. we're calling her 'mickey' because she looks like a little mouse in the grass compared to the EE. LOL

 

[chickobsessed]

well I had updated about this guy, he didn't make it more than a few days...  but from the same breeding we have one little pullet doing exceptionally well under a broody, both eyes were good. she's under a silkie at a friend's with an EE hatchmate. we're calling her 'mickey' because she looks like a little mouse in the grass compared to the EE. LOL

Lol cute!

 

[SanderB]

No joanie_maine, they are not from you. I got them at a farmers market. The guy said that he shows them and that the were all pullets. Can 2 roos still live under the same coop???

Sometimes it is possible yes. But usually not.

 

[PaintedFeathers]

Sometimes it is possible yes. But usually not.

That's not true. I have 4 roosters living in one coop with 9 hens They all get along well. It depends on the rooster.