Cochin Thread!!!

[ChickenCrazy123]

Ok but there arnt any shows near me till next year and the tail is because Of the wind here a better pic...

I like him I think he is a very handsome boy but I don't know a lot about what makes a show bird

but I do want to learn

 

[Krah24]

I just asked what breed my bird is today and it was suggested that she may be a Cochin!
I researched it a little and she seems to fit. She is fluffy, feathered feet, a good mama and very easy going except when she is reminding our other hen that she is boss.

 

[Jharper]

I just asked what breed my bird is today and it was suggested that she may be a Cochin!
I researched it a little and she seems to fit. She is fluffy, feathered feet, a good mama and very easy going except when she is reminding our other hen that she is boss.

Sounds like it!

 

[lilcrow]

I just asked what breed my bird is today and it was suggested that she may be a Cochin!
I researched it a little and she seems to fit. She is fluffy, feathered feet, a good mama and very easy going except when she is reminding our other hen that she is boss.

She appears to be a Silver Laced Cochin. This is a very rare variety and typically of poor type. I can't see her feet and legs, but she looks like to be a Cochin. If you could get a Silver Laced rooster of the best quality available you could very possibly create some interesting birds.

 

[Krah24]

What do you mean by "poor type?"
I have a pic on my page where you can see one foot a little better.

I wish I could have a rooster! I would do just that if I could.
Unfortunately we live in city limits so we're not allowed roosters.

 

[ki4got]

Quote:
ROFL here's one of my blue partridge split mille girls (in my mille pen now and just started laying again today!!!) earlier this summer. she had 42 babies under her while she was inside but then took just 8 with her outside to free range.

not only were they not all hers, they ranged in age from new to about 3 weeks old... the 2 black and white faces are my 2 mottled pullets nearing POL now, several blrw, dorking, sfh, ee, & other cochins.

 

[Jharper]

ROFL here's one of my blue partridge split mille girls (in my mille pen now and just started laying again today!!!) earlier this summer. she had 42 babies under her while she was inside but then took just 8 with her outside to free range. not only were they not all hers, they ranged in age from new to about 3 weeks old... the 2 black and white faces are my 2 mottled pullets nearing POL now, several blrw, dorking, sfh, ee, & other cochins.

WOW!

 

[ki4got]

She appears to be a Silver Laced Cochin. This is a very rare variety and typically of poor type. I can't see her feet and legs, but she looks like to be a Cochin. If you could get a Silver Laced rooster of the best quality available you could very possibly create some interesting birds.

that's why I kept my 2 incompletely laced girls. much better type but poor lacing. I may have to build some trap nests so I can tell which girl each egg is from to mark when i'm incubating, just for my own sake.

and to the question of what type is, it's the shape a cochin SHOULD have, but many silver laced don't because the variety's been neglected so long... cochins should be concentric circles of fluff... where's Mandy's pic she put up? LOL

here's one of craig's girls, I believe (at least he posted the pic back in the spring...)
THIS is what a cochin should be shaped like.

 

[heatherscooby77]

ROFL here's one of my blue partridge split mille girls (in my mille pen now and just started laying again today!!!) earlier this summer. she had 42 babies under her while she was inside but then took just 8 with her outside to free range.

not only were they not all hers, they ranged in age from new to about 3 weeks old... the 2 black and white faces are my 2 mottled pullets nearing POL now, several blrw, dorking, sfh, ee, & other cochins.

 

[AndyCap]

ok I need a suggestion... I have a partridge girl, nice type, markings are a bit mossy but not bad... problem is I have no partridge roos.

debating what to do with her. LOL I've got red, silver laced, mille fleur and mottled pens, and extra blue-buff Columbian boys... so do I hang onto her in the hopes of a partridge roo, or sell her off? her personality is very timid so she does not do well free ranging and all my 'extra eggers' are the free range bunch.

I contemplated starting a blue laced red project, and she could do that with one of my blue Columbian boys, but not sure if I really want to get that started right off or get my silver laced birds better first.

what made this all come to a head was finding an egg in my mottled pen, where she is currently residing. I decided that was not a good pen to keep her in, if i'm to work on my mottled birds. I've got my reds and silver laced together right now, only because they're all 4 month old pullets and aren't laying yet., but that pen is a bit crowded to add her...

or I could make her the 'den mother' and put her in with the 6-8 week old chicks and let her mother them...

or else I look for a partridge roo and another hen at the big swap coming up, and build yet another pen for them.

chicken math strikes once again.

you have two options the way i see it.

1. Get a partridge cock and start breeding partridge.
2. Keep her, cross her to your beautifully marked silver laced cock and start a gold laced project