Cochin Thread!!!

[1TurkenLover]

One of my Two Cochin Rescues Laid an Egg leaning towards Cajun

she was squatting in floor of Nest coop last night. a Odd looking egg as both ends look same, guessing which one had it. had to spray Butts of both of them with Purple stuff.




Creole


Cajun








Surprise Gift from my Sweet hubbie, from Kmart

 

[AndyCap]

Hey All, it's been a while, we are smack in the middle of breeding season and i have been running around.

I though i would share another unusual chick, in the hopes some of you with more experience may have seen this before.

This chick came from a partridge pair, it is pure yellow. There are no markings, no stripes and no indication that it is from the pair at all. It almost looks like a broiler chick!

Here is the little fella.







Anyone have any ideas?

 

[dak]

Hey All, it's been a while, we are smack in the middle of breeding season and i have been running around.

I though i would share another unusual chick, in the hopes some of you with more experience may have seen this before.

This chick came from a partridge pair, it is pure yellow. There are no markings, no stripes and no indication that it is from the pair at all. It almost looks like a broiler chick!

Here is the little fella.







Anyone have any ideas?

Recessive White?

 

[AndyCap]

Recessive White?

I was thinking that, our birds are based on the uk version and so maybe Crawford was right all along that they carrying a single recessive white. I certainly havent seen any other white chicks from this pair. But i have only hatched 6 eggs from them so far.

 

[mjgigax]

I was thinking that, our birds are based on the uk version and so maybe Crawford was right all along that they carrying a single recessive white. I certainly havent seen any other white chicks from this pair. But i have only hatched 6 eggs from them so far.

Please continue to share picks of it's progress. Once in a while one of my Mille's hatches with pure white down. I wonder what genes are involved there and how that affects my lines?

 

[ki4got]

Hoping everyone who made it to Knoxville has gotten home safely (or will soon)...

It started off a slow day for me, but I finally got to meet some of you and VERY glad to have done so! I had a great time, loved talking with and learning from everyone.

none of my cochins did much but then again, I only brought 3 blue mottled. mostly so I could have a visual comparison of what I have vs what my goal should be... got them critiqued by a few people and got different insights into different points from each of you.

I didn't see anyone this morning, sorry I missed you. Unfortunately I didn't sleep well, because Sunny kept woofing at traffic noises, doors closing, people talking out in the parking lot, etc. So after the birds were loaded up, I simply headed home... glad I left when I did, I started hitting freezing rain and ice about 30 miles from home. pretty sure all the birds were thankful to be home too, even with the freezing rain.

and unfortunately I forgot my camera, so I hope someone got some good pics of the winning birds.

 

[AndyCap]

Hey folks.

Just thought i would share some pics of some more variation in chick down. All 3 of these are from the same partridge pair. One appears to be white, one looks distinctly chipmunk like, and the other is a nice dark brown.











The genes i have found so far in my partridge pair are, Mottling, recessive white(i am assuming for the white chick) and Dilute.

The last two pics also make me think my pair are split on the e-locus, as the chipmunk pattern looks more wild type then eb.

Such wide variation from two birds!

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

Hoping everyone who made it to Knoxville has gotten home safely (or will soon)...

It started off a slow day for me, but I finally got to meet some of you and VERY glad to have done so! I had a great time, loved talking with and learning from everyone.

none of my cochins did much but then again, I only brought 3 blue mottled. mostly so I could have a visual comparison of what I have vs what my goal should be... got them critiqued by a few people and got different insights into different points from each of you.

I didn't see anyone this morning, sorry I missed you. Unfortunately I didn't sleep well, because Sunny kept woofing at traffic noises, doors closing, people talking out in the parking lot, etc. So after the birds were loaded up, I simply headed home... glad I left when I did, I started hitting freezing rain and ice about 30 miles from home. pretty sure all the birds were thankful to be home too, even with the freezing rain.

and unfortunately I forgot my camera, so I hope someone got some good pics of the winning birds.

I forgot my camera at the motel also. It was good to meet you too. So many good birds to see and talk about.

I have to say that if anyone would read the standard for mottled birds they would find out that we are breeding birds that truly do not meet the pattern criteria as a breed not any one individual. We are breeding too much white onto them. It is supposed to be a very small chevron at the tip of the feather not a feather with white up it an inch like many I saw.

I hit awful roads near Lexington and had a dicey trip the rest of the way. We got home safely.

SO good to put faces with a name and have good conversations.

 

[joanie_maine]

Hoping everyone who made it to Knoxville has gotten home safely (or will soon)...

It started off a slow day for me, but I finally got to meet some of you and VERY glad to have done so! I had a great time, loved talking with and learning from everyone.

none of my cochins did much but then again, I only brought 3 blue mottled. mostly so I could have a visual comparison of what I have vs what my goal should be... got them critiqued by a few people and got different insights into different points from each of you.

I didn't see anyone this morning, sorry I missed you. Unfortunately I didn't sleep well, because Sunny kept woofing at traffic noises, doors closing, people talking out in the parking lot, etc. So after the birds were loaded up, I simply headed home... glad I left when I did, I started hitting freezing rain and ice about 30 miles from home. pretty sure all the birds were thankful to be home too, even with the freezing rain.

and unfortunately I forgot my camera, so I hope someone got some good pics of the winning birds.

I've been reading all the reports from the show. Wish I had been there. I'm so glad everyone got home safe.

I know the perils of travel and staying at motels, ki4got!

I go to shows with Ryan, who is in a wheelchair. He's not a very good co-pilot, but he does love the shows Heaven forbid we get stuck or have an accident. I head home QUICKLY

Onward to the Northeastern Congress!!!

 

[lilcrow]

Hoping everyone who made it to Knoxville has gotten home safely (or will soon)...

It started off a slow day for me, but I finally got to meet some of you and VERY glad to have done so! I had a great time, loved talking with and learning from everyone.

none of my cochins did much but then again, I only brought 3 blue mottled. mostly so I could have a visual comparison of what I have vs what my goal should be... got them critiqued by a few people and got different insights into different points from each of you.

I didn't see anyone this morning, sorry I missed you. Unfortunately I didn't sleep well, because Sunny kept woofing at traffic noises, doors closing, people talking out in the parking lot, etc. So after the birds were loaded up, I simply headed home... glad I left when I did, I started hitting freezing rain and ice about 30 miles from home. pretty sure all the birds were thankful to be home too, even with the freezing rain.

and unfortunately I forgot my camera, so I hope someone got some good pics of the winning birds.

Karen, it was great meeting you and loved having supper with you. Sunny is a sweet boy and so easy to be around. Annamay and I were talking about how fond he seemed of Gail. Wonderful time.