Cochin Thread!!!

Just to pipe in, Arabs can actually carry more weight due to the lack of vertebrae that say a quarter horse has. Their backs are shorter and they are very strong. They are exceptional endurance animals. I'm not sure if that applies to minis at all. But I just wanted to toss that in there.
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Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!!!
 
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Originally Posted by 3BirdGirlz


I know my choice of words on the mini's was bad....sorry. I think they're very cute and are great pets....I was trying to state a point that we breed things for more than just work but for enjoyment:)
Oh your totally fine! I was just pickin on ya and laughing while posting.
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I used to say the same thing and dont tell other mini owners but still sometimes say it. LOL

I know ya was using it as a point
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"Originally Posted by ki4got

LOL ponies and minis were used in the mines to haul ore carts. they are still quite useful in driving, but with the advent of the auto, nobody (except maybe the amish) drives anymore except for show it seems.

they are ridable by children as well. my senior stallion is capable of carrying almost 200 pounds on his back if we go on extended trail rides as well, on his pack saddle.

my dream is to do a long distance ride with nothing more than myself, 1 riding horse and 2 minis and a well-designed cart. (ok that's the simplified version, the reality is a much longer description)."


Be careful while riding them as they are not ment to carry weight but to pull it. Ponies over 38 inch's tall can handle a bit more weight on their backs BUT minis have 2 less back bones then big horses so riding them can actually cause sever damage if not forever lasting cronic pain. 60 lbs is the max weight ever to be placed on a minis back and always be careful to read the expressions on its face to see if the mini is in pain while placing weight on them.
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well, merlin has never had a problem with it, since the pack saddle distributes the weight very evenly and he seems to enjoy himself. then again he was also conditioned very well to be in great shape, and is not the 'tiny' mini, but just a hair under 34" tall, built more like a QH than an arab...


ETA: merlin has probably logged better than 100 miles packing over the last 15 years... because of my own back issues we haven't gone out in the last couple, but he is still used when needed around the property - moving things where the tractor can't safely go (steep mountainside)

Oh my, he is lovely!
 
Just to pipe in, Arabs can actually carry more weight due to the lack of vertebrae that say a quarter horse has. Their backs are shorter and they are very strong. They are exceptional endurance animals. I'm not sure if that applies to minis at all. But I just wanted to toss that in there.
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Hope everyone is having a good weekend!!!!

IMO that is true... a shorter-backed horse tends to be stronger than the long-backed horse of a similar size.

think about it. take a 1" thick board (supported only on the ends) 8' long and place 100 pounds in the middle. it's GOING to sag. use a 6' board with the same weight, it will sag much less. a 4' board even less...

granted a mini will never have the weight carrying capacity of a large horse, but if he's in good physical condition and exercised regularly, he's going to be much more capable than one who's pastured most of the time and used only infrequently. the same as any other athlete, muscle condition plays a large part in what he will be capable of doing.

a few times on trails, merlin's rope became untied from the saddle without our noticing, but he kept up with the girls just fine. once he passed me and continued trotting on toward the lead mare (his favorite girl) and we realized the problem. LOL that's why we started using him for pack. because he worried himself into a colic the first couple times the girls went away without him.

sometimes having a stallion is a benefit to situations like that... he's trained well enough to know when he's expected to behave or to breed, and I would trust him way more than my girls even, with people unfamiliar with horses. the girls will test the limits of what they get away with regularly. LOL

and all that being said, I came home today to a cute sight... he was standing under his shed (with heavy rain coming down) and a row of cochins on his back keeping their feet dry. LOL they weren't supposed to be out, but the wind apparently blew their door open.
 
I hatched out some lf cochin, I can't tell if they will be splash, or blue. Does anyone have any pics to share so that I can try and match them? My camera broke so I can't take or show any pics.
 
My birds make me happy and I would never consider them useless.

I am with you!!!!!!!!!!!! My cochins main purpose are to give me a hobby that makes me happy.

I found out that some birds I had bred, hatched, raised, and then sold did well at a show today at Lake City Florida. Bantam Partridge were Best of Breed and Reserve of Breed in the Junior show beating Blacks to win that designation.

In the open show a Black pullet I had bred , hatched , raised and sold was Best of Breed and the Reserve Featherleg.

Never felt happier for others to have won!

Thats so awesome as i know that is one of your goals to get the parti-colored to be competitive with blacks/whites.
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@Tripplell, i dont have splash but one of the best picture displays for splash that i know of is
http://www.funkyfeathers.com/

there are some chick pictures in there that might help
 
I found out that some birds I had bred, hatched, raised, and then sold did well at a show today at Lake City Florida. Bantam Partridge were Best of Breed and Reserve of Breed in the Junior show beating Blacks to win that designation.

In the open show a Black pullet I had bred , hatched , raised and sold was Best of Breed and the Reserve Featherleg.

Never felt happier for others to have won!
That is wonderful on so many levels - for the birds, their owners and you!
 

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