Cochin Thread!!!

[AndyCap]

Andy -

I am thinking the following regarding the genetics of your mystery cockerel. I'd say that the base is on wheaten - could be eWH/eWH or eWh/eb. Add to that possibly blue to account for the ground color. Next, likely Columbian for the hackle and tail pattern. And lastly, I'd say at least one dose of autosomal red. He is somewhat similar to some of a cockerel from my blue silver wheaten (with red) project I'm tinkering with.

Dave

Hi Dave, i agree with you on the wheaten assumption, it is the same conclusion we came to. It is odd though because here they are extremely rare, as are Columbians. I have seen a few more of that flock, and some almost look like what the Australians call "furnace". eWh with melanizers, would be my best guess, similar to this bird that was posted on a discussion at the coop forum.





Thanks for the input, it is always appreciated. I must admit i love coming across these oddities, it just shows that even though cochin bantams colours are rare hear, they do still have a lot of genes to play with.

 

[mindylee]

I think shes beautiful!

 

[Scifisarah]

Long story short, Jamie (from Jamie Matts) needed a bath today because his tail drags the ground and it was pretty icky. I was not looking forward to this task at all. He got his beak, toe nails and tush plucked for breeding, too.

His wing carriage is not this low, he was acting like a goof on the wood pile - acting like he couldn't balance on them. Because of this, he's not standing naturally, either. He does have some white tips on his sweepers, which is why I think Jamie parted with him. He is a very sweet rooster though. He was very good through his bath and me trying to get all the poo off of each feather without ripping them out.






Poor boy was panting after all the blow drying! It took me an hour+ to bathe and dry him!
I am still fighting to fix his underbite. His upper beak was broke when I got him and the bottom keeps growing faster than the top.

Pretty boy! I hate beak care, just makes me uncomfortable to do any trimming because they hate it so much and I don't think I know how to hold them properly. I even tried the rotary tool I have for doing my finger nails but it only works well for cleaning up rough edges. I am going to try putting some sandpaper wrapped around a chunk of 2x4 and put it in my cages and coops. I'm hoping them will rub their own beaks on that and I won't have to trim them ever. Here's the cockerel I got from Jamie Matts. He also has ridiculously long tail feathers. Maybe he is 1% phoenix, hah.

 

[3BirdGirlz]

Very pretty!

 

[Reyvaughn]

Hi Dave, i agree with you on the wheaten assumption, it is the same conclusion we came to. It is odd though because here they are extremely rare, as are Columbians. I have seen a few more of that flock, and some almost look like what the Australians call "furnace". eWh with melanizers, would be my best guess, similar to this bird that was posted on a discussion at the coop forum.





Thanks for the input, it is always appreciated. I must admit i love coming across these oddities, it just shows that even though cochin bantams colours are rare hear, they do still have a lot of genes to play with.

I had one like that in my Mille Fleur project. ALL her babies came out just like her and at 3yrs old, she was getting a lot of white thanks to the mottling - it didn't look like mottling, it looked like she was dipped in bleach and fading out. She was giving me nothing I needed in the project so she moved on to a new home.

 

[chicken pickin]

Just wondering if anyone could help me out. I am looking for good quality large fowl Sliver Laced Cochin hatching eggs. If some one has them or knows of a breeder could you PM me. Thank You.

 

[chicken pickin]

Here is my one and only Cochin and I would love others just like her

 

[chick rookie]

Looking to get may Cochin's 6 mths and under if anyone will have any. looking for 1 Roo blk. and 3 or 4 pullets, white, silver laced or penciled. please pm me if you are going to have any. need to be local or able to ship, let me know what you are going to have and cost please and thank you. Just looking for pets.

 

[ki4got]

Here is my one and only Cochin and I would love others just like her

beautiful lacing. where did you get her from?

 

[chicken pickin]

I got her from another BYC member that is local to me. And she got her from a breeder that I believe now has a closed flock. I have been searching for a while now to find a good quality Silver Laced Cochin breeder because I would love some more like the one I have, but I cant seem to find anything. They seem to be becoming less popular.