Cochin Thread!!!

[calichicken]

I have 19 new Cochin babies hatched last night and through the day today. I LOVE my Cochins. These won't last long. They never do.

Congrats...pictures?????

 

[carnivore]

I bought a batch of cochins from MPC about 6 weeks ago, as Partridge Cochins. They arrived, fuzzy and brown, everything is fine. Now, they are feathering in, and have a definite brown barred pattern. Back a few pages, somebody mentioned that a Partridge Cochin has penciled feathers, not barred. One of my cockerels has penciled hackle feathers, but every other feather is barred red brown/black. All the other chicks in this batch show no penciling, just barring. So, did a search for barred cochins, and found a thread on BYC, but the barred cochins pictured there look like a PBR, with black/grey and white barring. Further searching turned up some buff barred cochins, but these are much lighter than mine, with more of a white base color, with gold/brown barring. So, just what do I have here?

 

[sandiTX]

I bought a batch of cochins from MPC about 6 weeks ago, as Partridge Cochins. They arrived, fuzzy and brown, everything is fine. Now, they are feathering in, and have a definite brown barred pattern. Back a few pages, somebody mentioned that a Partridge Cochin has penciled feathers, not barred. One of my cockerels has penciled hackle feathers, but every other feather is barred red brown/black. All the other chicks in this batch show no penciling, just barring. So, did a search for barred cochins, and found a thread on BYC, but the barred cochins pictured there look like a PBR, with black/grey and white barring. Further searching turned up some buff barred cochins, but these are much lighter than mine, with more of a white base color, with gold/brown barring. So, just what do I have here?

Those are Partridge Cochins with the redish/orange/brown color.....I have some I raised from day one , The black ones look like all 16 of my Barred cochins but mine has feathers on their legs

 

[lilcrow]

I bought a batch of cochins from MPC about 6 weeks ago, as Partridge Cochins. They arrived, fuzzy and brown, everything is fine. Now, they are feathering in, and have a definite brown barred pattern. Back a few pages, somebody mentioned that a Partridge Cochin has penciled feathers, not barred. One of my cockerels has penciled hackle feathers, but every other feather is barred red brown/black. All the other chicks in this batch show no penciling, just barring. So, did a search for barred cochins, and found a thread on BYC, but the barred cochins pictured there look like a PBR, with black/grey and white barring. Further searching turned up some buff barred cochins, but these are much lighter than mine, with more of a white base color, with gold/brown barring. So, just what do I have here?

The brown chicks appear to be young Partridge. Without going into a long drawn out genetics explanation, I'll just say that the pencilled feather pattern is, in my opinion, the most difficult to breed and produce correctly. At the age of these chicks, it is too early to tell what they will show as adults. To be a proper Partridge, the females in particular will exhibit the pencilling pattern that looks very much like a herringbone patterned suit. Once mature the males will not show any pencilling. It might help you to get an idea of what you'll be seeing if you Google the variety. Also look at the Partridge pattern in other breeds so you can see what they should look like. When they are correct, there is nothing more beautiful than a Partridge female or a Silver Pencilled which is the silver version of the Partridge.

 

[wickedhens]

I bought a batch of cochins from MPC about 6 weeks ago, as Partridge Cochins. They arrived, fuzzy and brown, everything is fine. Now, they are feathering in, and have a definite brown barred pattern. Back a few pages, somebody mentioned that a Partridge Cochin has penciled feathers, not barred. One of my cockerels has penciled hackle feathers, but every other feather is barred red brown/black. All the other chicks in this batch show no penciling, just barring. So, did a search for barred cochins, and found a thread on BYC, but the barred cochins pictured there look like a PBR, with black/grey and white barring. Further searching turned up some buff barred cochins, but these are much lighter than mine, with more of a white base color, with gold/brown barring. So, just what do I have here?

Here is my buff barred cockerel, and he is my pride and joy I love watching him strut!

Your babies look like the partridge colored cochins my friend has =)

 

[carnivore]

The brown chicks appear to be young Partridge. Without going into a long drawn out genetics explanation, I'll just say that the pencilled feather pattern is, in my opinion, the most difficult to breed and produce correctly. At the age of these chicks, it is too early to tell what they will show as adults. To be a proper Partridge, the females in particular will exhibit the pencilling pattern that looks very much like a herringbone patterned suit. Once mature the males will not show any pencilling. It might help you to get an idea of what you'll be seeing if you Google the variety. Also look at the Partridge pattern in other breeds so you can see what they should look like. When they are correct, there is nothing more beautiful than a Partridge female or a Silver Pencilled which is the silver version of the Partridge.

Yeah, the black ones are Jersey Giants. Whatever the cochins are, they are pretty. They are also keeping up with the JG's for growth rate, as both sets of chicks are the same age.

 

[sandiTX]

My Partridge Cochins, 6 weeks old

 

[WendyF]

Our daughter, Rae, with our 2 day old white cochin. She is so cuddly!

 

[lilcrow]

My Partridge Cochins, 6 weeks old

This chick is not a Partridge, it appears to be from a Mille Fleur project. Cute chick.

 

[delder2009]

This chick is not a Partridge, it appears to be from a Mille Fleur project. Cute chick.

definitely a mille fleur. But still very cute