Cochin Thread!!!

[katzbantams]

Splash is my fav.... But ideal doesn't have a splash option. You have to order blue and you have a chance of getting blue, black and splash chicks. The more you get the more of a verity you might get.
I also love lavender, blues and mille Cochins but idk if ideal has a Millie option. I'm sure they don't.

they have mottled, which I think I would get if I get Cochins or the golden laced or the blue... So many options!!

 

[Wildivy2112]

Hi. One of my white Cochin girls 11 wks old got over heated yesterday although she had been let out to range in back yard and had lots of shade to get under. She is fine this morning thank goodness. It was very scary. I am keeping her inside today but have the others out in the run/coop. I'm so worried. I am stuck at this dumb job for 9 hrs today and can't ck on them. It may not have gone up to about 90 yesterday in the sun. Are cochin really sensitive to heat? I feel so bad, like a bad mom. But she did come around after I brought her in, cooled her off with ice bag (just near her, not on her) and gave her ringers fluid by mouth. Took a while but this am she was up eating and drinking. Not sure if I need to quit this job or what. I'm only supposed to be part time but I seem to always get stuck working long days on fri and Monday. Guess boss wants all the cushy long weekends all the time. :-( I'm in SC. Does anyone else work full days and if so how do you leave your girls wo them getting over heated. My coop/run is in the shade on the north face of a hill. Thanks for any advice.

 

[John Simpson]

Noticed a red comb on my partridge cochin and my black one doesn't have one

 

[John Simpson]

Pens are done
Cochins now have their place.

 

[BooeyBird]

I've had 1 cochin before, and I just got another bantam cochin!

This is Scrambles, I sure hope s(he) is a girl!

Sorry for the bad pics. Any thoughts?

 

[Rhandi74]

I've had 1 cochin before, and I just got another bantam cochin! This is Scrambles, I sure hope s(he) is a girl! Sorry for the bad pics. Any thoughts?

I would guess pullet but how old is it? Also if you get. Full body shot it helps

 

[BooeyBird]

I would say s(he) is probably around 2 months, but I don't know for sure. We got her/him from a local farm and s(he) was in a pen with many other cochin's and 5 week old Mille Fleur D'Uccles. I will try to get another pic later, but my d'uccle won't leave his/her side.

 

[Rhandi74]

If it is 8 weeks I would still think pullet. My cochin that is a cockerel started getting red comb and wattles at about 3 weeks and my pullet just started getting red a couple weeks ago and she is about 12 weeks old. My cockerel is 10 weeks, here they are for comparison. BTW they are bantams.

 

[1TurkenLover]

I've had 1 cochin before, and I just got another bantam cochin!

This is Scrambles, I sure hope s(he) is a girl!

Sorry for the bad pics. Any thoughts?

Pullet X2

 

[mindylee]

Hi. One of my white Cochin girls 11 wks old got over heated yesterday although she had been let out to range in back yard and had lots of shade to get under. She is fine this morning thank goodness. It was very scary. I am keeping her inside today but have the others out in the run/coop. I'm so worried. I am stuck at this dumb job for 9 hrs today and can't ck on them. It may not have gone up to about 90 yesterday in the sun. Are cochin really sensitive to heat? I feel so bad, like a bad mom. But she did come around after I brought her in, cooled her off with ice bag (just near her, not on her) and gave her ringers fluid by mouth. Took a while but this am she was up eating and drinking. Not sure if I need to quit this job or what. I'm only supposed to be part time but I seem to always get stuck working long days on fri and Monday. Guess boss wants all the cushy long weekends all the time. :-( I'm in SC. Does anyone else work full days and if so how do you leave your girls wo them getting over heated. My coop/run is in the shade on the north face of a hill. Thanks for any advice.

When over heating... I overflow a bowl of water all over coop as they can walk in it to help cool off. Also watermelon is awesome for a snack packed full of water too.