Cochin Thread!!!

[Rhandi74]

Well Jewel has another fuzz ball this morning and I can hear another one steadily working away at it's egg under her. I will get pictures of the new chick later when it warms up, the chicks are not to thrilled with the cooler morning temps.

 

[calichicken]

Well Jewel has another fuzz ball this morning and I can hear another one steadily working away at it's egg under her. I will get pictures of the new chick later when it warms up, the chicks are not to thrilled with the cooler morning temps.

Awww...congrats! Can't wait to see pictures

 

[Wildivy2112]

Aww let babies get warmed up. Congrats!

 

[Rhandi74]

Update on Jewel's newest chick. It was not coming out and the other one was so I decided I needed to check on it. Well I am glad I did. It was very weak and had bedding plastered to it's rear. I cleaned it off and lots of liquid came out it's bum and put it back under Jewel. I went out to check on it again and it already seems a little stronger. I hope it pulls through

. I am going to give it a little more time before I check on it again and I will try to get pics when I bring it out to eat and drink. Jewel is not very pleased with all this, hopefully she will forgive me.

 

[Rhandi74]

Well here is the new chick. It is looking better but I am still not sure if it will make it.

 

[carnivore]

Well here is the new chick. It is looking better but I am still not sure if it will make it.

Give it a little sugar water, put some Vaseline on its butt, and cross your fingers. Pretty color, I hope it makes it.

 

[Delphinium98]

I absolutely adore Cochins! Gosh they are so cute, VERY smart, and such talkers! My favorite Bantam red cochin Murphy recently passed away. She was the sweetest thing and kept all of the other hens in line. She was also the perfect Mama hen.
I've also got a Giant Cochin roo named Buster, who just so happens to be blind. When he was a chick I thought he was just chill and maybe slightly neuratic, but over time we found he couldn't see! He has some perception of shadows and light, and he can sense things really well, but he still has a little trouble with confidence so he has a small pen that he lives in with his Ameracuana girlfriend Duckie. We keep his food and water in the exact same place so he always knows exactly where everything in his pen is and Duckie follows him around clucking to make him feel safe.

So yeah, I love Cochins!!!!

 

[WendyF]

I absolutely adore Cochins! Gosh they are so cute, VERY smart, and such talkers! My favorite Bantam red cochin Murphy recently passed away. She was the sweetest thing and kept all of the other hens in line. She was also the perfect Mama hen.
I've also got a Giant Cochin roo named Buster, who just so happens to be blind. When he was a chick I thought he was just chill and maybe slightly neuratic, but over time we found he couldn't see! He has some perception of shadows and light, and he can sense things really well, but he still has a little trouble with confidence so he has a small pen that he lives in with his Ameracuana girlfriend Duckie. We keep his food and water in the exact same place so he always knows exactly where everything in his pen is and Duckie follows him around clucking to make him feel safe.

So yeah, I love Cochins!!!!

Duckie is a good, good girl! You can trust her with a blind chicken, what a sweetie

 

[Delphinium98]

Duckie is a good, good girl! You can trust her with a blind chicken, what a sweetie

Yes she is! She and the blind one were originally put together because she had a tumor under her wing, but now its gone and she's the healthiest chicken I've got! But Buster (the blind roo) would be heartbroken if we put her back in the main yard, so they're buddies for life.

 

[Rhandi74]

Well poor little chick #2 did not make it. At least Jewel has a healthy chick to keep her busy and the poor chick did not suffer long.