Cochin Thread!!!

[lilcrow]

My chicks? It goes golden laced, black (possibly blue but looks like a black cochin), partridge, and buff.

duh.........sorry I see that now. As I said my eyes aren't as good as they once were and evidently my power of observation also. In my defense, I WAS going to say White or Buff, but alas I did not. My bad (I hate that saying, but it seems fitting here.)

 

[mystonedgarden]

What you do at 15 weeks is buy 2 dozen eggs...  they will start laying the next day.

Hold off buying eggs......  they will start laying at 24 weeks....

 

Also their combs will start to get bigger and redder when they get closer to that time.

 

[mystonedgarden]

Hey guys I'm looking for a good home for this silkie/cochin roo.

I am located near South Austin Texas if anyone is interested. He's free.

 

[AndyCap]

Really Andy? My eyes are not as good as they once were, so I know I may well be wrong, but the first chick looks like a Golden Lace to me, followed by Blue, then maybe Mille Fleur and finally a White.

The third one looks like a male partridge to me. I agree with you that it could be anything on an asiatic base though. not knowing about ideal's birds, i would guess the most common bird on an Eb base they would breed would be partridge.

But that is a guess i must admit

 

[sharron]

Can anyone help with gender on my two 6 week old LF Cochins? I think they are both cockerels but not sure.




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Rocky

yep, both look like cockerels to me, pretty blue tho

 

[Wildivy2112]

Okay need to buy some eggs so I'll go to Costco and get a double dozen.

Their combs do look to be getting redder. I can hope. 24 wks is too long to wait wah!

 

[AndyCap]

I cannot wait to get my cochins!!. I'm so excited. I'm not that interested in breeding for quality but for color ^-^

Does anyone think they'd be able to PM and explain Cochin (poultry) genetics?

That is quite a complicated subject. There is a guide on this site that Ki4got wrote, and you can have a look on my website for a beginners guide. Link is in my signature

 

[ShadyGroveFarm1]

That is quite a complicated subject. There is a guide on this site that Ki4got wrote, and you can have a look on my website for a beginners guide. Link is in my signature

Thanks. I will certainly look into that.

 

[Chickenrudd]

My new addition. Meet Brian.

 

[katzbantams]

The third one looks like a male partridge to me. I agree with you that it could be anything on an asiatic base though. not knowing about ideal's birds, i would guess the most common bird on an Eb base they would breed would be partridge.

But that is a guess i must admit

I followed this chart

hopefully it's accurate! If it is then the partridge is a pullet. At 10 days she def looked like a pullet. but I could be wrong lol