Cochin Thread!!!

[CrazyChickLady7]

heres my sweet little frizzle girl, turnip!

she gorgeous

 

[mindylee]

Thanks so much for your response! I realized something wasn't quite right with this girl several weeks ago. With each passing week, the differences in appearances between her and the Buff Brahmas were becoming more and more apparent.

We just have backyard hobby chickens. I bought several girls last year from a reputable large-scale breeder who is on BYC and happens to be within driving distance. Of course they were all at POL and expensive. Some I am happy with, some I am not. So this year, I bought eBay eggs (in December....hard to find time of year) and had to cull half for deformities. Then I set another large batch of eggs, half from a different ebayer and half from another local reputable source. And wouldn't you know it, a 10-year-weather-event hit ON HATCH DAY! Our power was out for six days. I had five chicks that hatched early and miraculously survived. So, after all of that, I figured the easiest way to replenish our flock with 1) only pullets, 2) multiple breeds, and 3) without spending a fortune, was to buy buy from a local hatchery. We bought our original girls from them several years ago and were very happy. He is a commercial broiler (medium scale) farmer who started a March-May backyard breeds chick business for his daughters 4H project several years ago. They usually have about 15-20 different breeds (including sex-links), and take them to a local mom-pop feed store on Saturdays only. He has a great reputation in the mid-state area for having nice, healthy (but hatchery) quality birds. He also stands by his sexing--he is extremely good at day-old chick sexing and will rehome and replace when he makes a mistake. I just don't understand how this Cochin got mixed in....he typically DOES NOT have any "ornamental" breeds and keeps his last hatch to grow out for breeders the following year.

I don't know anything about Cochins. I haven't decided whether or not I'll be keeping her....I'm culling hard this fall.

Sorry for all the losses. Unfortunately shipped eggs is a huge investment and gamble. I had several eggs shipped in from several different breeder's with some success and lots of failures. But even with hundreds of dollars down the drain, the hand full that did make it has been well worth it. And now i have a very nice breeding flock of several colors and many different bloodlines.
Too bad ya wasn't closer.
But i can say, dont give up. Its worth it in the end if cochins are the way ya want to go. Ive been super disappointed with 0 hatch rates. Repeat bought (yes very expensive), and then 2nd or 3rd time with better results. But im up to about 100 birds now and wouldn't change a thing.

 

[lilcrow]

Sorry for all the losses. Unfortunately shipped eggs is a huge investment and gamble. I had several eggs shipped in from several different breeder's with some success and lots of failures. But even with hundreds of dollars down the drain, the hand full that did make it has been well worth it. And now i have a very nice breeding flock of several colors and many different bloodlines.
Too bad ya wasn't closer.

But i can say, dont give up. Its worth it in the end if cochins are the way ya want to go. Ive been super disappointed with 0 hatch rates. Repeat bought (yes very expensive), and then 2nd or 3rd time with better results. But im up to about 100 birds now and wouldn't change a thing.

On your Cochins with 0 hatch rate. You will need to either trim them or artificially inseminate.

 

[lilcrow]

My wife saw this fuzzy little yellow and blue chick in Atwood about 3 months ago. I was going to give the little guy time to mature some before finding out the breed. Best I can tell it's a cochin but not sure if it's a self blue or a lighter color standard "blue" cochin. He seems to be to lightly colored to be a "bule" cochin but to dark around the head area to be a self blue cochin. Like I said we go him at Atwoods in Waco Tx. And I'm sure they get all there chick's from ideal. Any help identifying him would be appreciated.


Toes are slate on top and yellow padding

My wife saw this fuzzy little yellow and blue chick in Atwood about 3 months ago. I was going to give the little guy time to mature some before finding out the breed. Best I can tell it's a cochin but not sure if it's a self blue or a lighter color standard "blue" cochin. He seems to be to lightly colored to be a "bule" cochin but to dark around the head area to be a self blue cochin. Like I said we go him at Atwoods in Waco Tx. And I'm sure they get all there chick's from ideal. Any help identifying him would be appreciated.


Toes are slate on top and yellow padding

Looks like a blue roo

I agree with holm. It is definitely a Blue and also looks like a large fowl.

 

[Brahmalover4eva]

Anyone goin to northeaster congress in Jan? Just wondering who has the best cochin or brahma. We remodeled are 10x12 barn stall so I can have more birds.
Getting my ton of send for the run and coop . Anyone follow the chicken chick?

 

[Brahmalover4eva]

^oops, typos!

 

[Gentry1350]

Anyone goin to northeaster congress in Jan? Just wondering who has the best cochin or brahma. We remodeled are 10x12 barn stall so I can have more birds.
Getting my ton of send for the run and coop . Anyone follow the chicken chick?

I love The Chicken Chick, but there are a lot of haters on BYC. The Chicken Chick is a backyard hobbyist who caters to backyard hobbyists and new-to-chickens-people. As a highly-educated person, she has done the due diligence to learn more about chicken husbandry to both further herself and to help educate others....and she has found a way to make money at it!

I just got a new "Taj MaCoop" for our ever-growing backyard flock. It is 8 x 12 with a small feed room. Yes, I have sand in my coop. Yes, I have poop "boards". And, yes, I use Sweet PDZ on my poop boards! Thanks to The Chicken Chick, and to some others on BYC! If you are interested in using PDZ on poop boards, check out the poop board thread started by @thespoiledchicken

ETA: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/621363/poop-board-convert-warning-graphic-gross-poop-pictures

 

[Brahmalover4eva]

love the dropping boards in my old coop... they have a lip so I do have the option of sand or PDZ but haven't gotten it yet... I'm not on my own yet so I have less options. =_=.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

Pictures of my Silverlaced, as well as a few Buff Columbian and Gold Laced 3-4 month old running around outside. Other picture is of my breeder pen

 

[CrazyChickLady7]

they are gorgeous