Cochin Thread!!!

[Damummis]

Here are my latest pics.

I have one black girl with a different comb, any ideas why???

 

[spotsplus]

I love bantam Cochins!

I have a bantam POL red hen and just hatched 4 blue and black mottled chicks. I love how fluffy the chicks are!

Here is a picture of "Hen" my red bantam hen:

 

[cottagegarden]

Bantam Buffs out for a fall stroll..

one of our Blue Mottled Hens and Frizzled Roo

and our favorite Splash

 

[Coopa Cabana]

BlueMottie,
Your Blue Mottled Hen is just gorgeous!!!!!!! Have you bred her yet?

 

[BlueMottie]

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Thanks!

She is a bird directly from Karl Rau (I am assuming you're referring to the blue mottled hen?) I love her. But yes, all of my birds are AI'd, and I believe she is laying. once I get my last order for fall out next week I'm going to stick a load of eggs in the 'bator.

 

[bantamF]

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Hello,

Do you have some hens like this ??? >>>

 

[MrsChickendad]

I don't have any hens like him right now. He is the product of a splash rooster and a buff hen. I hatched two of them exactly alike from that pair. I have a buff rooster and splash hen right now, so I may cross them in the spring to see if it happens again.

 

[SandyK]

Here are pictures of mine. I wish I could have more especially seeing all the beauties in the pictures everyone has posted.

Mr. Gray

Puff

Buffy

Lucy (our freeloader who isn't laying yet even thought her sisters are)

 

[bantamF]

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Hello,

Do you have some hens like this ??? >>> https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/12082_leroy_3-4_view.jpg

Ok, it's an interessant experience !!! excuse my bad english but i'm french !!


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It's cochin kriel but not bantam Pékin !! in french if you want bantam cochin you have to say Pékin !!

 

[Irish Ridge]

Lucy looks just like our little bantam cochin we lost, her name was Lexi. All our chickens free range around the farm, Lexi just didn't come back one day.

We really miss her.

I talked with the wife and she is also interested in getting some cochins in the spring. I've somewhat narrowed it down based on what we can get. I really want Partridge Cochins and Buff Cochins. The wife is also interested in the Blue and/or Black Cochins. Right now we are thinking of getting them from here: http://www.welphatchery.com/index.asp They have them listed under rare breeds.

Before I buy any, I had a couple of Cochin questions:

One hatchery lists Cochins as "Standard", the other lists them as "Giant". Is there a difference between them?
---The "Giant" Cochin says 7 lbs. I couldn't find a weight on the "Standard", both hatcheries also have Bantams.

Do Blue Cochins have black heads and back, or are Blue Cochins all Blue?
--- http://www.welphatchery.com/rare/cochin_giant_blue.asp <-- The rooster in this pic looks blue/black

Does anyone have a complete list of all the variety's of Cochins available?
---I'm more interested in full-size variety's than Bantams.

Thanks,
Jon