Cochin Thread!!!

[Coopa Cabana]

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There is also a thread devoted to Mille Fleur Cochins - you might check over there, too, if the auctions don't work out for you.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=228613&p=218

 

[Kat's Silly Chickens]

Question of the more experienced Cochin parents...
We have 2 Partridge and they were suppose to be pullets, but they are 2 different colors.
Is there any way to tell at 5 wks of age?

Bar-B and Que

 

[wildwoodcochins]

Kat's Silly Chickens :

Question of the more experienced Cochin parents...
We have 2 Partridge and they were suppose to be pullets, but they are 2 different colors.
Is there any way to tell at 5 wks of age?

Bar-B and Que
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/67650_bar-bque1009.jpg

They look like 2 pullets to me. I don't think a roo would have as much feather pattern, I'm no expert and I can't remember when mine were developing, what the roos looked like in the beginning. It would be better if you could show a picture showing both of their heads. Here's a couple of pictures of my 5 month roo and pullet~

 

[davony's chicks]

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I produced some chicks this year that could possibly be Wheaton. They came from my Mille Fleur breeding program.

I bred Nadia ( one of my MF hens that I purchased as a pullet from Lynne/wwmicasa1 ) to Horace, my red (??) colored Rooster.

Nadia

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_nadia3.jpg

Horace

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_horace2.jpg

which produced cockerals that all look like this

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_img_3539.jpg

and pullets that look like this

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_img_3345.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_img_3548.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_img_3787.jpg

They are beautiful birds but I love the bottom pullet the best!

 

[Kat's Silly Chickens]

I finally got a pic with them both looking up.
Bar-B front and Que back---Partridge Cochins

Any incite to why they being pullets (?) would be 2 different colors would help...

 

[Prism Poultry]

davony's chicks :

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I produced some chicks this year that could possibly be Wheaton. They came from my Mille Fleur breeding program.

I bred Nadia ( one of my MF hens that I purchased as a pullet from Lynne/wwmicasa1 ) to Horace, my red (??) colored Rooster.

Nadia

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_nadia3.jpg

Horace

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_horace2.jpg

which produced cockerals that all look like this

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_img_3539.jpg

and pullets that look like this

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_img_3345.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_img_3548.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/69553_img_3787.jpg

They are beautiful birds but I love the bottom pullet the best!​

Thank You. I actually only have the two pullets. The last picture is just a more recent picture of one of them.

I only put Horace with Nadia for a short amount of time, just to see what I would get. Unfortunately, Horace fell victim to a predator before I could put him back with Nadia. Horace was kind enough to leave me with a TON of cockerals and the two pullets.

 

[davony's chicks]

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They are beautiful birds but I love the bottom pullet the best!

Thank You. I actually only have the two pullets. The last picture is just a more recent picture of one of them.

I only put Horace with Nadia for a short amount of time, just to see what I would get. Unfortunately, Horace fell victim to a predator before I could put him back with Nadia. Horace was kind enough to leave me with a TON of cockerals and the two pullets.

I am sorry to hear about Horace. I hope his sons carry on the family name.

 

[cochinman2005]

Kat's Silly Chickens :

I finally got a pic with them both looking up.
Bar-B front and Que back---Partridge Cochins
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/67650_bar-bque.jpg

Any incite to why they being pullets (?) would be 2 different colors would help...

Can you get a closer shot of Que? Bar-B is a pullet. The cockerels are usually dark in the hackles and will have black tail feathers as juveniles. If you can get a close up of the whole body of Que that would help.​

 

[rnorris1234]

I have mottled cochins hatching! 2 over night, 2 more this morning and more on the way! Updates and pics to follow.

 

[I'mACountryGirl]

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I'm jealous!! Can't wait to see the pics!