Cochin Thread!!!

[fdnick]

Good Morning Anne,,
welcome to chicken addiction ;-)
another great place to find breed quality cochins is here http://www.voy.com/14771/ these folks only have top quality stock..
Denna

 

[PhoenixFeatherFarms]

Well I have a picture anyway!

Here are all the babies that just hatched:

We have a total of 59!

Bantam Cochins we have 40 and they are:

1 Silver Laced
1 Golden Laced
11 Lavender Spilt
9 Mille Fleur project
13 Blue & Black Mottled
4 Birchen
1 Buff Barred

Others we have are:

13 Serama
3 Lavender Split Bantam Ameraucana
2 Lavender Bantam Ameraucana
1 Buff Laced Sebright

and by requst here is the parents to the sebright:

 

[PhoenixFeatherFarms]

And more pics just cause

Let me know what ya'll think

... sorry for lack of quality pics... camera phone...

Buff Hen

Buff Frizzled Hen

Crele Hen

Crele Rooster & Both

Lavender Split Chicks growing up

Partridge gang

Then so show how little the Partridge are heres hubbys legs by them...lol I wasnt worried about taking HIS pic.. lol

 

[NellaBean]

I have a partridge pair....and they are teeny tiny also. The hen is the size of a d'uccle.....but more cochin shaped of course. The rooster is a bit bigger but still way smaller than my other bantam cochin boys. Someone needs to get some size into that color.

 

[PhoenixFeatherFarms]

Quote:
Well they are Bantam Cochins.. their supposed to be smaller right.. lol I like my little balls of fluff

 

[JenEric Farms]

My bantam cochin are too big!

(Actually just the roo is)

 

[joanie_maine]

Quote:
But he's a sweetie!!

(I know him personally)

 

[chasehope]

Is there anybody that has or is working on blue barred bantams? If so could your PM me? thanks

 

[JenEric Farms]

Quote:
But he's a sweetie!!

(I know him personally)

He's is a doll! I have several eggs in the bator now...checking for fertility. I'll definitely let you know how it turns out. (Don't want to give you a bunch of duds

)

 

[mjgigax]

My Lavender Cochins are starting to hatch!!!!!! I bought 6 eggs from Maryland (5 fertile), 12 eggs from Georgia (9 fertile) and 17 eggs from New York (only 2 fertile!!!!!!). Now time to see how many from each place hatch. I've got tiny little leg bands to keep track of how they develope. I think it is safe to say, unless their type is terrific, New York is not the flock to rely on.

Update- From Maryland - 1 chick that had to be helped - may not make it.
New York - 1 lavender, 1 pipped - probable won't make it.
Georgia - 5; 3 black split to lavender, 2 lavender.
Not great rates but I'm not disapointed. I didn't expect much, just wanted to get this flock started before spring.

Spent some time with my partridge trio this morning. Was planning on selling them in the spring because I am working on Mille Fleur and Lavender projects but think I'm going to keep them. They are such pretty birds. So I need another pen this spring. Bet I'm not the first with this "problem".