Cochin Thread!!!

[n.smithurmond]

I love the SL!

 

[bacres]

Those Silver Laced were very nice! What are you breeding in to improve type and color may I ask. Or are is it just the best Silver Laced Cochins you have paired together.

 

[mjgigax]

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I know how that is. I started with 5 this June and now have 22!

 

[AbedsAviary]

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These silver laced are the best i have ever had but they are no where near as nice as my blacks, whites, and buffs. I bought them so i cant take any credit on getting them to where they are. But i would like to try and get them to the same quality as my blacks, whites and buffs. I have a quad of the SL, they are all about the same quality, all of the hens have incomplete lacing, lacing on the chest is good but as it goes towards the back it starts to fade out. I would like to raise around 100 SL next year, i think i should be able to get some decent colored birds, if the type doesent improve i guess i could take those better colored birds from next year and breed to nice colombians. I think that would improve the type but the color would look about like they do now.


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I want to say that I know this sweetie from the "parrot world" and he's a great person to work with. I forgot all about him working with poultry as well. Duh!

Laurie

I still have a few cage birds, i have about completly got out of them so i have more time to work with the poultry.

 

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

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Beautiful birds!

I agree. I love the partridge boy.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Mr. Ree :

It would be nice to find some quality SL birds like these.

http://i55.tinypic.com/2jgt1u.jpg

I love this color but it is so hard to find quality birds to even work with.

~Casey

I have 2 pair of SL bantams that I have just started with. It is definitely going to take some time and creative breeding to get them up to snuff. I am thinking it will be years before I can get what I want from them but meantime they are pretty to look at and very nice to deal with.​

 

[xyresicchick]

wow those SL cochins are so pretty! are they bantam or LF?

I'm still looking for a mottled roo if anyone has one. I am going to the NEBC show this sunday maybe I can find some good cochins there to add to my flock

 

[TennesseeTruly]

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These silver laced are the best i have ever had but they are no where near as nice as my blacks, whites, and buffs. I bought them so i cant take any credit on getting them to where they are. But i would like to try and get them to the same quality as my blacks, whites and buffs. I have a quad of the SL, they are all about the same quality, all of the hens have incomplete lacing, lacing on the chest is good but as it goes towards the back it starts to fade out. I would like to raise around 100 SL next year, i think i should be able to get some decent colored birds, if the type doesent improve i guess i could take those better colored birds from next year and breed to nice colombians. I think that would improve the type but the color would look about like they do now.


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I want to say that I know this sweetie from the "parrot world" and he's a great person to work with. I forgot all about him working with poultry as well. Duh!

Laurie

I still have a few cage birds, i have about completly got out of them so i have more time to work with the poultry.

I'm not breeding any longer either. I have just two pairs of breeders and I have one of those up for sale. Then I have my pet parrots, mostly macaws.

I'm concentrating more on my poultry as well. Funny how we met up here. What are you all of 18? 19 now? LOL

Laurie

 

[HorizonSon]

The cochin breed seems to be the closest/best I can find for a dedicated brooder/mother and foster mother for my main flock of chickens. Question is: I reside right on the coast of the Pacific NW and it rains for about six months, then there is a two week pause, then another six months of rain. Well, that may be a slight exaggeration, but you get the idea. Oh; and the high winds, especially the 75+mph gusts during storms, are a concern as well. Our chickens freerange and do just fine... but what about the Cochins???

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

a moma cochin will just sit tight on the nest if you give her a high and dry area!