Cochin Thread!!!

[rnorris1234]

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Sounds like me too. I have this awesome customer in California. He bought a dozen Columbian cochin eggs from me, ended up with 8 cockerals and 2 pullets. So he ordered a dozen Mottled Cochin eggs from me, 7 cockerals, 3 pullets. Then 18 Columbian and Mottleds, 10 cockerals, 5 pullets. He's bought from me 7 times, he has so many cockerals from me. Now he just bought some Mille Fleurs. I'm waiting for him to get back to me on this latest hatch rate. Or maybe I don't want to know. LOL!!

Laurie

I know my luck can't last - mottled eggs; 1 cockerel and 4 pullets!

So you're the one who got my other half to even up the 50/50%. I knew they had to go somewhere.

 

[serendipityfarm]

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No pictures???

 

[jossanne]

Ms. Lewis Rich :

Joss love him but his comb should go back a bit. meaning last part go over more, he is nice

Thanks Ms. Lewis Rich. So you think he'll be a good breeder?​

 

[michickenwrangler]

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No pictures???

What's a blue birchen?

 

[TennesseeTruly]

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No pictures???

I'll get some tomorrow of him. I've been so busy with this storm & cold. BRRRRRRRRRRRR

Actually I found an old pic of him. This pic of him stinks. He's about 3 months old in this. The camera that I was using also washed out his color as well. But here's the old pic. I'll get a new one tomorrow.

Laurie

 

[rnorris1234]

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No pictures???

I'll get some tomorrow of him. I've been so busy with this storm & cold. BRRRRRRRRRRRR

Laurie

I would also love to see pics of your blue birchen. I've heard of them, but I'm not sure i've ever seen a picture. I'd like to see how the silver shows up against the blue. I bet it's very nice.

 

[poultrycrazy]

anybody? i asked about witch cochin to get on page 288

 

[shelleyd2008]

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--You can put blue, black, splash, black/blue/splash frizzled, and black/blue/splash mottled all in the same pen.

--If you have a frizzled rooster at least half of your chicks would hatch out frizzled, if the frizzled is a hen only half of her chicks would be frizzled. You don't want to cross 2 frizzles, this results in weak feathers and can leave the birds bald.

--Mottled is recessive, so most likely you won't have any mottled chicks unless you have at least a pair of mottleds or if some of the others are split to mottled.

--Blue, black, and splash are compatible because this is andalusian blue. Andalusian blue, in its pure form, is splash--that one has 2 blue genes. One dose of blue gives you a blue bird, and a 'sport' from this would be the blacks.

--I would stay away from the frizzle/sizzles unless you put it that way just because you didn't know the correct term. A frizzle is a frizzled cochin, a sizzle is a silkie and frizzled cochin cross

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

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I had the same thing happen with one of mine. The other day she took a dust bath in a mud puddle, then was out in the rain. Sooo she was clean then at least (white cochin) but wet. I checked on them after the storm started and she was dry and fine.

 

[jossanne]

Now this pullet? She's almost 7 months old, also from Little Ameraucana Mom. What do we think of her?