Look at all the cute baby cochins! I want more! I have a broody, but no good eggs...
Cochin Thread!!!
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Just beautiful, love the color!
Just beautiful, love the color!
My first White Christmas ever! We left AL a day early so we wouldn't get snowed in and it followed us all the way to SC! (I hope my chickies are safe and warm in their coops.)
Christmas blessings.
Christmas blessings.
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I just wrote this story about my black cochin roo which I thought you guys might enjoy!
It all started on July 6, 2009, when my mom announced I was getting 6 leghorn chicks. I was really excited. Well, it didn't really turn out that well. Her friend delivered the chicks, which turned out to be 16 chicks, unsexed, however we didn't know that. I played with them, and wanted them to be tame, however they were the opposite. They grew up as 16 crazy chickens, 10 of which were roosters. They were sent away to the auction, never to be seen again. I went to another friend's how to pick up some more. I saw a beautiful black cochin in the corner, calm as could be. I said, "I want that one!" along with a few others. We traveled home and put them in the coop. I named him Sweet Pea, and he was my favorite. He was my best friend. However, one morning, "she" began crowing. No!!!! It turned out that it was a rooster, which I didn't see when I first got him because I hadn't really known that back then. I decided to tell my dad, but not my mom, because she'd make me get rid of him since we're in a suburban neighborhood. We hid it from my mom for 2 months, before we told her. I was devastated when I was told I had to get rid of him. I found him a loving home with my moms' friend's house, where there were about 20 hens, and he would be the only rooster. I transported him there and said goodbye. I visited him a few more times, and learned that one of the hens had a few eggs that she was sitting on, fertile by him. He was going to be a dad!!!!! The next day, I received some bad news. They got an offer on their house and were moving to Pennsylvania from my hometown in Southern Connecticut.... uhhhhhhh. I was extremely sad. The chicks hatched from the eggs a few days before they left. I was so sad. I haven't heard from them in about a year, however I may get her email soon. So, now he will be forever missed... he was such a great roo, and I'll never forget him. I love you Sweet Pea!
Some pics when he was still at my house:
Some more pics from when he was at the other home but still in my hometown:
It all started on July 6, 2009, when my mom announced I was getting 6 leghorn chicks. I was really excited. Well, it didn't really turn out that well. Her friend delivered the chicks, which turned out to be 16 chicks, unsexed, however we didn't know that. I played with them, and wanted them to be tame, however they were the opposite. They grew up as 16 crazy chickens, 10 of which were roosters. They were sent away to the auction, never to be seen again. I went to another friend's how to pick up some more. I saw a beautiful black cochin in the corner, calm as could be. I said, "I want that one!" along with a few others. We traveled home and put them in the coop. I named him Sweet Pea, and he was my favorite. He was my best friend. However, one morning, "she" began crowing. No!!!! It turned out that it was a rooster, which I didn't see when I first got him because I hadn't really known that back then. I decided to tell my dad, but not my mom, because she'd make me get rid of him since we're in a suburban neighborhood. We hid it from my mom for 2 months, before we told her. I was devastated when I was told I had to get rid of him. I found him a loving home with my moms' friend's house, where there were about 20 hens, and he would be the only rooster. I transported him there and said goodbye. I visited him a few more times, and learned that one of the hens had a few eggs that she was sitting on, fertile by him. He was going to be a dad!!!!! The next day, I received some bad news. They got an offer on their house and were moving to Pennsylvania from my hometown in Southern Connecticut.... uhhhhhhh. I was extremely sad. The chicks hatched from the eggs a few days before they left. I was so sad. I haven't heard from them in about a year, however I may get her email soon. So, now he will be forever missed... he was such a great roo, and I'll never forget him. I love you Sweet Pea!
Some pics when he was still at my house:
Some more pics from when he was at the other home but still in my hometown:
As I shopped for groceries at a local store, they were giving the 3 day old pumpkin pies away. Some cochins enjoying the holiday eats (Dally, Rusti & Boots)!
Other mottled roo, Spurs, for this spring's breeding--
I like the shape of these 2 roos and wonderful personalities--Boots is a lovey. He has gold leakage in his hackle but like the body type.
Other mottled roo, Spurs, for this spring's breeding--
I like the shape of these 2 roos and wonderful personalities--Boots is a lovey. He has gold leakage in his hackle but like the body type.
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Not a recognized color that much I can tell you. I would also venture a guess that she's not pure Cochin either based upon her blue shanks. Any chance their's some Ameraucana mixed in there? What color eggs does she lay? I'd say she's at least mixed with something with blue shanks. If she were crossed to a yellow pigmented bird (which Cochins are), she'd have yellow shanks and feet.
Wow - thanks so much for that observation. I didn't even notice her leg color. She's so fluffy I wouldn't have guessed the mix. I probably got her from hatching eggs off ebay. I also have 1 blue-hen, and she also has those blue shanks but looks like a cochin otherwise. I'm so glad you told me about this before I tried to breed them to other cochins! I had planned to breed a barred-boy to the blue girl to get some blue-barred girls.
Thanks so much for those beautiful pictures you posted too! They're just gorgeous!!!!!!!!
Not a recognized color that much I can tell you. I would also venture a guess that she's not pure Cochin either based upon her blue shanks. Any chance their's some Ameraucana mixed in there? What color eggs does she lay? I'd say she's at least mixed with something with blue shanks. If she were crossed to a yellow pigmented bird (which Cochins are), she'd have yellow shanks and feet.
Wow - thanks so much for that observation. I didn't even notice her leg color. She's so fluffy I wouldn't have guessed the mix. I probably got her from hatching eggs off ebay. I also have 1 blue-hen, and she also has those blue shanks but looks like a cochin otherwise. I'm so glad you told me about this before I tried to breed them to other cochins! I had planned to breed a barred-boy to the blue girl to get some blue-barred girls.
Thanks so much for those beautiful pictures you posted too! They're just gorgeous!!!!!!!!
Just had some partridge chicks hatch out.
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Happy New Year Everyone!!!
All the best in the coming new year!!
Happy New Year, All!
Can't wait for Spring when these LF chicks will be outdoors and get past their "awkward" stage
Can't wait for Spring when these LF chicks will be outdoors and get past their "awkward" stage
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