Cochin Thread!!!

[nhnanna]

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[PunchyPoultry]

Thanks!!!! =] Although I'm really sad now because I just found out that I can't show the splashes. =[

 

[lilcrow]

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Oh, you can show them, you just can't collect points on them. It's still fun to take them to the shows, same thing for blue mottled and lots of others.

Nancy

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Someone may correct me on this, but I believe you can show them, but they would be classed as AOV (All Other Varieties).

 

[PunchyPoultry]

I dont know. I just recently started and one of the leaders of the 4-H project said that if the American Poultry Association doesnt recognize them I cant show them =[

 

[TennesseeTruly]

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Nope no Polish. I did but it was a long time ago, more than 8 months ago. That's why I'm so baffled. This is just a mystery to me..that's all I can say.

Laurie

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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I have seen it many times in big breeding programs. Mostly in the Guinea Pigs but also in dogs.
There are quite a few breeders in Guinea Pigs that have had closed breeding programs for almost 40 years and just last year one showed photos of some really odd babies that he would have thought had been a joke had he not seen them born and watched them dry and then he noticed these very odd markings and hair patterns. Then other breeders starting saying they had strange things come out of stock they knew they had never bred to anything else.
Funny but it happens. If it had happened when you first started hatching these then you would have discontinued the breeding of this flock and thought someone else had messed up but finding it happening now makes it much more remarkable. The genes just lined up a certain way.
And too, mutations happen.
I am not very good with words but I do not doubt you collected from this pen. I mean the only other explanation is someone switched eggs. But if you are like me, you know your girls eggs and I doubt anyone could switch eggs without having to go to a lot of trouble to get them to look just like certain hens' eggs.
Though this is really weird, you know what you collected. Just make sure no one is pulling the wool over your eyes with switching eggs.

 

[The Sheriff]

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Looks like the crests on my Icelandics! They are naughty about escapes but I doubt they made it to Tennessee! It is a cutie, no matter what!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Laurie, I couldn't tell from the pic - does the nasal cavity look Polish - or just the crest and legs?

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Looks like the crests on my Icelandics! They are naughty about escapes but I doubt they made it to Tennessee! It is a cutie, no matter what!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34566_thanksgivingbabies_1_of_1-3.jpg

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34566_bluegirl.jpg

Love the white crested one.