Cochin Thread!!!

[serendipityfarm]

So, if someone were to get some silver pencilled bantams from a hatchery, what would be the best color to cross with to improve type, without losing to much in the way of color. I know I'm assuming pattern would be good. I'm a hopeless optimist.

 

[thecochincoop]

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my guess would be black and the chicks would be split to silver penciled

 

[serendipityfarm]

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my guess would be black and the chicks would be split to silver penciled

That's what I was thinking.

 

[WyandotteTX]

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Your best bet to improve Silver Penciled would be to cross with Partridge. If you cross a SP male over Partridge females all of the females would be SP in color and the males would look like a golden duckwing.......Keep the SP females with the better type and cross them back to the original SP male and you should have improved type and pencilling from the better Partridge.
I have used this cross many times with SP/Partridge Wyandottes.
Hope this info helps. Crossing with Black would work but you would lose alot of the pencilling and would probably take about 6 or 7 generations to get it back.

 

[dmiravalle]

So what is required to be in the breeders directory??? We have black/blue/ mottled and barred bantams.

 

[mjgigax]

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Your best bet to improve Silver Penciled would be to cross with Partridge. If you cross a SP male over Partridge females all of the females would be SP in color and the males would look like a golden duckwing.......Keep the SP females with the better type and cross them back to the original SP male and you should have improved type and pencilling from the better Partridge.
I have used this cross many times with SP/Partridge Wyandottes.
Hope this info helps. Crossing with Black would work but you would lose alot of the pencilling and would probably take about 6 or 7 generations to get it back.

Good info. Thank You! I don't have SPs (yet) ha!, I was ONLY going to have Mille Fleurs...........

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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There is no "requirement" - unless of course you consider my (very small) fee for listing you a requirement! LOL

Seriously, there is no "requirement". The intent is merely to compile a database of those Varieties being bred in 2011, so that others looking for a particular Variety can find the Breeder easily.

If you're asking for a definition of a "Breeder", that is very subjective, and you will find a lot of (sometimes heated) discussions on BYC regarding who exactly can consider themselves a "Breeder".

I don't think we should open that can of worms here.

But, if you're asking my opinion, 1st and foremost, you are breeding to the SOP - for both Cochin type as well as the Plumage Variety.

So that I can get you included, I just need clarification on your Varieties - is that Black, Blue, and Mottled, or Black Mottled and Blue Mottled?

 

[cochin123]

has anyone herd of marty mcguire ? anyone have pics of his birds ?

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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I've heard of him, but I can't for the life of me remember where or when. I'm sure it will come to me at 3:00 a.m.

 

[dmiravalle]

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There is no "requirement" - unless of course you consider my (very small) fee for listing you a requirement! LOL

Seriously, there is no "requirement". The intent is merely to compile a database of those Varieties being bred in 2011, so that others looking for a particular Variety can find the Breeder easily.

If you're asking for a definition of a "Breeder", that is very subjective, and you will find a lot of (sometimes heated) discussions on BYC regarding who exactly can consider themselves a "Breeder".

I don't think we should open that can of worms here.

But, if you're asking my opinion, 1st and foremost, you are breeding to the SOP - for both Cochin type as well as the Plumage Variety.

So that I can get you included, I just need clarification on your Varieties - is that Black, Blue, and Mottled, or Black Mottled and Blue Mottled?

We primarily do solid black and blue, with a few black mottled and a couple of barred. The barreds have nice plumage, but not great on the barring yet.