Cochin Thread!!!

This is a 3 year old roo that I bought a few weeks ago. I bought him as a mottled but I'm thinking he looks more like a splash. Opinions?
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You can check the primary feathers within the first week. There are some video's on youtube that shows sexing chickens. There was an episode from Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe that took him to McMurray Hatchery and he worked with the people that sex them. It was interesting to watch. I was able to really see the difference between sexes by the second week.

Well I did pick two out with longer primary feathers and they both have pullet traits but one is getting red at the base of the comb and I little at the comb which is the only thing. there both almost five weeks. What do you think? Thanks
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I don't know anything about combs turning red that is a trait for cockerels. I haven't heard of it, but I am no expert by any means!!

I only found out recently from another cochin breeder the way that she sexes her birds and she said it was accurate thus far. I would say that these babies are pullets based on you mentioning their primary's are longer and tail feathers as well. Are these bantams?
 
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mine seem to go very high. I was worried about the one that i got as well. I did check on them one night and they were all roosting ontop of the roost that I actually build for my standard size chickens. I had to let my standards free range for now till I can get my silkies, cochins and batams in their own run. I just need to fix some of the wire before I can get them over there. But we are having some really high winds today and no way i can get out there and do that today. So I think it will be fine. But what I had done for mine when I was not sure was to get some milk crates, boxes or what I could find for them to use as nesting boxes and they loved it. I even took an old cat little box the type that look like a dome top and used that as well. Right now I have it in the run as well and my juvies use it to hide out.
not to sure if this helped you or not.
deana

Crazy heavy winds here near OKC too. My cochins have their backs to the wind and are all fluffed up.
 
Hello all,
I am new to Cochins, and purebred chickens for exhibition. I grew up on a farm, I tend to think of chickens from a utilitarian point of view. But my daughter and I are starting a flock for 4-H, so I am learning, too. My friend has a pair of Mille Fleur bantam cochins, and she gave me several hatching eggs. Is this variety still a project, or is it recognized? What genetics are being used to produce them, where should we start with breeding them? Ok I just set eggs this week,
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so I have time to study the genetics, but I don't even know where to start.
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What crosses were used to develop the color? I will have to get some new blood since these eggs will all be full siblings. Thanks for any info.
 

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