Cochin Thread!!!

[thecochincoop]

that's just how this year has been. I've had LOTS of cockerels. must be something with the weather

 

[aceschix]

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look like boys to me

WOW!! My luck is really really bad

Extremly bad lol Guess we may never have a cochin

Don't get rid of them yet. See if those waddles get bigger or not. They can surprise you when you are not quite sure.

 

[Michie]

I'm not getting rid of them untill they are at least 12 weeks, I just really really thought we would have a girl, this is me pouting lol

 

[DixieChickie]

I got this girl a week and half ago...I just adore her (I really think it's a her LOL) she has the softest feathers. Was in with about 40 other chicks, some a bit younger and various breeds, so her feathers are a bit picked and snipped in spots.

Anyways here is "Ivory"

 

[emptynester]

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'she' is adorable LOL!

 

[Michie]

Shes so pretty!!!

 

[jenesis536]

I need some cochin owners to give me their advice? At 10-11 weeks, what gender do you think this one is?

I'm hoping I have a girl because this bird is such a beauty and the foot feathering is amazing... but, I have a GL cochin that is a month older and her waddles and comb are nowhere near as red. The comb and waddles on this one got red pretty quickly... it has a peepy voice... it's in a pen with my silkies who mother "it" and 2 girls that are a month older... the 2 older girls and this one get along but I do notice the 3 of them are trying to position themselves as the top bird.

Soooooo.... girl or boy?

 

[bantyman]

Sorry but its a rooster

 

[jenesis536]

allllll riiiiiiiighhhhhhhhhhhhttttt...

Bummer. Such a pretty bird, but I can't keep him.

 

[Sweetfolly]

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What color are they? Very interesting color!

They're sports out of DANNY's Blue Mille project. I'm banking on them being "Blue Patterned Silver Columbians" - Columbians with the Black pattern diluted to Blue. These two look a bit light in the hackle/tail area to be Blues (they're not Coronation/Self-Blues though), but they're showing some Buff shading since they came out of the Mille project, so that's diluting the pattern a bit as well. I'm going to see what happens if I breed each of them to a regular Columbian later this year. Just a fun project to keep myself occupied.