Cochin Thread!!!

[miraclz5]

Hi Everyone,
I am new to chickens this spring (had RIR as a kid in 4H...20+ years ago)...my kids and I REALLY wanted mostly cochins! We found a breeder....and we had a case of don't count your chickens until they hatch....and she did not hatch out as many as she planned...she had some other wonderful breeds....and we took a few of each. A friend up the street ended up getting a few in a managers special....and so we ended up with 9 cochins, all straight run of course...we lost 2

and ended up with only 2 pullets (two wonderful girls, Daisy is our black and Dahlia is our dark blue)! Very sad when we wanted mostly cochins. Low and behold, our friend up the street...her turkey order got messed up and so she got a free managers special along with her additional turkeys....Lucky us.....she got 9 more cochins! Woohoo! We are happy campers...they are straight run, but we will take our chances and surely get a few more beautiful hens! Will keep you posted! We have we have buff, blue, silver laced and 1 partridge....more than one of each so we will see!!! So happy...also REALLY happy that we found a happy home for 2 of our roosters....two beautiful blues who will enjoy lots of pretty hens! Life is good!

 

[Funky Feathers]

I am overrun with beautiful Splash Bantam juveniles! Please help. My shipping window will be closing soon. Anybody??

 

[RustyHen]

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Hi fattie, could you please give me a price on 2 or 3 of you juvies, maby a trio.
my zip is 97826 I have never shipped older chicks before so you would have to lead me through it.
these are cuties.

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Hello again fellow cochin lovers

all of your birds are just

I was hoping to get a little help from the experts. I ordered some cochin chicks from McMurray and they will be a full 5 weeks old this Saturday. I posted a few pics of them on this thread when I first received them. Im having a really hard time telling my blues from my blacks, but one of our blues sent is a splash and easy to pick out. It very quickly became my favorite because of its sweet, friendly personality. My favorites always turn out to be roos because of their sweet, friendly personalities

None of my other chicks really have any combs or waddles yet, even this little splash chick. But compared to the others there is a noticable difference. Can anyone make any guesses as to the sex of this little chick (or both chicks pictured

)? And if I have jumped the gun, when should I be able to tell the difference between my pullets and cockerals? This is my first go with cochins, and I'm absolutely loving them, but trying to guess their sexes is killing me

TIA!

Edited b/c I can't spell

 

[Funky Feathers]

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Hi fattie, could you please give me a price on 2 or 3 of you juvies, maby a trio.
my zip is 97826 I have never shipped older chicks before so you would have to lead me through it.
these are cuties.

$40 plus $5 box fee if I use a small chick box (they would be pretty crowded, not the safest way) or $55 plus $10 box fee in an adult (bigger) box.

 

[crazynnfan5]

Beautiful birds! i love how the feathers jsut cover the bird!!!!!

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[littledirtlanefarms]

I bought a flock of Cochins from someone who said they were SQ. The blue rooster had a ton of brown in his feathering...I asked about this and was told that true blues all had brown in their feathering...I was sure it was a DQ...here is a picture of him...

 

[Msbear]

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A LITTLE BROWN!?

I know! We'll come up with a new variety like everyone else does.. hmm.... howabout "brown blue"

 

[littledirtlanefarms]

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A LITTLE BROWN!?

I know! We'll come up with a new variety like everyone else does.. hmm.... howabout "brown blue"

Ughhhh...why do I always get walked all over??? The hens are lovely at least...

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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A LITTLE BROWN!?

I know! We'll come up with a new variety like everyone else does.. hmm.... howabout "brown blue"

Ughhhh...why do I always get walked all over??? The hens are lovely at least...

Could you post a couple of pics of the hens, please. Are they also brown? To be honest, my first thought about the roo was that he's not even a purebred Cochin - and not just because of the color. I would not use the roo as a breeder, either.

I'm not sure why anyone would tell you he's SQ - but then again everyone has their own definition of SQ. If you bought them as pets - please do enjoy them as pets. If you are looking to show your birds, or buy SQ stock, your first purchase should be a copy of either the APA (large Fowl) or ABA (Bantam) Standard of Perfection. It should also be your first purchase if you are looking to breed your birds, or buy breeder stock.