Cochin Thread!!!

[lilcrow]

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It would be helpful to folks if you posted some more information than that. Do you have a picture? If you do that would be great........a picture's worth a thousand words. Other things that folks would like to know......how old is he, where did he come from, things like that would help folks make a decision, or at least get them more interested.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

lilcrow is right.

I got him from a breeder. I was told he isn't good quality but I don't know. When I got him he had No feathers on his back and no tail feathers. I went there getting a silkie roo but I felt bad for him, so I got him. He is a very sweet guy. He takes real good of his ladies. He is healthy and happy, I just can't have too many roosters. Pm me if your interested.

 

[FarmerBoy24]

I may have a Blue Cochin roo too. I have to wait and see.

 

[1muttsfan]

Mrs chickendad that pen of bantam chicks you had at the michigan chickenstock was so great, what a pretty site - mottled, milles, frizzles, beautiful colors. You don't know how hard it was to not snag a few, they just were not the colors I am working on. Hope to see you there again next year.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Then you should have snagged a few for the rest of us!

 

[thecochincoop]

I have 5 pair of Kaleidoscopes with one possible mille fleur that will be culled soon. Anyone that wants them is welcome to them for $5 a pair just to cover their feed

the cockerel in the front

this cockerel and pullet

this looks like a mille cockerel

pullets

cockerels

and just for fun, my oldest chicks of the year

 

[mjgigax]

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I wish i could have been there. I will be home in Michigan next week. DH will stay in Oklahoma and take care of my birds. It is so hot here, 105! I lost two hens today.

 

[Countrypunk92]

I just bought an adult pair of Barred Cochin Bantams..gotta admit..I fell in love from first site. I will post pics in the morning. I LOVE COCHINS! They have the coolest personalities.

 

[RustyHen]

I feel great tonight we found 4-h homes for our 3 little roo's today. such a relief

now I think they will settle in and be more comfortalbe 1 roo and 3 pullets, 3 mths old.

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

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Let me preface this with 4H was wonderful for my kids. Congratulations on your good 4H experience finding homes for extra roo's.

I was asked several times last month if I could sell some show ready pairs. 1 of the kids had a coon/mink get in and kill her project birds and I wanted to help her. I also wanted her parents to get the coop better/safer before I would sell any birds to them. The parents did that. I fixed her up with a pair of good type but out of condition.These birds will be the start of her next years project and if they came back in condition will do very well at the fair. I will continue to help her in any way I can She was respectful and asked good question suggesting to me this project might work.

The other experience was quite aggravating. They wanted birds in show condition that could win today and whenever. The mother really torqued me when I suggested that they should have been looking last fall for this years project and that I could help in the fall. I could have set them up with some good breeding pairs, good type but out of condition because the pullets and cock were used as natural breeders. That wasn't good enough because the fair is coming up.. The mother wanted my best show birds in quite strong terms. I can understand that but then she thought that she could then low ball me and get them for $50 per trio. Bad feelings after she was informed she was WAY too low even if those birds had been for sale which they were not.. They didn't get any birds from me nor will they ever.

I go out of my way to help 4H kids since Mark Peterson did that for my daughter. I will sell birds for below the going rate and try to inform them about about the basics they need to know to get birds ready to show. This is a 4H project not who can buy the best birds the day before they have to turn in their project slips.