Cochin Thread!!!

[Funky Feathers]

Here are my broodies. They hatched out 17 call ducklings and are now sitting on 21 MFC eggs. They are way better than any incubator I ever had!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Aren't Cochins the best!

I used to have a Buff girl and a White girl and they sat on 20 eggs, hatched every single one out!

Best broodies ever!

~ Aspen

 

[MissJenny]

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Oh, they're beautiful!!! I don't use an incubator any more either -- my hens are way more efficient than electricity.

Jenny

 

[Ivywoods]

To the folks using their hens as broodies... Do you generally take the chicks away as soon as they are hatched, or let the hens raise them?

 

[ShysCreations]

Those girls have some beautiful color !!! What a time you all on the east coast must have had. Glad the hotel was accommodating! I have sure been thinking about fellow poultry owners going thru such weather.


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[snaphu]

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I have 2 cochins hens that are always broody, a white one and a black one.. last year the white one sat on and hatched an EE egg, and was a super mom. I tried her again this spring, and she ate the eggs! I gave the black cochin a try, and she sat on and hatched 3 eggs, she ate 2 as soon as they hatched, I saved one!

I've just put some eggs under my white one again because she is relentless! she will just sit in a empty nest being all broody! I've put her on about 5 eggs in a large dog crate with food and water.... is there any other tips or suggestions you can give me to help her out?

thanks
Sue

 

[wava1vaughn]

Hi from Ga. Well I'm happy to announce My Cochin Bantam eggs have started hatching a day and a half early. Two so far 28 more to go.

 

[wildwoodcochins]

Here's some of our baby Mottled

Twins!

 

[mjgigax]

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Thanks for sharing the pic. I have a pair that were hatched in April. The pullet is so much smaller that the roo I wonder if that is typical? I have 1 LF Buff hen that is huge. I guess this is a question for the LF Cochin thread.

 

[mjgigax]

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I love spots! - nice foot feathers too.