Cochin Thread!!!

[Coopa Cabana]

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Stephanie, she certainly has some of the best pattern that I've seen you post pictures of! Keep focusing on type as you go forward. Especially with the patterned varieties such as MF, the uneven lengths of the primaries and secondaries becomes very evident. If the feathers are of equal length, you will see the spangled tips all lined up. Going forward with your breeding program, and as more MF's show up in the show rooms, the little details can mean the difference between a good bird and a better bird.

My roo below is certainly not the best example of pattern or type, but you can see how the pattern lines up when the primaries and secondaries are of equal lengths:

 

[wildwoodcochins]

So now that I have a red brown roo....I am on a quest for a couple of hens. Anyone know where I might start looking??
I am also on a quest for a SQ mottled roo. I have a few roos from this years hatches but nothing I'm "in love with" anyone have any extra "handsome hunks" in their coop??

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

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If I lived in Indiana I would get on Matt McCammons waiting list. He is #2 exhibitor all time for Mottled and Judy Gantt is #1. They have very good birds. Mottleds are notoriously slow to develop according to Matt. Are they short on type or mottling? They get more mottling after each molt.
Craig

 

[Funky Feathers]

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Try Mandy at The Cochin Coop. She may have some Mottled Roos now, and hers are awesome too.

 

[wildwoodcochins]

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If I lived in Indiana I would get on Matt McCammons waiting list. He is #2 exhibitor all time for Mottled and Judy Gantt is #1. They have very good birds. Mottleds are notoriously slow to develop according to Matt. Are they short on type or mottling? They get more mottling after each molt.
Craig

They are short on type, mottling I know comes on better with age~

 

[wildwoodcochins]

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Try Mandy at The Cochin Coop. She may have some Mottled Roos now, and hers are awesome too.

I know Mandy has some beautiful hens for sale, maybe I need better pics of the roo she has for sale, he is pretty nice!

 

[mjgigax]

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Stephanie, she certainly has some of the best pattern that I've seen you post pictures of! Keep focusing on type as you go forward. Especially with the patterned varieties such as MF, the uneven lengths of the primaries and secondaries becomes very evident. If the feathers are of equal length, you will see the spangled tips all lined up. Going forward with your breeding program, and as more MF's show up in the show rooms, the little details can mean the difference between a good bird and a better bird.

My roo below is certainly not the best example of pattern or type, but you can see how the pattern lines up when the primaries and secondaries are of equal lengths:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/40221_jackson_11-20-1010.jpg

Those look sooooo nice!

 

[wildwoodcochins]

Here's the roo I have right now, he's a couple years old and I didn't get any fertile eggs out of him this summer. We are going to try AI and a good trimming on him next time around.
Can I have some opinions on him? No worries about hurting my feelings! He is at least 3 years old.

 

[thecochincoop]

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Your boy looks nice. I can't see his foot color or wings. Looks like he has weak wings, but that's not uncommon. Spread them and see if theres a gap. The wattles look very long and the comb's a bit too many points but that's just nit picky stuff there. If you're not doing AI then you won't get any fertile eggs. I never get any till I do AI and then everything's ok

 

[wildwoodcochins]

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Your boy looks nice. I can't see his foot color or wings. Looks like he has weak wings, but that's not uncommon. Spread them and see if theres a gap. The wattles look very long and the comb's a bit too many points but that's just nit picky stuff there. If you're not doing AI then you won't get any fertile eggs. I never get any till I do AI and then everything's ok

Here's another picture of him, his feet are nice and yellow but I agree, his wings look a little weak. Really shows more in this pic. Wow, I never noticed how long his wattles were lol, they are long!