Cochin Thread!!!

[WestKnollAmy]

Hey guys! My chicks are 15 days old today.

When will you guys be able to help me sex them from pictures?

If you want to put up some clear photos of their heads and bodies, I will do my best to help you sex them. I can sometimes tell....other times it is rather iffy.

 

[Green Chicken]

Love the foot feathering Funky Feathers.

 

[LilQtBear]

So has anyone ever heard of a bearded cochin??
So I bought mille fluer hatching eggs then one of my own eggs from our cross cochin. I have one little hen that looks just like my other two pure cochins except she's got the toes of a silkie....which all the "pure mille fluer" cochin eggs I bought had those silkie toes too...and funky bed head on couple of roo's....I've seen silkie cochin crosses before but usually not so cochin looking and usually have feathers on head that are messy....this little girl looks very cochin but has this perfect beard...ever heard of this??
I would post picture but I can't figure it out from my phone
I think its super cute..

 

[BunnyMomma]

Hi all! I love seeing all the beautiful cochins. They are my favorites. I thought I'd share a photo of two of my Birchen Cochins. I do not show cochins, but I try to raise quality birds. Here is a few photos of "Antonio". He is the Great Grandfather to my "BabyDoll" Cochin Project that I started 3 years ago.

 

[lilcrow]

The feet are very cute, but that head on expression is precious. It is just too cute Stephanie.

How's this for foot feathering?

 

[just2rosey]

We found our only mature cochin pullet dead in a nest box today. She was laying belly up without a mark on her.

All I can figure is that she broke her neck when she flew in. She had been acting broody the last several days. I have 14 of her babies growing, 7boys, 7 girls, and the daddy roo. I felt like the pullet had better type than the roo, he is to upright and not round enough in my opinion. So I don't think I really want to put him over his own daughters because I could lose type. I don't know what to do!

This is my roo, and the pullet I found dead today. Her babies aren't three months old yet, I don't know how they will turn out yet.

Any thought from the experienced breeders? These are my daughter's 4H project, and I am her project leader. Where do we go from here?

I don't supposed any one has any partridge bantam eggs, chicks, or decent culls they would want to sell?

Thanks for any help and advice.

 

[Green Chicken]

I am sorry for your loss

 

[mjgigax]

We found our only mature cochin pullet dead in a nest box today. She was laying belly up without a mark on her.

All I can figure is that she broke her neck when she flew in. She had been acting broody the last several days. I have 14 of her babies growing, 7boys, 7 girls, and the daddy roo. I felt like the pullet had better type than the roo, he is to upright and not round enough in my opinion. So I don't think I really want to put him over his own daughters because I could lose type. I don't know what to do!

This is my roo, and the pullet I found dead today. Her babies aren't three months old yet, I don't know how they will turn out yet.

Any thought from the experienced breeders? These are my daughter's 4H project, and I am her project leader. Where do we go from here?

I don't supposed any one has any partridge bantam eggs, chicks, or decent culls they would want to sell?

Thanks for any help and advice.

So sorry, she was beautiful.
I know that LF are extra slow at developing and you will have allot of time to look them over and ponder what to do.

 

[destin0709]

I'm sorry for your loss, she was really pretty.
Here are my brand new additions 4 cochins and a mille fleur de'uccle. Shipped eggs said I had 2 reds, a white and a silver laced or blue/black mottled. I thought all white cochins had yellow chicks but none are solid yellow?? Hmmm

 

[lilcrow]

Lisa, that's a shame. It's so difficult when your numbers are limited like that. She was a lovely hen and I agree with you about not crossing the pullet chicks back on their dad, his type is not as good as your hen, unless maybe he was molting in this picture. As you know, I've worked really hard to put together the flock I have and I do have two very nice roos from Jamie Matts. This winter has been really hard on me and I'm facing back surgery sometime in the next 2 or 3 months. I've been debating about cutting back on the number of varieties that I have and I'm thinking of letting the Partridge go. You can let me know if this is something you might me interested in.

We found our only mature cochin pullet dead in a nest box today. She was laying belly up without a mark on her.

All I can figure is that she broke her neck when she flew in. She had been acting broody the last several days. I have 14 of her babies growing, 7boys, 7 girls, and the daddy roo. I felt like the pullet had better type than the roo, he is to upright and not round enough in my opinion. So I don't think I really want to put him over his own daughters because I could lose type. I don't know what to do!

This is my roo, and the pullet I found dead today. Her babies aren't three months old yet, I don't know how they will turn out yet.

Any thought from the experienced breeders? These are my daughter's 4H project, and I am her project leader. Where do we go from here?

I don't supposed any one has any partridge bantam eggs, chicks, or decent culls they would want to sell?

Thanks for any help and advice.