Cochin Thread!!!

[tkay6205]

Isabella & Oliver's chickies are starting to hatch!!!

Twyla, your lemon blues are beautiful!!!! I feel the need to own some!! Fingers crossed on the hatching chicks.

 

[silkiesuz]

Isabella & Oliver's chickies are starting to hatch!!!

These are beeeautiful!!!! Do you ever sell hatching eggs?

 

[BackyardCoop]

I've got this barred cochin rooster that I find rather interesting. He's still young but what do y'all make of his color? I know it's not correct but I think he's just too pretty to get rid of. He's supposedly out of a pen of just straight barred cochins so what do you think would make his neck be white?

Not sure but he sure is handsome!

 

[omaeve]

I just wanted to thank everyone for their kind words on my blues. I am very excited about them. As I said I have several nice babies in the grow out pen and hoping to continue working on them. I just love blue chickens, especially my fluffy butted cochins

wen you are ready to sell cicks let me know

 

[tkay6205]

wen you are ready to sell cicks let me know

Will do, I have a list going now. Haha.

 

[chicken fever]

Question...I hatchesd out some bbs LG cochins from 4-h show quality but they all have dark shanks. Do I need to sell these and get yellow shank birds. I'm wanting to eventually show them.

 

[tiki244]

chicken fever I think you can show them but not sure how satisfied you would be with the results. Do they have yellow feet? Maybe I should have waited for the eggspurts but they will come along shortly

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I have a question also: How old do the bantam cochins have to be for me to judge for cushion width? wing carriage? aand overall body shape? I have a bunch of two month old blacks and am trying to thin them out. A lot of them have not grown the tail feathers yet so I am having a most difficult time figuring this out. Is there a way to feel the bone structure?

 

[stephanie1992]

is there a way to tell early on if a cochin bantam is going to be show quality or pet quality?

 

[Coopa Cabana]

"We'd better hurry . . . they're about to start without us!!"

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

is there a way to tell early on if a cochin bantam is going to be show quality or pet quality?

PQ often yes, SQ often no. At about 3-4 months they start to get type like they will have as a mature bird. PQ shows up earlier in leg foot color, eye color, shafting,type. On mottleds it takes a long time to know.
Craig