Cochin Thread!!!

[tkay6205]

I have an extra cockerel that I dont need. I hate to part with him but thinking maybe someone else may need him. He's only 5 months old. If your interested PM me. Shipping is available.

 

[tuesdaylove]

I have two Cochins (bantams), a young roo and a young hen. The hen recently started laying little light brown eggs, and she has an egg song that I can automatically recognize - it's way different from the other two hens' songs!

Georgia, the roo.



Ruthie, the hen.


I wish I had a picture of Ruthie's tail. It's a perfect little ball!

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

A few pictures taken in July of some of my birds out on the grass and taking a walk around the coop.

 

[tiki244]

I get my cochin fuzzy bumm fix for the day yum yum and yum! LOL

 

[riversedgefarm]

Hi y'all just got some new cochins to add to my flock ill post pics in my profile phone won't let me add here I got a trio of whites a color that something like lemon blue rooster a 3 mottled hens a deep red rooster some blue hens a silver laced hen and mt first frizzle trio will add pics asap look at my page and let me no what u would call the blueish rooster. Btw if I breed a deep red rooster (pics in page) to a blue what the heck would u get???
Thx yall

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Hi y'all just got some new cochins to add to my flock ill post pics in my profile phone won't let me add here I got a trio of whites a color that something like lemon blue rooster a 3 mottled hens a deep red rooster some blue hens a silver laced hen and mt first frizzle trio will add pics asap look at my page and let me no what u would call the blueish rooster. Btw if I breed a deep red rooster (pics in page) to a blue what the heck would u get???
Thx yall

I don't see the pics yet in your profile, but congrats on all your new Cochins. I look forward to seeing the photos.

It's been a while since my last art class, but I believe if you mix a red Cochin with a blue Cochin you will get a PURPLE Cochin!!

Sorry . . . couldn't resist!

I believe you will get red birds that are split to blue, possibly with some leakage. As blue doesn't breed true, you may get some blacks as well. I'm sure someone has made the cross and can tell you what they got.

 

[aceschix]

I don't worry about eye color until they are at least laying and probably longer. It seems to take that long for it to change and knock on wood if your breeders are good it seems to not be a problem. If you are limited on space like I am you have to pick your best typed birds that are what you think is close on color and just let them grow out. Don't cull for petty things until they are mature unless you see a major DQ. That is the only thing I cull for early, split wing, deformities, etc. I'm sure I've had to sell some birds that I probably would have rather not and would probably be farther along if I could keep more, but I am on a quarter acre here in town and can only keep about 50 birds tops in the summer. I have to knock that down to about 20-25 in the winter even with my new building. Just my opinion and hopefully some helpful advice for others that are limited on space

I have observed over the years that most chicks are hatched with blue eyes and within a few weeks they begin to change color.  In cochins I look for the chicks to change eye color from blue to a nice shade of green, this usually happens when they are getting a good coverage of feathers (six to eight weeks).  The eyes will stay green for quite some time then as they reach maturity the eyes will begin to change to the nice reddish bay required by the standard.  It has been my observation that eyes that don't change from blue to green will not have the reddish bay eye coloring at maturity but will in most instances stay blue eyed or a very light eye color which detracts from the appearance of the bird.  Again, this is my observation and may not relate to what others have observed, but all my green eyed large and bantam birds now have reddish bay eyes.  I do agree that culling for minor 1/2 point defects too early could cause one to miss out on an otherwise very good bird.  Crooked toes, spit wing, side sprigs and wry tail can be culled for at a fairly young age but things such as eye color require patience.  Remember, if the bird doesn't have the cochin type; all the perfect color, combs, eye color in the world will never get him/her to champion row.

Bo

Thank you so much for this Bo. I keep notes on all your tips. Please continue to chime in here. Your experienced advice is invaluable to those of us who are fairly new but working hard on what we have.

 

[TAMMACLEAN]

So i posted last week on this thread that I thought my cochin was broody....Well she's been in her box for a week now, so I'm guessing that means she wants to be a momma. So I was going to move her but I didn't, at least not yet. I would like to move her to a lower spot when it's closer to her eggs hatching. Also how am I suppose to check her eggs and make sure they are actually developing?? She gets very upset when we get near her. I'd check her at night but we have a nasty rooster in there right now. I haven't culled him yet. He's good to his girls but mean to us. So he has got to go. Any way here is a picture of my little Daisy trying to be a momma.

 

[riversedgefarm]

I don't see the pics yet in your profile, but congrats on all your new Cochins.  I look forward to seeing the photos.

It's been a while since my last art class, but I believe if you mix a red Cochin with a blue Cochin you will get a [COLOR=800080]PURPLE[/COLOR] Cochin!!  

Sorry . . . couldn't resist! 

I believe you will get red birds that are split to blue, possibly with some leakage.  As blue doesn't breed true, you may get some blacks as well.  I'm sure someone has made the cross and can tell you what they got.

Purple sounds cool. Hey then if I put red one white I can have pink!!! Lol
Sorry I'm still trying to get them to upload.it is nice to live in middle of nowhere till u want to use use your cell lol

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

I am looking for a Silver Laced Cock or Cockerel. Please contact me if you have one you are wanting to sell. I need one for a SL improvement project.