Cochin Thread!!!

[aoxa]

Thank you all for your responses - the male in the back of the first photo is indeed a dark brahma roo - his name is obrahma, and he went in to check out the new roos lol. Thank you for your opinions - i did believe roo number 2 looks gawky and almost "emu-like" in proportion! What would i get if i crossed a mottled roo with a blue female ( she is a blue carrier, black in appearance . Thank you all for your input! I love byc!

Oh dear God that is the best name EVER.

Very clever!

 

[NCGrammie]

Thank you all for your responses - the male in the back of the first photo is indeed a dark brahma roo - his name is obrahma, and he went in to check out the new roos lol. Thank you for your opinions - i did believe roo number 2 looks gawky and almost "emu-like" in proportion! What would i get if i crossed a mottled roo with a blue female ( she is a blue carrier, black in appearance . Thank you all for your input! I love byc!

"Obrahma" I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

 

[cochins1088]

"Obrahma"

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

x 2, That is the best name ever, hahaha!!!

 

[Msbear]

Oh my goodness, I just had to comment on these gorgeous Cochins!! I've never seen coloring like this before, they are just beautiful!!!

Here's my recent acquisitions. No idea on parentage so any help on what their color pattern or suggestions on what color roo to use to keep the color or maybe add more buff barring would be appreciated. Thank You

I am still learning about how to post using quotes so .. here it goes. I think those girls are the result of a mille fleur mixed with silver columbian. If you put to a silver columbian male over them you may retain some of their characteristics then breed back to his son to keep with the pattern of these females and some gold. You could even go buff columbian. Using a gold male with these girls should give you gold males and more silver pullets... I think (where's scratch your head emoticon) That's my guess.

 

[aoxa]

x 2, That is the best name ever, hahaha!!!

I feel like I have to get a Brahma now, just to name it that!

 

[ki4got]

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What would i get if i crossed a mottled roo with a blue female ( she is a blue carrier, black in appearance . Thank you all for your input! I love byc!

the pics below are NOT mine, but taken from other posts within this thread...

blue is a dominant trait, so unless she IS blue, she does not carry it. (tkay6205's)


SELF blue is a recessive trait however, and requires both parents to carry it to be visible in their offspring. (AndyCap's)


mottled is also a recessive trait that requires both parents to carry it to be visible in their offspring.

so likely what you've got is a black girl and a mottled roo. you're likely to get pure black split to mottled. (but visibly just black)

 

[scheelgrl]

Ok so let me see if i understand this right: the "blue" cochins come in blue black and splash - a blue cochin is dominant blue, a black cochin is black, and a splash cochin carries both? These genetics are tough to handle sometimes! When a cochin is split to mottled, that means the offspring of a mating of two split parents would produce 50 percent black and 50 mottled?

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

A very helpful to me post from The Austalian National Pekin Club. Thought I would share for others to learn also:

Don't 4get how columbian gene works. It dominant. It causes red to become lighter more orange. It restricts black in the bird to the outer ends. It prevents in one dose black on the chest wingbow and back and shoulders and some saddle. In two saddle removed black. Also bear in mind columbian birds often carry silver as it makes columbian whiter so maybe carrying that plus DB (dark brown)and if in with CO affects red.

 

[dak]

Juvenile LF Blacks. 9-11 weeks.

 

[Fancy Feathers]

Very nice!