Cochin Thread!!!

[davony's chicks]

I love this thread! I usually don't post on here but just sit back and read. I haven't been on in quite sometime so I have been trying to get caught up on all of the posts.

It seems this summer has had the best information on here that I have seen since I joined! You guys are great!

I am learning so much! Thank you for the great information!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Clare, Your blacks look fantastic! Well proportioned, and nice, strong heads! It seems, along with your laced project, that you are having a great year!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

I love this thread! I usually don't post on here but just sit back and read. I haven't been on in quite sometime so I have been trying to get caught up on all of the posts.

It seems this summer has had the best information on here that I have seen since I joined! You guys are great!

I am learning so much! Thank you for the great information!

You're right - it has been a good year for this thread! Great job, Everyone! I know we seem to have lost a couple of (at least my) mentors, but I hope they return. It can only be good for the Cochin breed as a whole when so many are looking to improve their birds.

I get more and more critical of my own birds every day. And I'm constantly going back to some of their older pictures - Did he/she always look that way - why haven't I noticed it before? And why should I waste an entire breeding season when I can learn from others' breeding experiences - feed just costs too much any more to be playing guessing games.

Breeding eye candy or lawn ornaments may be fun, but breeding a great Cochin is a treat for all your senses!

 

[Mr. Ree]

I have a couple young roos that get like this. It usually goes away after a while. On a side note, and maybe someone else can chime in...I am assuming this is a cochin foot but looks very GREEN?!? Just thought it might be worth mentioning...

Your right about the foot color, it is green. That is a defect, more commonly known as willow legs. That wouldnt be anything to worry too much about as long as all the birds have yellow feet on the bottom, the willowness can always be bred out.



~Casey

 

[Mr. Ree]

Breeding eye candy or lawn ornaments may be fun, but breeding a great Cochin is a treat for all your senses!

Tryed quoting two different posts in one, but hit sudmit before I could. Gail, I love this sentence! LOVE it!

~Casey

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Quote: While we're on willow legs, I have a question - Has anyone seen their birds grow out of them? I have one that I immediately marked as willow when hatched, and now, 2 months later, I'd swear his legs are changing color.
(The only reason I didn't cull my willows is because I'm trying to track and identify the early stages of good lacing.)

 

[Black Cochin Bantams]

I love this thread! I usually don't post on here but just sit back and read. I haven't been on in quite sometime so I have been trying to get caught up on all of the posts.

It seems this summer has had the best information on here that I have seen since I joined! You guys are great!

I am learning so much! Thank you for the great information!

Coopa Cabana responded:

You're right - it has been a good year for this thread! Great job, Everyone! I know we seem to have lost a couple of (at least my) mentors, but I hope they return. It can only be good for the Cochin breed as a whole when so many are looking to improve their birds.

I get more and more critical of my own birds every day. And I'm constantly going back to some of their older pictures - Did he/she always look that way - why haven't I noticed it before? And why should I waste an entire breeding season when I can learn from others' breeding experiences - feed just costs too much any more to be playing guessing games.

Breeding eye candy or lawn ornaments may be fun, but breeding a great Cochin is a treat for all your senses!

Black Cochin Bantams (Craig) added

I think this is a wonderful statement for the Cochin community and this site in particular! Thank you to all who participate by sharing pictures , asking questions and wanting to learn, and those who share knowledge to help others. I sure don't have this posting stuff down yet.

 

[dak]

Clare, Your blacks look fantastic! Well proportioned, and nice, strong heads! It seems, along with your laced project, that you are having a great year!

Thanks Gail, we'll see how they grow up. I'll know in 2 years or so. Darn LF.

 

[dak]

For you Gail, you can split to Black and get most of the pattern back the next generation.

 

[StacyTN]

For you Gail, you can split to Black and get most of the pattern back the next generation.

newbie here - what is that on his nose?