Cochin Thread!!!

[Coopa Cabana]

Quote: LOL! Casey beat me again! I was also going to suggest Heidi Hylkema. She is VP of Cochins International, and lives in Redmond, OR. You can find all her contact information on the CI website: http://www.cochinsint.com/officers--directors.html

 

[Mr. Ree]

As most anyone who has a white bird, or mostly white, etc knows, its not easy to keep your birds clean. I have had many people, here especially, ask me how I keep my birds so clean. And to be honest, I dont do anything to keep them clean, they have free access to an outside run whenever they want, when its not raining or wet out. They take dust baths and get just as dirty as any other chicken, but they still manage to stay in decent feather and pretty clean. Just wanted to share a few pics of one of this years pullets doing exactly one of the things chickens do best, dust bathing.








~Casey

 

[DeannaOR]

LOL! Casey beat me again! I was also going to suggest Heidi Hylkema. She is VP of Cochins International, and lives in Redmond, OR. You can find all her contact information on the CI website: http://www.cochinsint.com/officers--directors.html

Thank you!

 

[Scifisarah]

Just in case you are all wondering what to get "Me" for Christmas:

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/christm...asy Gifts&pageName=Beau Coop&icid=CBF12_O5415

Does the $100,000 include a live-in maid, because I would NOT want to be in charge of dusting that chandelier...

 

[Reyvaughn]

Does the $100,000 include a live-in maid, because I would NOT want to be in charge of dusting that chandelier...

I'm not cleaning that chair, either.

 

[Fancy Feathers]

Bobbie that about made me spit coffee on my screen.

$100,000 doesn't include delivery though!

 

[Reyvaughn]

Bobbie that about made me spit coffee on my screen.

$100,000 doesn't include delivery though!

Sadly, I could buy a nice house around here for $100,000. The payoff on this house is that much(not that it's worth that) and the foreclosure I want is 9ac and about that much. My chickens can live in whatever makeshift buildings I can come up with and I'll spent that kind of money on a house for me and the kids before I'd even think of buying something like that. Well, then again, it is pretty nice. Maybe I'll buy it for myself to live in.

 

[ki4got]

As most anyone who has a white bird, or mostly white, etc knows, its not easy to keep your birds clean. I have had many people, here especially, ask me how I keep my birds so clean. And to be honest, I dont do anything to keep them clean, they have free access to an outside run whenever they want, when its not raining or wet out. They take dust baths and get just as dirty as any other chicken, but they still manage to stay in decent feather and pretty clean. Just wanted to share a few pics of one of this years pullets doing exactly one of the things chickens do best, dust bathing.

~Casey

LOL depends on your quality of local 'dust' available. around here we have that wonderful red virginia clay. whether wet or dry, it coats all white creatures in a nice uniform tan-orange shade.

this applies to chickens, dogs, and horses equally. so while i do not have any more (un) white chickens, i do have 2 multi-colored pinto mini horses and a (very) off white standard poodle. LOL

 

[Chickenman39]

Hi CluckyChick,

This was probably a cross between a Buff Columbian male & Regular Columbian female. To keep the pattern use a Buff Columbian male. If you can find one, use a buff male that has white in his underfluff.

Hope this helps. Russell

 

[County Boy]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/715357/country-boys-cochins-october-2012#post_9774105

Here are pics of my Cochins. Check them out and please give me your honest opinion.