Derperella, the (weird) Faverolles, & Friends

[artsyrobin]

Well- I know you should win, lets hope the judges are honest and not swayed by big names!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

How exciting--the stamp drawing and the baby Cochin! Best of luck in the contest, Fud Lady!



I hope no one minds, I wanted to post about my Cochin bantam, Po baby, here. I would not have gotten him if it weren't for reading about Trousers, and I absolutely adore him already.

He's 11 weeks old now, rarely crows, but he's already standing guard over the pullets and is so very gentle with them as compared to the EE boy I also got in the batch.

Standing guard while the pullets scratch around:

And here is his little crow. I only hear him crow about twice a week, although it could be because the EE boy is always crowing.



[VIDEO]

Personally, I'm sold on Cochin boys at this point.

 

[froggiesheins]

How exciting--the stamp drawing and the baby Cochin! Best of luck in the contest, Fud Lady!



I hope no one minds, I wanted to post about my Cochin bantam, Po baby, here. I would not have gotten him if it weren't for reading about Trousers, and I absolutely adore him already.

He's 11 weeks old now, rarely crows, but he's already standing guard over the pullets and is so very gentle with them as compared to the EE boy I also got in the batch.

Standing guard while the pullets scratch around:

And here is his little crow. I only hear him crow about twice a week, although it could be because the EE boy is always crowing.



[VIDEO]

Personally, I'm sold on Cochin boys at this point.

What a handsome boy you have there! :cd

And FUDLADY: You go girl, you have a gazillion peeps across the USA pulling for ya!

 

[drumstick diva]

PO has such a cute little crow

 

[Nambroth]

Oh my gosh! Po Baby is SO CUTE. What a fine little gentleman. I love his little crow. I hope he grows up to be just as sweet as can be.

 

[HenFriend]

Good luck with your competition, and here's hoping for a boy...

 

[CinnamonQueen]

I do have photos for you all, I do! I swear! I just have to finish a few deadlines... working on my entry for the Federal Duck Stamp contest now.

Anyhow, I thought I'd share a tiny fleck of good news. Cheryl, the lady that I adopted Trousers from, has had her flock tested for Marek's in three different ways and all were negative. Including one blood test sent to Texas A&M. I now truly believe that I got Marek's from the environment here. It would explain why he succumbed so quickly. I have a few thoughts about that in the Trousers thread.
So, she still has Trousers' bother and sisters. This summer she set some of the cochin eggs and they have just hatched. Three cute, wonderful baby chicks! These would be Trousers' nieces and nephews, so to speak.

I ordered Marek's vaccination and had it shipped to her. She hass vaccinated all three. She's going to raise them there until we can tell the gender... that also allows them to build up immune systems, strong with their broody momma hen raising them. I felt this gave the new baby the strongest possible system. If one is a boy, and all goes well, he will come home with me!

(Photo by Cheryl R.)

Nambroth, that's great news!

Those are cute little fluffballs.

Good luck with the contest!

 

[earlybird10842]

More derp, please?

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

More derp, please?

x2

 

[CinnamonQueen]

I also would like to know how the contest went...