Do you have IDEAL bantam cochins?

[Poulets De Cajun]

I think y'all missed my second question...

If I choose to go this route, would I want to use a black cockeral or a black hen to improve the type?

 

[DANNY]

I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS WHETHER YOU USE A BLACK COCKEREL OR PULLET OVER THE LAVENERS TO IMPROVE TYPE. IF ANYBODY KNOWS FOR SURE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. AS FOR IDEAL'S BIRDS I ORDERED A BUCH OF BIRDS FROM THEM AND NONE OF THEM WERE DESCENT. SO I GOT RID OF THEM. I THINK IN MOST CASES THE HATCHERIES IS NOT THE WAY TO GO. I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF BIRDS OVER THE YEARS FROM MURRAY MCMURRAY, STROMBERGS, IDEAL AND OTHERS AND ALL OF THEM WERE CRAPPY. AS FAR AS THE LAVENDERS FROM IDEAL LOOKING LIKE OLD ENGLISH CROSSES. I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE IN PRODUCTION BRED BIRDS AND STANDARD BRED BIRDS.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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They "might" be the same color...but that's it. Ideal has no interest in bettering their stock either...they're just out for production purposes. Shame too.

 

[silkieluver_07]

Here's a thread with my friend's lavender and white cochins from Ideal:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=74678&p=1