East Bay Bantams

[FoxholeFarm]

I am looking to get some golden laced bantam cochins and I was wondering if they would be able to get along with standard size hens?  I have a bantam rooster not sure if he is a serama or not but he gets along with the girls.  I have one golden lace brahma, 1 barred rock, 1 white leghorn, 1 black sex link.  He favorite girls are the black sex link and the golden laced brahma.

I have a mixed flock. 10 bantams of various breeds and 8 LF birds including a cockerel. Integrating the bantams was not easy. I have had To isolate one of my LF birds who was aggressive beyond the normal pecking order scuffle and am trying to find her a new home with a LF-only flock because she has always done fine with other big birds.

So I guess the answer isn't yes and it isn't no. Some mixed flock have no problems, some do. Mine is fine now that it is minus one bully.

 

[dldolan]

I have three bantams in my flock, but one is the only adult rooster. Both bantam cochins hens have chicks, and he is very doting. The little mamas hold their own with the other adult birds, and are ruthless with my marans teenagers when they get too close. WE'll see what happens when a marans roo gets big enough to challenge, but my experience with marans roosters (I raise Splash Marans) is they are generally mellow and tolerant of other roosters. So i'll see how it goes.

Although I have chicks, my nieces and nephew get first choice for showing, so I won't know what i've got to sell until they all grow out some more. The mille fleur, blue mille fleur, calico and mottled chicks' feathering is changing so rapidly...it is hard to tell what it may turn out to be in a few months' time. Once the hens go back to laying, i could consider selling fertile eggs, though, so keep in touch!
Little one on the left has great patterning. The right hand one is the prettiest, though!


All types....

 

[FoxholeFarm]

Very cool! I got in touch with Dyann in Orinda who is a mille cochin breeder and will go visit her place to look at what she has in the next weeks.

 

[dldolan]

Very cool! I got in touch with Dyann in Orinda who is a mille cochin breeder and will go visit her place to look at what she has in the next weeks.

My adult trio of birds are originally from her. Of the nine chicks, three are from my birds (last ones laid before they went broody) , and 6 from eggs ordered (for diversity). I am pleased with my trio! I bought Speckled Sussex from Dyann a few years ago as well.

 

[FoxholeFarm]

Very cool! I got in touch with Dyann in Orinda who is a mille cochin breeder and will go visit her place to look at what she has in the next weeks.

My adult trio of birds are originally from her. Of the nine chicks, three are from my birds (last ones laid before they went broody) , and 6 from eggs ordered (for diversity). I am pleased with my trio! I bought Speckled Sussex from Dyann a few years ago as well.

That's great to hear. My one mille girl is from her stick but through Deann DaSilva.

 

[dldolan]

Same here! I got my bantam cochin trio and a few other birds from Deann (who got them from Dyann originally, I guess). My sister's family just moved here, and I thought they'd love the little cochins...and they do! What's not to love?!?!

 

[FoxholeFarm]

Hah neat!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I have 2 of Dyann's bantam cochins also. They are sooo sweet. Pretty good layers too.

 

[FoxholeFarm]

I have 2 of Dyann's bantam cochins also. They are sooo sweet. Pretty good layers too.

Those are some very good looking girls!! Mine is a pretty good layer too, thank goodness. About 5 eggs weekly.

 

[dldolan]

I have 2 of Dyann's bantam cochins also. They are sooo sweet. Pretty good layers too.

Pretty Girls! Mine laid 6 eggs and 11 eggs respectively before they both went broody! So, we'll see how they lay once they are up and running again. MY LF cochins were broody more weeks than they laid, so my expectations are low! More color coming through now in the kids...week five!