Giant Cochin Show Potential Chick?

[bburn]

I have a LF Barred Cochin roo and a LF Black Cochin hen.
First hatch, set 6 eggs, six hatched but one died.
Second hatch, set 6 eggs and six hatched and are doing well.

Have yet to have an infertile cochin egg.

I hear about people having trouble with fertility but have not had a problem yet. Never thought about it until I saw it on here!

I love me some LF Cochins. Sweet, slow moving, gentle. Very slow to mature so if you are wanting egg laying machines these are not for you. I do get eggs from my hen on average six of seven days a week.

 

[k0r1nag]

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Chicks sometimes appear to have vulture hocks, so give them time to develop. Unless the feathers are hard, it's probably just the normal feathering that looks vulture until the chick grows.

Becky (I have LF Blue Cochins)

Thanks so much Becky! I did go feel the feathers and they still feel soft and "droop" at the tip so I have my fingers crossed.

Could you suggest a club or site with wonderful LF Cochin info? Especially as pertains to showing?

Korina

 

[k0r1nag]

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I have had "hatchery" banty cochins for years and love their personalities. I get lots of eggs and they are ridiculously broody - often hiding their nests far under the goat house where we can't get to them. We decided to get some large fowl because we enjoy the little ones so much. It is amazing to me how, even at a few weeks old, their nature is so different from the other chicks we have. They are calm and stately.

Glad to hear you have great fertility. I think it is primarily the show birds with their overabundant feathering that interfere with fertilization (please let me know if I am wrong).

Thanks for the input!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Chicks sometimes appear to have vulture hocks, so give them time to develop. Unless the feathers are hard, it's probably just the normal feathering that looks vulture until the chick grows.

Becky (I have LF Blue Cochins)

Thanks so much Becky! I did go feel the feathers and they still feel soft and "droop" at the tip so I have my fingers crossed.

Could you suggest a club or site with wonderful LF Cochin info? Especially as pertains to showing?

Korina

There is a huge Cochin thread here on BYC, for both Bantam & Large Fowl, with lots of show folks participating:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=195235

Recently, a new thread has been started, specifically for Large Fowl Cochin:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=484763

Cochins International also has a web site:
http://cochinsinternational.cochinsrule.com/

 

[k0r1nag]

Thanks for the leads. I have been on the international site, but much of it's info has not been updated or is no longer working (the forums for instance). And there is SO much info on BYC it is hard to find a thread that deals with just one topic - such as LF SQ Cochins. Maybe we should start one

I will start wading through the main cochin thread in hopes of finding some "show quality" information. And if all goes well this year, I will be looking for breeders so we can buy chicks or hatching eggs for next year

Any suggestions for breeders with high quality birds would be much appreciated! Especially birds other than Blue or Black which is what I currently have.

Korina

 

[NYREDS]

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I have had "hatchery" banty cochins for years and love their personalities. I get lots of eggs and they are ridiculously broody - often hiding their nests far under the goat house where we can't get to them. We decided to get some large fowl because we enjoy the little ones so much. It is amazing to me how, even at a few weeks old, their nature is so different from the other chicks we have. They are calm and stately.

Glad to hear you have great fertility. I think it is primarily the show birds with their overabundant feathering that interfere with fertilization (please let me know if I am wrong).

Thanks for the input!

That's exactly right. The better the Cochin the worse the fertility. Birds that do well in shows are so heavily feathered that it's virtually impossible for them to breed naturally unless feathers around the vent are plucked or cut. The problem then is they can't be shown until after they molt.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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The Cochins International Forum has been moved over to ProBoards (you have to register to participate):
http://showbirdbid.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cif

 

[k0r1nag]

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The Cochins International Forum has been moved over to ProBoards (you have to register to participate):
http://showbirdbid.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cif

Thanks for the info. I'll definitely check it out!

Korina

 

[k0r1nag]

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The Cochins International Forum has been moved over to ProBoards (you have to register to participate):
http://showbirdbid.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cif

Just sasw your Cochin breeders Directory thread and have checked it out. Great thread! Thanks for starting it!

Korina