I need Bantam Cochin info!

[olijo123]

I have been looking into cochin bantams and I have a few questions about them! Are they a small bantam? Do they have a friendly personality? What size eggs do they lay? Thanks!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I have been looking into cochin bantams and I have a few questions about them! Are they a small bantam? Do they have a friendly personality? What size eggs do they lay? Thanks!

Cochin bantams are wonderful in personality. They are very very calm birds. I was amazed when I used to have them.

Weights are
http://www.cacklehatchery.com/cochinbantam.html#buff
here near bottom of page

I don't remember if I ever kept mine until point of lay....

The egg size will be bantam though. They go broody a LOT and thus with the "broody bantams" you really can't depend on their laying. It is best to get another breed for egglaying too in my opinion if your family really needs eggs a lot.

 

[olijo123]

Cochin bantams are wonderful in personality. They are very very calm birds. I was amazed when I used to have them.

Weights are
http://www.cacklehatchery.com/cochinbantam.html#buff
here near bottom of page

I don't remember if I ever kept mine until point of lay....

The egg size will be bantam though. They go broody a LOT and thus with the "broody bantams" you really can't depend on their laying. It is best to get another breed for egglaying too in my opinion if your family really needs eggs a lot.

Okay Thank You! This helps me out a lot! I actually love having broody chickens so that's fine with me. Lol

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I tried the large fowl cochins too and found that the personality just wasn't the same.

They were missing that adorableness - if that is a word LOL.

 

[donrae]

My girls are calm, reasonably friendly (I'm not a pet chicken person), and lay surprisingly well! When cooking I use two bantam eggs for 1 regular large egg and everything comes out fine. My girls do go broody, that's why I have them, and I usually give them 6 large fowl eggs. Not sure how much the actually weigh, but they're all fluff, no substance.

 

[anakonia]

They are sweet, adorable and go broody a lot! Not really good layers, but I used mine for setters and pets. The eggs they provided was just a added plus to the eggs I got from the ones I kept for eggs.

 

[olijo123]

I tried the large fowl cochins too and found that the personality just wasn't the same.

They were missing that adorableness - if that is a word LOL.

Yes I have heard that the large fowl guys weren't the same. I wonder why?? Lol

 

[olijo123]

My girls are calm, reasonably friendly (I'm not a pet chicken person), and lay surprisingly well! When cooking I use two bantam eggs for 1 regular large egg and everything comes out fine. My girls do go broody, that's why I have them, and I usually give them 6 large fowl eggs. Not sure how much the actually weigh, but they're all fluff, no substance.

Thank you for the help!

 

[olijo123]

They are sweet, adorable and go broody a lot! Not really good layers, but I used mine for setters and pets. The eggs they provided was just a added plus to the eggs I got from the ones I kept for eggs.

I am actually glad that this breed is a broody breed, because I get a lot of eggs from my oegb and they haven't gone broody much.