Large Brown Cochins

[cochinman2005]

Hey Bo!

Glad to hear you are making progress. Working a couple projects myself. One of which I'll be posting with some pics maybe tomorrow.

Crossroads 2011???

Tom

 

[Krys109uk]

I've heard someone talk about these before. Sounds like they will be lovely. Are they coloured like a dark brown leghorn?

 

[cochinman2005]

similar to a Dark Brown Leghorn but in a quick comparison of the Standard descriptions there are some slight differences. For instance, in the description of the BACK in the females:

Brown Cochin: Dark Brown, densely stippled with black of sufficient lustre to present an overall effect soft and vivid; yet free from dullness on the one hand, and not having enough sheen or lstre to transcend the general tone of rich, dark brown; free from shafting.

Dark Brown Leghorn: Web of feathers on surface, black, moderately fine stippling with rich reddish brown, the brown to predominate; free from shafting, purple, and regular penciling; exposed portion of feather to carry a lustrous green sheen; unexposed portion of feather, dull slaty black.

Breast coloration is slightly different as well. Breast of the Cochin female is listed as "Light brown, stippled with black," in the female where the Dark Brown Leghorn female breast is described as "Same color as described for back, except that breast carries slightly lighter shade...."

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Ok, cool! Thanks for the pictures!

 

[Krys109uk]

Breast of the Cochin female is listed as "Light brown, stippled with black,"

Thanks Tom.

I don't suppose there are any photos available???

 

[Mahonri]

The pic almost looks like my PARTRIDGE Cochin roo.... but I guess he does have a little more black.

 

[Bo Garrett]

Sorry to have been away for a while but work has had me neck deep and I am finally seeing daylight again.

I have seven pullets and one cockeral of this hatch and the females are varying in color, some more light brown and others leaning toward the dark brown. I hope to develop both varieties of browns as I am partial to both.

They are just now beginning the molt into adult feathering so this should be very interesting. This generation does have it's faults such as buff hackles and breast feathering and some moderate shafting but I hope to eliminate that by 2011 just in time for the Crossroads show in Indianapolis.

I am optimistic that the females will be ready by then but the male may take a year or two longer to develop. Never-the-less, when the project is done I will share the roadmap with all. I should be able to post pictures by November if the molt is completed.

Thank you for all the encouragement, it is truly exciting to see a project develop into what you hoped it would!

Many thanks,

Bo

 

[Bo Garrett]

Sorry I haven't posted to this thread in so long but predation and other setbacks have plagued my brown cochin project. I currently have a flock of about 25 large browns. The female color is pretty good but the males still are not where they are supposed to be with most being crow winged (black wing bays) instead of a brown wing bay. Breast color in the males is wrong as it tends to be black mixed with brown or laced with brown, I believe this to be a variety that will have to be double mated to produce show quality males and females, Yippee!!! Right now it is 5 degrees here in S.E. Oklahoma with a half a foot of snow on the ground, something we are surely not prepared for here. Glad I don't have chicks hatched yet.

 

[JBE]

Sorry I haven't posted to this thread in so long but predation and other setbacks have plagued my brown cochin project. I currently have a flock of about 25 large browns. The female color is pretty good but the males still are not where they are supposed to be with most being crow winged (black wing bays) instead of a brown wing bay. Breast color in the males is wrong as it tends to be black mixed with brown or laced with brown, I believe this to be a variety that will have to be double mated to produce show quality males and females, Yippee!!! Right now it is 5 degrees here in S.E. Oklahoma with a half a foot of snow on the ground, something we are surely not prepared for here. Glad I don't have chicks hatched yet.

How is 2022 looking for your Large Fowl Brown Cochin project ?

 

[Blue Hour Poultry]

Hi Bo - this has been an enjoyable read. Thank you for starting this thread. Have you posted photos of your Brown Cochins?

Bob