Mille Cochin Info

[LarryPQ]

I've had that happen with some chicks from my Aloha project. I hope he will swap eggs with you!

 

[slickchik]

Ok, so here are the pics again. I added pics of their backs. Thanks for everyone's input, especially Lynne

Chick one:
Pullet

Chick two:
Cockerel
Same coloring as chick five but less color on his back

Chick three:
Pullet

Chick four:
Pullet
Lighter coloring than chick five but has the same amount of coloring on her back as five

Chick five:
Cockerel
This guy is a little bugger!!
Same coloring as chick two but notice he has more color on his back than chick two

 

[slickchik]

I'll tell ya, I would be thrilled to have three hens. And I love the idea of the smokey look. Whatever happens, I am thrilled with these chicks... I just want to be able to keep most of them...

 

[Msbear]

What kind of camera do you have? ...love it

 

[slickchik]

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I am into photography as well as chickens

I have a Canon 40D and I used the 100mm macro lens for most of the pics and then I also used Photoshop to clean them up just a pinch but not much.

It's not easy taking pics of some of them (like the roo) because they WONT SIT STILL

Here are some other pics I took of my Trader Joe's chicks

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=282458&p=22

Scroll down a little.

 

[Msbear]

I LOVE the pics... like the first one with the chick tucking its head and, of course, the black box shots via poulets de cajun

I have a nikon 5000d and love photographing the chickens and my kids. I am so glad I went for it. I've never been a gadget person.. buy my cell phones all 2nd hand for a few dollars but, this thing is incredible

I did the white box because I hatched so many dark chicks but I think Im going black next time regardless

 

[magsrags]

I could use some comments on my six....3 week old MF chicks please. Purchased eggs here on BYC from Tate in Fl. and are beautiful to me. Any comments on sex/colors etc. is appreciated. I know they are young but am hoping for mostly hens.
TIA!

 

[BluffCountryShepherdess]

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They'll tell you what they are in just a couple more weeks! ;-)

I've got a couple of Calico pullets that one would swear were cockerels but I know they're not. Their Mom has a prominant comb and wattles and many of her offspring do as well.

This is an eight week old PULLET! I was even doubting it myself and put her in the cockerel pen for a few minutes but it was SO obvious when I had her in with the boys that she is NOT a cockerel. Their combs (they are the same age) are MUCH larger and they are bigger than her as well.

I'm in the process of building a NEW website that features my Mille Fleur and Calico Cochins as well as my Shetland sheep. I've got photo albums of both the MFCs as well as the Calicos on the new website. I'll be adding more photos later today. I got some great shots of my Calico babies playing out in the back yard yesterday...

http://bluffcountryshetlandsandbackyardchickens.webs.com

I'd appreciate any feedback!



;-)

 

[catwalk]

Hi Nancy! I love reading about the adventures of Cracker Jack! It seems like he is having a great time on your farm. Makes me happy.

 

[BluffCountryShepherdess]

Thanks! Yes, Cracker Jack is quite the happy camper. So far, he's the sire of my "Flock Improvement" chicks. I had him in a breeding pen with a show quality black mottled hen and two extremely typey Buff Columbina hens and a show quality black hen. I'm just now hatching out their chicks. I'll cross those chicks back to my Calico or MF breeders and see what we get.

Here's CJ with his Calico girls:

and here he is making sure that the young BLRW know who's boss!

I put him in with the Calicos the first of this month, so it will be another week or so before I can be sure the eggs are sired by him. I can't wait to see what he produces! I'll be breeding Red's Calico pullets to CJ in a couple of months!

Gonna have lots of beutiful babies in the Bluff Country...