Mille Cochin Info

[Shannonmeans]

Thanks to both of you. I just thought the roos look more red. I do see that the hens look more buff, I just thought it was red lightened somehow by a modifier.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Found this interesting tidbit posted in 2007 regarding MF Cochins - sorry it wouldn't let me cut and past. Just scroll down to the 12/27/07 post. (Basically, someone told (or would that be admitted to) someone else that they started with MF D'uccles x Buff Cochins.)

http://www.ameraucana.org/abcforum/index.php?a=printer&t=710

 

[Cocotte]

Wheee! Sprinkles laid an egg again yesterday and another one today! (The excitement has no where near worn off yet!) Boy, the chicks that hatch out of this little eggs must be TINY!

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

here's a different one, I thought I had an odd color mottled, this one started out white with a little black on wing tips, then slowly started the black, now I see a little red, so looks like i've got a MFC, what do you think?

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[colowyo0809]

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This is a very cute bird! Its a nice coloring. Of course, I know nothing about MFC's however

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Ah, yes!
I have one coloring up like that but I know it is from my Mottled hen and my MF roo that looks almost like a too dark light Columbian. Every day I am noticing more red bleeding through. I think it is very beautiful and I think yours is very handsome, too!
What were the parents of your little one or where did you get the eggs?

 

[Cocotte]

Buck Creek, Wow what a pretty bird!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

This should be more for those interested in Calicos. This little guy hatched out of my Golden Laced pair. I contacted the breeder who sold me the dam and sire, and she said that several generations back, white was used to improve the type, and that it (recessive white) will occasionally show up. I took these pics last week - when he was 4 weeks old. He's getting to be a real looker. I'm not sure how much of the white will stay thru molt. Because he's Golden Laced, his genes are Pg (Patterned) and Ml (Melanotic), rather than Mo (Mottled). But the GLs also carry the Co (Columbian) gene.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

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thank you, here's some more

a pullet?

a roo?
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[NellaBean]

Here are new pix of my young girls and one of the boys.

The lighter girl

The darker girl

Both girls together

The boy with some silver laced friends