Mille Cochin Info

[Frizzled Pink]

Oz 6 mo's--














the END LOL!

 

[Blarneyeggs]

Happily, today I am seeing bits of white! On the wings and top of her head. Now for the other hen with no white to develop! 

Awesome!

On the peafowl thread they open a bottle of wine when the pea chicks hatch out! LOL They like to sip and watch them emerge. I cna't do that as it is the middle of the day and I have some hatching now. I would never finish chores tonight if I sipped wine all afternoon.

Now that just makes me wanna hatch some peafowl! Actually, maybe I'll just open a bottle of wine anyway and save myself the trouble of another pen to clean. .

Peafowl are my next venture.  I want blue pieds and midnights.  Maybe a variation with white eyes.

Yes, I was looking for a cockerel with breast flowers.  I traded Byron for a darker cockerel w/ some breast flowers but I am afraid he's to dark and will give me all dark offspring.  I have him over Byron's daughters since he has nice type and so do Byron's girls.  I still need another boy from outside lines.  My stock originally came from Erin and when I got my birds 3yrs ago, she was having breast flower issues.  I inherited the same problem.  Now, when I got birds from Katelyn last year, I got 2 with breast flowers and I have some chicks from them growing out now that have breast flowers.  No males, though.

The MFCs were on the chopping block once this year and I decided to keep them.  I am pondering again.  I can't have so many projects going because I simply do not have the space here.  I have my wheaten Ams, MFCs, black/blue/chocolate/mauve Cochin projects, LF chocolate/mauve Orp project, chocolate/black/blue bantam Orps, ducks, geese and now turkeys.  Ducks are going, geese are going (although I really like my geese), most of the turkeys will be in the freezer and the LF chocolate/mauve project Orps need to go.

I hear you! We,talked yesterday about cutting back on the chickens as we now have the added chore of milking goats. We would keep the MF Banty Cochin project birds and BBS and Partridge Orps. Although I would miss my rainbow basket of eggs.

 

[annewandering]

Awesome!
Now that just makes me wanna hatch some peafowl! Actually, maybe I'll just open a bottle of wine anyway and save myself the trouble of another pen to clean.

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I hear you! We,talked yesterday about cutting back on the chickens as we now have the added chore of milking goats. We would keep the MF Banty Cochin project birds and BBS and Partridge Orps. Although I would miss my rainbow basket of eggs.

I was just telling my husband that it seems hard for me to even think about letting any of our chickens go. Maybe if they were mean? Certainly not if they lay pretty eggs!

 

[annewandering]

Oz 6 mo's--














the END LOL!

Oh so pretty! I am dying for a beautiful frizzled cochin! (That pretty blue hiding in and out of your photos is a gorgeous blue!)

 

[County Boy]

Back from camping. Give me a while to catch up and share some pics I quickly took today.

 

[County Boy]

don't know how many read the regular cochin thread or just this one, but thought i'd share this guy... i'm really pleased with how he's growing.

kepiru. a product of my own mille fleur breeding efforts. slightly odd angles, but he was not standing flat, but on a piece of wood leaning up.

Kepiru is looking good. Love his dark color and chest.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

The OZ is going through some wild feathering right now. He is cool looking!
I moved some of his brothers and sisters over to a brooder pen today and was looking at how pretty they were and wondering what OZ was looking like these days. Thanks for sharing!

 

[County Boy]

But I do think birds like your Kepiru and my Rudy:
will help us get there. My plan, anyway, is to put Rudy with my Bran daughters who have very little black, and none on their breast. Tune in next year to see my results!

Rudy is really unique IMO. I don't want to guess who he is out of as I haven't the slightest idea. Is he the one that had the split breast as little guy?

all of a sudden I'm having problems uploading pictures..... ?


And yes I'd like him to have more, but, he is a young cockerel and is still changing. I'm excited to see him when he's mature

Ned is a nice looking guy!! He is out of Dinner right? It looks as if all the cockerels you got from him as the same shade of red as he did. Love it!!

And as far as pics go, I am having probs with them to.

 

[County Boy]

Oz 6 mo's--




the END LOL!

I wish I had one like him. So "handsome".

On the bright side- Peppermint is laying again.

 

[Frizzled Pink]

On the bright side- Peppermint is laying again.

Yeah! I am so interested to see her and Rems offspring growing up--will be watching