Mille Cochin Info

[Enjaytoo]

Thanks MSbear..... Good question on the shipping; my pheasants were shipped from PA and Lynnes birds right next door from CA on the same day and they arrived the same day so who know huh?

 

[BluffCountryShepherdess]

Please keep in mind ~ this is just the VERY beginning of my project! The birds that we're selecting now will be the foundation flock. There will be lots of variation ~ some with too much black or too solid colord ~ but we'll keep selectively breeding in hopes of creating a variety that looks (sort of) like my "Candy" and breeds true...

Here are my two newest future foundations hens:

Meet "Opal" and "Crystal"!

How could anybody NOT fall in love with THIS:

This is going to be SUCH a fun project...

* You can read about how Opal almost died on the day that I got her by clicking on the link to my blog in my signature line. It's hard to believe now but I truly thought that I had lost her. *

 

[fasbendera]

There are so many great pictures on this thread.

 

[Msbear]

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Nancy, Keep in mind these guys have a lot of growing to do and, though they looked candied now, that may not be the case in a few months.

 

[chickenlittle32]

Nancy,

is it true that you have some MF eggs?

 

[BluffCountryShepherdess]

Nancy, Keep in mind these guys have a lot of growing to do and, though they looked candied now, that may not be the case in a few months

I do realize that Erin and that is why I will select for the ones with the most white when chosing future generations. I'm anticipating that my girls will develop a lot more color as they mature. I'm hoping that by not selecting for the black cheverons and buff/mahogany color, it will lead to birds that keep more and more white. Time will tell....

;-)​

 

[BluffCountryShepherdess]

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CANDY IS SETTING!!!

Of course, I've pulled all her eggs up until today! I'm going to go stick a couple under her!

 

[evonne]

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!!!!! go candy go !!!!!
good luck

 

[BluffCountryShepherdess]

I sent you a private email chickenlittle

 

[alpinefarm]

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Ah, but there IS adifference in the pattern from MF Alpinefarm (is that Amy? ~ I'll NEVER keep names and ID's straight!)
What I've been calling "Candy Corn Cochins" don't necessarily have a black chevron and a white tip on each feather. NOR would that be the goal. Look again at Candy:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/36635_img_5848-2.jpg

I will breed her to a rooster with little to no black in hopes of minimizing the amount of black in the next generation.

I think part of what makes her SO pretty is the LACK of an organized pattern. What I'm thinking in my mind a "Candy Corn Cochin" would look like is a mostly white Cochin with lots of flecks of buff/red/mahogany and black. The main priority would be that the phenotype is that of a white background on which the other colors are 'splashed'.

I'm Rosemary, Nancy...best of luck with your white-with-brown-and-black spotted cochin project. I hope it takes you in a happy direction.
Thank you very much for explaining your goals to those of use who have been a leeetle confused by your interest in finding a new name for a group of "whiter" mille fleur project birds. But certainly you will need a new name if you are trying to "lose" the chevrons.

The pullet you posted does actually show chevroning on her tail and then just a lesser or non-defined pattern elsewhere. From what my experience has been, I agree with Erin that she specifically may change a bunch as she matures.