Mille Cochin Info

[chickenlady81]

what color is a blackish chick with a white underbelly?

 

[Msbear]

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A black chick w/ white underbelly can mature to be a multitude of color. We are mixing up genetics. This can cause th outcome to be as reliable as your best guess. The grandfather of my chicks is 100% mottled and the father is black w/ some gold leakage. I knew there would be some black offspring, but since they are getting put back to "mille" which has mottling in its genetics, the chances for another solid black is pretty small. (The father will probably show some mottling after his first molt so I really wouldn't call him black) I am guessing these chicks will be a dark base color w/ mottling that couuld range from very little to an extremely white bird. The level of buff/red leakage could be range in the same way.

 

[wwmicasa1]

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Erin,

Thanks so much for all the pics. You are doing such a fantastic job on your color & type. I'm still waiting to see how Bridget & Rocky's chicks (all cockerels

) turn out. They are so friendly that I may keep them all (3). I have a couple pullets that are really showing good coloring. I also have one cockerel that reminds me so much of Diego that I have named him Diego II. He is only 6 months old so I know he will just get better. Santiago & Fernando (who I decided to keep) have really improved in the last few months. I can't wait to see what they look like after their first molt. How is #5 ???? Any hope on type?

Rosemary,

Some of my girls lay a darker beige egg but no speckles......

 

[Msbear]

Yeah, I get cream - med tan on egg color.

Lynne, so you got bit by the cockerel bug again... "Year of the rooster" ..that's what I've been saying. Well, I've been bit too! I have so much teenage testosterone kickin over here, it's driving me nuts! ... no pun intended

They are chasing eachother and crowing non-stop and struttin their stuff and puttin the moves on whatever... moves

little boogers.

#5 is looking fantastic. Though his type isn't looking like much, I do expect him to be better than my first roo and he will blow him out of the park with his pattern.

I can't wait to see pics of what you got going on over there. Get as much out of Bridgett as you can. That's funny about Diego #2. You know Lassie was always Lassie no matter how many dogs they went through. I, in fact, I am on my 2nd Sgt. Pepper (black rosecomb roo) The girl I gave my first one too still calls him that as well. It's just easier to muster, I guess, when you got one that looks just like the last one..

Nice chatting.

 

[Thundrr-Chicken]

do any of you ever sell hatching eggs of this variety? ... or are any of you in florida that sell chicks?

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

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theranch has millie cochin's they are in jacksonville area
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=341724 post 4 if you want to pm them...

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Erin, "#5" looks just fantastic! Getting the proper chest mottling while retaining the red hackles and red tail (rather than black hackles and black tail) on the males I think is what we're aiming for with the roos, and it appears he's right on target. Congrats!!

 

[MissJenny]

OMG -- He's gorgeous -- breath-taking. I have no expertise at all, but I think he's the loveliest rooster I've ever laid eyes on.

Jenny

 

[Coopa Cabana]

RE: Year of the Rooster - Here's an interesting article on sex-determination in chickens. I would suspect that, as we are prone to use particular hens and roos in different years, the usual M/F offspring ratios can change as the pairings change. Seems that there is a good probability that specific birds used can throw all or mostly males.
I just haven't had enough coffee yet this morning to wrap my little brain around this article - I'd better go put on a fresh pot! (Not to mention my brain just doesn't function at 100% on the weekends!)

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/full/nature08298.html

 

[Msbear]

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I have heard that too... I will check it out. I have also heard that male embryos tend to be stronger than female ...I can understand this... so, that when there is an incubator error involving temp spikes or whatever, that the weaker embryos (females) will die leaving the males to survive. Rusty made me a new bator this year and it is huge and lovely but, definitely took some tweaking and getting used to before I started having really good hatches.

Meanwhile... boys everywhere!!!!