Mille Cochin Info

[jbear]

Such nice birds you guys have!

Sackman--have fun at the show!

 

[usschicago1]

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I've been to your website - I love the pic of the white pair in the field with snow!

Oh Thank You so much

I just re-did my website last night too!
Cochins are awesome

Mark

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Has everyone cast their vote yet for Cochins as their favorite breed?:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=407540

 

[rnorris1234]

They got my vote. I have several breeds: 3 BLR wyandottes, 2 silver wyandottes, a pair of silver spangled hamburgs (bantam), a barred rock roo (and 2 that need new homes!); a trio of LF cochins and a number of bantam cochins (and more hatching out this week!). I really love all of the breeds, but the bantam cochins seem the best match for me -- their size, their quirky personalities and their round fluffy shape -- they just make me smile. So they are my pick of favorite breed -- just don't ask me to choose a favorite color.

Robert

 

[Coopa Cabana]

Congrats to Shylee for ANOTHER great Pic of the Week!!! She's beautiful, and I look forward to seeing her at the RMFF show!

 

[hinkjc]

That pic of the week is terrific! I am really enjoying watching the color develop on your cochins. I was hoping some of you who have been working on these a while could take a peek at some of my jubilee (mille fleur) orps I'm working on. They are only F3s, but I'd love your input if you see progress towards mille pattern and what I may need to change if I'm going the wrong way. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=408186 Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Jody, I don't know much (OK - nothing at all) about Orps or their gene pools, but it sure looks like you're on your way to some beautiful birds! Some of our biggest challenges come from maintaining type while working on the pattern. Not sure if you will experience this with the Orps or not, but getting the tri-colored chevrons on the chest of the males, and avoiding the hackle black gene at the same time, is what is eluding many of us, but just as many have now also managed to figure it out. I think a lot depends on how much of your original stock is based on e+ (wild/duckwing), eWh (Wheaten) or eb (Brown).
I would truly recommend not selling any eggs or chicks until your breeding is stabilized - or at least know that your buyers will continue YOUR work. IMHO, too many cooks can spoil the broth.
I know that they use the name "Diamond Jubilee" in the UK and Europe, but are there any differences at all in the color and pattern than what has already been recognized and standardized over here in the U.S. as "Mille Fleur"?

 

[Funky Feathers]

Ooh, she is yours? I saw her on the Yahoo group homepage, she is so pretty!!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Jody, I don't know much (OK - nothing at all) about Orps or their gene pools, but it sure looks like you're on your way to some beautiful birds! Some of our biggest challenges come from maintaining type while working on the pattern. Not sure if you will experience this with the Orps or not, but getting the tri-colored chevrons on the chest of the males, and avoiding the hackle black gene at the same time, is what is eluding many of us, but just as many have now also managed to figure it out. I think a lot depends on how much of your original stock is based on e+ (wild/duckwing), eWh (Wheaten) or eb (Brown).
I would truly recommend not selling any eggs or chicks until your breeding is stabilized - or at least know that your buyers will continue YOUR work. IMHO, too many cooks can spoil the broth.
I know that they use the name "Diamond Jubilee" in the UK and Europe, but are there any differences at all in the color and pattern than what has already been recognized and standardized over here in the U.S. as "Mille Fleur"?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/40221_dscf7880.jpg

She is soooo cute and fluffy!

 

[Coopa Cabana]

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Yes, she's mine, but she was bred by Tim K. Don't you have one of her sisters?