Mille Cochin Info

[ultasol]

How far back would an outcrossing to black put you? To white (are cochins recessive or dominant white)? If so, you've got some super birds closer to home...

If you do want to buy a pair from Sheryl, I could bring them home to Kennewick if you could come down to the tri-cities in December to get them (if she has some available, I know she has super blacks and whites... these are bantams, right?)

 

[DANNY]

Hey Shylee
That guy was totally wrong for saying that. I can't put on here what I would have told him. I know cochin breeders who are the same way and I really don't care. If someone didn't take the time to develope new colors then we wouldn't have near what we have in the chicken world today. I know sometimes we tend to put them in the show before they are ready but what does it hurt? NOTHING ! Besides its a good way to strike new interest and compare them to others. And yes to all you chicken snobs out there this is directed strait at you !
Danny
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[wwmicasa1]

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Danny,

You put into words what we were "all" thinking. I suppose that is why I don't Show...my skin is too thin

 

[wwmicasa1]

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Erin,

Your birds are looking sooo good

I especially "love" the type on your red/wh roo.

Please keep me in mind for one of his cockerels

 

[onthespot]

Reply to post 2173, sorry took so long. I think your pullets have nice black markings. I think your roo is going to get a LOT more black in the hackles when he gets older. I would go ahead and use him for now, but keep an eye out for a roo with almost no black in the hackles to cross your babies on. It is hard to balance the amount of black in the hackles and keep enough black in the feather tips. At least it is for me, and my birds are tate too. I have crossed in black mottled to improve some things, and the bad thing about that is, you don't know what other genes the black birds carry that extend the black or what color of red they may be carrying, like if they have (don't know the genetic name for it) light colored shafts and dark smutty markings on the wide part of the feather. I don't think those traits are correct for mille fleur, but I admit to using hens with it, because they are my best choice available. It is frustrating and fantastic at the same time to breed these little buggers, isn't it???!!! There are a whole lot of us living and learning as we go. This thread has been quite a help to me. Thanks for posting your pics!

 

[mjgigax]

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Danny,

You put into words what we were "all" thinking. I suppose that is why I don't Show...my skin is too thin

In my opinion what you are doing is harder than what the "Type Snob" is doing. There are lots of nice blacks and whites. Someone could be showing excellent typed birds that they didn't even raise.
Thank you for the courage to show your Millies. I want to try showing in the next couple of years. Bravo to YOU!

 

[Msbear]

Lynne, you are more than welcome to the pick of the litter. I owe you bunches

That boy is just awesome looking. I took him into my sons preschool for show and tell and he was an absolute doll! Everyone held him and petted him and the teachers were shocked at how small, gentle and beautiful he was. I have all the parents asking me about chickens now.... I guess the RIR preconception is slowly but surely being lifted.

Oh, if you think his type is good now, you should've seen him before he got a wacking so he could breed. I trimmed half his tail off, as well as all his fuzz around his feet and in between his legs. I was really bummed with my mottled outcross so, let's hope this one is better.

Danny, that boy is the son of the roo I sent you.

 

[ParadisePoultry]

How far back would an outcrossing to black put you? To white (are cochins recessive or dominant white)?



I am curious about this too. I am close to a guy in southerm MN who is famous for his black and white bantam cochins...his name escapes me now, but I saw a black pullet of his at a show last week-end and she was PERFECTION

 

[ShysCreations]

Thank you BYC friends for the support!

Still keepin on.....in fact....am toying with the idea of showing at the Heart of America Show in Hutchinson, KS.

 

[1mommahen]

Some pix of my 3 month old MFC's.