Mille Cochin Info

[Funky Feathers]

Don't put those bad colored typey Roos in the freezer! Someone may need them (if they have great color but need better type). Try to sell them first.

 

[georgialee]

I'll have to try to get some better pics of him this weekend but he's only a few months old. He's starting to get hackle mottling... Not sure on the saddle though.

All the girls I have are younger right now. I just sold all of my older flock to someone b/c I drastically needed to reduce the workload around here. Hopefully some of the upcoming hens will be promising.

 

[twinlights]

I have a very large number of young cockerels, lots of white, but nice type, about two months old. Would love to sell them. I guess I need to get some good photos. I got very few pullets

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[ShysCreations]

Took some photos of split MFC pullets that show good prospects for pairing to pure MFC roos. First one is 5 months old and second 2 pics are another bird but 6 mos old.

 

[mjgigax]

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Nice Type!

 

[chrisf]

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this is one of the chicks from this pair, does it appear to be a millie?.....thanks.........................................................chrisfhttps://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5439_100mediaimag0014.jpg

This is a current picture of the same young cockerel.....................................chrisf

 

[WestKnollAmy]

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Oh yes! This is why I crossed in my Mottleds.
I had to ad more type and this really puts it in there. I had about 46 of these buggers running around this past spring and still have a few pullets to sell but have gotten them culled back to what I can still use and what has to go. I kinda went over board with breeding for them and wound up with way too many but it helped when the time came to put some in breeding.

You have some gorgeous birds to work with there! Your next generation is going to knock our socks off!


ETA: How is the foot coloring coming out? Are you getting green legs and feet on any of yours?

 

[ShysCreations]

It sure is a pleasure to see everyone's progress! Oh, yes the green foot issue....thankfully "green" has been bred out...I found the yellow to be dominant to green.....talk about buyer beware, learn as you go when I bought birds online unknowingly with that foot color....now am a bit more knowledgeable & wary when buying. If I do purchase again...I know what questions to be asking. A big plus is that many folks are using mottled for type improvement and along with the mottleds are yellow legs. Plus MFC BYC folks here are quite helpful, cooperative....just looking back on this thread you can see it.




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Oh yes! This is why I crossed in my Mottleds.
I had to ad more type and this really puts it in there. I had about 46 of these buggers running around this past spring and still have a few pullets to sell but have gotten them culled back to what I can still use and what has to go. I kinda went over board with breeding for them and wound up with way too many but it helped when the time came to put some in breeding.

You have some gorgeous birds to work with there! Your next generation is going to knock our socks off!


ETA: How is the foot coloring coming out? Are you getting green legs and feet on any of yours?

 

[hokankai]

Here are my millies

. These are K7 Menagerie birds.

Jane

Violet

 

[Cowgirlgrace]

So hopefully we are working on a Cochin color the will someday be accepted with the APA? This past year, while aquiring eggs, hatching my own and culling, talking with show breeders about type and looking for exhibition Black Mottled stock for helping with type I have learned much. Everyones pictures of their typey mottled splits are beautiful. Discussion about keeping the foot color yellow, eliminating vulture hocks, short backs, nice cushions etc are all things that I have been been learning and culling for. There is one more thing I have learned from exhibitors of the best Cochins that I have not seen discussed and I have found it a problem with pure Milles that I have purchased from a few on BYC and that is the split wing. So wondering how many others are finding this in their birds and who, if any, are concerned about this and are also culling their birds for that fault?