Mille Cochin Info

[WestKnollAmy]

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It kills me that you are getting out of it, Mike. I had high hopes of adding more of yours in the future. You were doing so great! And you are within driving distance of me! Oh well, maybe we will meet at the Newnan show next time. I would love to meet and chat!

 

[Funky Feathers]

Sadly I am getting out of them too. I sold al my breeders, Erin is getting my best girrl (Mellie) this Fall.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

We get new breeders every year and lose a few breeders every year. I hope it balances out and we will have enough breeders to work at getting this variety recognized.

I would like to have a few that would be nice enough to enter in AOV at some local shows to build recognition but so far my best ones are ones I want to keep home and in breeding and not losing time prepping for a show. Maybe in another year or two I will have some extras I can put up in prep cages and take out of the breeding flocks.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

I grabbed some photos of Schmoozle and his ladies yesterday. I recently moved roos and hens around for more combinations of breeding. KK got Schmoozle's previous breeding girls plus a few new ones and Xavier got some new hens and so Schmoozle was happy to move to a bigger pen with new girls, too.





And I am excited to have some new girls from Mike on their way to me! Xavier or KK will have more ladies to love or maybe I will use them in another new pen as my new young fella matures out. Gotta come up with a name for him.....and decide which one of the 4 I am actually going to keep! LOL Maybe the ones from Mike will help me decide!
Thank you, Bantyman! I am excited!

 

[Reyvaughn]

I am beginning the clean out. I am selling at least one pullet and a rooster (father & daughter - she has his long back and dark color). LOL. When you don't have many, it's hard to chose.

I kept one Partridge based pullet because her pattern is very nice - minus the partridge patterning. Erin, you said partridge set you back? I am wondering if I should keep this girl now. I also have a mahogany girl I am unsure about. If I cross the mahogany back to the vermilion, will I get vermilion and mahogany chicks? The mahogany pullet has nice patterning as well. And also broody... She laid about 4 eggs and then decided to sit in the corner. Yes, bad girl! You stay in that corner! Ok, no, not really!

I was right about the best coloring coming from Byron and Bridgette. I have a cockerel growing out from them and he has some amazing pattern coming through. If his type is like his dad's (his attitude can't get any worse than his father's - that's for sure), I may keep him. Maybe. I have two of their daughters growing out as well. I was hoping to get a couple more eggs from them to hatch but Bridgette is broody every month or month and a half... Since January. I am going to put Byron over my current 'MF' girls once I sell Milroy and they get done hatching their eggs. Milroy has a funky cushion and a long back. He is adding no color (he's to dark). The calico cockerel I have growing out may actually be a Byron and Bridgette baby - he has nice type as far as I can tell and I can't imagine getting that kind of type from the other breeder's eggs I hatched at the same time.

I'll get more pics here soon. I hope. Things are crazy here and I already sold around 20 birds and a lady is coming tomorrow to buy 10 or so. Then I am sending 20 or more to the auction on Tuesday, At this point, any MF Cochin that stays should feel privileged. They still may have to go. I may have to sell one of my chocolate Orp cockerels and the 4 75% English Orp Pullets I just got, too. Having to get rid of all of these birds really is killing me. Not much else I can do, though.

ETA: Um, I got off track, but I was asking up there if keeping the mahogany and partridge girls would be a good thing or a bad thing. Should I sell or keep?

 

[Msbear]

I didn't say that it did put me back.. just that it could. I really do not know how it will turn out. I spent some time on a UK poultry forum talking to some gurus there who were convinced partridge was necessary to breed proper mf in the cochin breed. I went for it but, I still keep some without partridge for breeding too. I guess I have two lines coming along.

 

[bantyman]

Hey Erin

Wheres that website ? I just might have to go take a peek

 

[Reyvaughn]

Sorry about that Erin. Sometimes I read something and re-read it and I still get it mixed up. Not sure why, but I do.

This partridge based girl I have has okay type. Better than some of my others, for sure. I am having one heck of a time getting a decent roo for my MFCs. Oddly, my Ameraucanas, too... Roos are a dime a dozen and I can't get my hands on any.

 

[Funky Feathers]

OK, here is the progression of my first chipmunk striped mfc chick so far:










Today (4/24):








Today 6/3/12:




Here he is today (7/1)~ check out those breast flowers! Chipmunk chicks are the ones to keep!







I couldn't get him to pose, he was scared to death. :/

I have new pics I took of him today.

 

[Funky Feathers]

Here are the new pics of this "chipmunk" chick:























And now my work is complete. Hope this helps everyone working on MFC.