Minnesota!

[Angiebubs]

Hi Cochins!! Welcome!! I am a former MNer living across the border in WI!!

 

[Triplell]

Hello Cochins, Which package did you order to get such wonderful colors and what breeds?

 

[lauralgirl]

Hi Cochins, Welcome! I'm about an hour southeast of you..... thanks to my chicken-eating-dog, I am down to 2 mixed roos right now, but have eggs due to hatch this week! No Cochins though

 

[cochins1088]

Hi Cochins, Welcome! I'm about an hour southeast of you..... thanks to my chicken-eating-dog, I am down to 2 mixed roos right now, but have eggs due to hatch this week! No Cochins though

Hi, and I'm so sorry. If our dogs ever got to our chickens, we'd have the same problem and I'd be devistated.

So what breeds are you incubating? I hope you have a wonderful hatch rate! Right now, I've got 2 Sebastopol goose eggs incubating. They were shipped here from Florida and I'll try candling them in 3 days.

Anyone else hatching right now?

Hello Cochins, Which package did you order to get such wonderful colors and what breeds?

Why cochins of course, hahaha. I ordered the cochin bantam assortment while ideal poultry was having their 85 cent bantam sale. I just couldn't resist. I ordered 55 of them and gave 16 of them to a friend.

Here's when they first arrived, all but 4 survived the 2 day shipment with temperatures well below 0. I was so worried about them.

 

[Triplell]

How CUTE!!!!
I kept looking for that sale but never found it.. I had been looking at them before but I heard that they are hard to breed due to all the fluffy feathers at the behind. So after that I just left them be but Iam still looking to ge some soon. I have been trying to get a broody bunch to hatch out some for me. Do you have any luck with broody's?

 

[ScoutsNana]

Hi! I'm from N MN near Bemidji and am looking for a welsummer roo. I go to the Twin Dities about once a month. Can any one help?

 

[cochins1088]

How CUTE!!!!
I kept looking for that sale but never found it.. I had been looking at them before but I heard that they are hard to breed due to all the fluffy feathers at the behind. So after that I just left them be but Iam still looking to ge some soon. I have been trying to get a broody bunch to hatch out some for me. Do you have any luck with broody's?

The sale wasn't up at first, they put it up a couple hours later. I have never had a problem with breeding and neither have many other breeders. There are a few that just can't figure it out with all the fluff, but that's not very common.

And during spring, summer, and fall, I have overwelming number of broodys. There was one point that I had 21 broodys out of 24 hens. If you actually want one to be broody at a certain time, it's pretty easy to convince them. I love my cochins both LF and bantam.

 

[Triplell]

The sale wasn't up at first, they put it up a couple hours later. I have never had a problem with breeding and neither have many other breeders.  There are a few that just can't figure it out with all the fluff, but that's not very common. 

And during spring, summer, and fall, I have overwelming number of broodys.  There was one point that I had 21 broodys out of 24 hens. If you actually want one to be broody at a certain time, it's pretty easy to convince them.  I love my cochins both LF and bantam.

Cool, How far are you from the cities? I raise Black Australorps and have a pair of Cream Legbars. I would love to have some broody's to help raise some chicks for me. I also have lots of room. How is their quality with the cochins as I might be interested in some. I have been going to shows with the BA's and would like alittle diversity perhaps.

 

[cochins1088]

Cool, How far are you from the cities? I raise Black Australorps and have a pair of Cream Legbars. I would love to have some broody's to help raise some chicks for me. I also have lots of room. How is their quality with the cochins as I might be interested in some. I have been going to shows with the BA's and would like alittle diversity perhaps.

Mine aren't the greatest. I used to have some nice LF, but I'm slowly trying to switch to bantams because the feed is just getting too expensive. As far as bantams go, my oldest are 3 months. Most are from breeders (except these new ideal chicks) but since they're young, I'm unsure of the quality. If you are really interested, send me a pm and I can get you the phone numbers of a few breeders from the cochins international breeders directory.

 

[Triplell]

That would be wonderful. I have gotten the show bug after last year. I am still gonna be focusing on the BA's but still want more diversity for showing. I might do the bantoms or just stick with the large fowl not sure yet.