MOTTLED COCHIN THREAD~!

[Brown Chicka Brown Cow]

Hi! I'm new to the Mottled forum and have my single mottled roo here that I hatched from eggs I got from someone in Kentucky. I have him in with a buff hen that I got from WestKnollAmy's Mille Fluer Eggs. I would like to know your opinions on him. I have him with my split to Mille Buff in hopes of getting more Mille offspring. I'm hoping to aquire more mottled hens in the future.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

He is most handsome! I love him! Nice type and pattern on him.

I can't believe she grew up to be solid buff color! LOL I rarely get that but it has happened.

 

[Brown Chicka Brown Cow]

He is most handsome! I love him! Nice type and pattern on him.

I can't believe she grew up to be solid buff color! LOL I rarely get that but it has happened.

Thanks!!! I'm just starting to breed cochins and I need all your expert opinions. I have to say they have become my favorite breed since hatching them. The buff girl has a little bit of white ticking around her neck but you can't really tell from the pics. If you click on my avatar and scroll down to my cochin album, I have a Mille Flue roo, and what I think would be called a Blue Mille Roo that are from your eggs. I am now addicted to bantam cochins...lol..

 

[suncatcher]

Just bookmarking this thread. Still reading.........

 

[davony's chicks]

I breed these colored girls all the time and get very nice offspring. Most boys are less than well marked but I place mine with the boys that have very little white and enjoy the offspring. I do get some overly white kids but also get some phenomenal kids, too. It is a lot of hit and miss most of the time anyhow. When I breed 2 well marked Mottleds I seldom get well marked kids. It takes years sometimes for them to show their good white tipping so it is a toss up. Keep her and put her in your breeding pen.

Thanks Amy!
I am happy to hear this! She really is my favorite.

 

[Crystallp]

Do you have any standard cochins for sale grown or pullets?

 

[WestKnollAmy]

LF Mottleds are very hard to find. I was fortunate to get eggs from someone on here but the 2 that hatched did not do well. Probably shipping and my incubator since they were in there for 4 weeks before hatching.
I hope to try again later this summer because LF Mottleds are so pretty and so rare.

 

[County Boy]

Roscoe and his oldest living chick.

 

[Fancy Feathers]

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Roscoe and his oldest living chick.

Beautiful!