Myth or Reality???

[michickenwrangler]

McMurray does have chicks and I think they sell eggs too.

I love the coloring!

What would I have to do to get silver-penciled cochins?

 

[Wynette]

Someone on BYC is working on silver penciled Cochins. I don't recall who, but they were selling eggs this past spring. Yes, McMurray has SPPR stock; where you get them depends on whether you're looking for hatchery quality or breeder quality - there is a place for both to be sure!

 

[usschicago1]

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I had silver penciled cochins for a couple years. They are a great breed to work with. There are very few places to get them Hatchery would probably be the way to go. Thats where i got my starter stock. There not to bad for hatchery but they are the LEAST INTELLIGENT chicken i ever had. So maybe if you crossed them with different strains for intelligence
Mark

 

[michickenwrangler]

Any idea which hatchery would have large fowl silver penciled cochins? I've seen bantams in Ideal's catalog.

 

[sheilawagner]

I have just seen in Farwest Hatchery 2011 order list that they have the Silver Laced Cochins.

Look at http://farwesthatchery.com/ under Breeds, under Cochins, and you will see it in a Large Fowl.

Not sure about their quality standard as I've never ordered from them. Was actually thinking of ordering some large fowl Cochins from them, and waiting for some BYC members to give reviews on this hatchery before I order for 2011.

 

[michickenwrangler]

My cochins all came from private breeders. We maintain two flocks, one for working hens (RSL, BSL and hopefully EEs next year) and one for quality cochins. If I were to breed for an unusual color, I may get some hatchery birds but I would cull heavily to keep up the breed standard.

Now I know chickens aren't registered like horses, but if I were to introduce some dark brahmas or silver-pencilled rocks for their coloring and while maintaining coloring and cochin type, how many generations would I be able to call them "cochins"? At what point would they be cochins and not just backyard crosses?

I do have a partridge pair of standard cochins if this is a good place to start. Isn't the silver-penciling just a "silver partridge"? Are those genetics connected or do I need to start from different foundation stock?

Sorry to hijack the thread!

 

[Wynette]

wrangler, it's an interesting question and one I see pop up often in the breed threads. There's no clear answer on how many generations it would take. The old adage, "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...it must be a duck" or however it goes runs true here. If your specimen is to APA approved standards, it's a Cochin, is what seems to keep being said over & over. From my research & reading on this topic, the key to do this as quickly as possible is to breed as many as possible so you have lots to chose from!

 

[Coopacabana]

here some of my myth Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks

BEAUTIFUL!!! where did you get them?

 

[BlazeJester]

Dick Horstman has SPPR stock right now. He sells chicks and hatching eggs and I believe some started birds if you're lucky

 

[GhostRider65]

What beautiful birds................... I would like some of them, but know nothing about them are they a comparable to a regular BR as for laying and meat? Kim