non-broody fowl keepers

[fluffycrow]

Oh great, now I did too!!!


Sitting tight! I have absolutely no idea when these eggs are due, though...

Don't worry about it when they are to hatch they'll hatch. I bet you'll start posting a bunch of pictures just because I'll get jealous

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Oh great, now I did too!!!


Sitting tight! I have absolutely no idea when these eggs are due, though...

Stop sitting tight! That doesnt help! good luck with it all

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I bet you'll start posting a bunch of pictures just because I'll get jealous

...So I shouldn't post pictures of Athena and her babies here, then?

 

[fluffycrow]

...So I shouldn't post pictures of Athena and her babies here, then?

please do *whistles in innocence*

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Gosh, only if you insist. She seriously could change my mind on the whole thing. She's so sweet with them, and she doesn't seem to mind me handling them at all

 

[fluffycrow]

Gosh, only if you insist. She seriously could change my mind on the whole thing. She's so sweet with them, and she doesn't seem to mind me handling them at all

Awwwwwww look at them! Cochins are such good mothers, and yours are silkied (so they get the extra broodyness from the silkie without being a silkie) which makes them even better! Everything I'm saying is scientifically proven by the way Seriously though, this is too cute to handle

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

They actually have no Silkie blood in them! That's 100% pure, unadulterated bantam Cochin broodiness you're witnessing.

 

[fluffycrow]

They actually have no Silkie blood in them! That's 100% pure, unadulterated bantam Cochin broodiness you're witnessing.

Really?! I did not know that! So the silky gene is naturally occurring in cochins as well?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

From what little history I've been able to dig up on the variety in Cochins, it occurred as a random mutation and was bred from there. It's similar to how it occurred in Ameraucanas, but the Ams were documented pretty well here on BYC: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/whats-wrong-with-their-feathers.98335/ Neither breed had any influence from the Silkie breed in order for the feathering type to have occurred, which is why you don't see characteristic Silkie traits like crests, extra toes, or fibromelanosis in them in early occurrences of the trait within a line.

 

[fluffycrow]

From what little history I've been able to dig up on the variety in Cochins, it occurred as a random mutation and was bred from there. It's similar to how it occurred in Ameraucanas, but the Ams were documented pretty well here on BYC: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/whats-wrong-with-their-feathers.98335/ Neither breed had any influence from the Silkie breed in order for the feathering type to have occurred, which is why you don't see characteristic Silkie traits like crests, extra toes, or fibromelanosis in them in early occurrences of the trait within a line.

That's very interesting, thanks for the info! They do (️magically️) inherit the broody charm from the silkie though