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Do you have a smaller cup? It the little guy can touch the sides, he's going to have more support and will spend more time exercising his leg muscles to stand correctly rather than overextending when he falls. He's too cute. I hope he makes it.
Do you have a smaller cup? It the little guy can touch the sides, he's going to have more support and will spend more time exercising his leg muscles to stand correctly rather than overextending when he falls. He's too cute. I hope he makes it.
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Wow! He weighs in at 10.3 right now. I remember you telling me about the size on the BLRWs but didn't make the connection to the CWs also.
just wait.. by fall he will be a real nice big bird... and teh extra cockrells from him will make great dinners for several. I worked with the columbian before the BLR and had them at the size and body I really liked while I was still working on teh BLR issues.
he is very capable of getting his job done with the girls but will take a back seat to the top male for now, when he really gets his size it may be on day this summer when he becomes teh top male in the pen.
if breed to a SLW female all teh chicks will be Columbian, you can do that with Cochin too, and him over blue cochin will produce some very good birds that when breed back to each other will produce columbian and Blue Columbian cochin with great size.
If I remeber right he is a bit under a year old still since he was a summer hatch likely only about 7-8 months old maybe 10 so he should be filling out and getting broader he is done in height, just width and weight will increase over this year.
You have a great memory. I bought the trio the end of May and I think they were 4 weeks old...maybe 6 weeks. Middle of April hatch (?)...makes him 8.5 - 9 months old.... half way to 18 months...half grown.
And I should be looking for single comb Blue Columbian Cochin.... ooooo another project!!!
Wow! He weighs in at 10.3 right now. I remember you telling me about the size on the BLRWs but didn't make the connection to the CWs also.
just wait.. by fall he will be a real nice big bird... and teh extra cockrells from him will make great dinners for several. I worked with the columbian before the BLR and had them at the size and body I really liked while I was still working on teh BLR issues.
he is very capable of getting his job done with the girls but will take a back seat to the top male for now, when he really gets his size it may be on day this summer when he becomes teh top male in the pen.
if breed to a SLW female all teh chicks will be Columbian, you can do that with Cochin too, and him over blue cochin will produce some very good birds that when breed back to each other will produce columbian and Blue Columbian cochin with great size.
If I remeber right he is a bit under a year old still since he was a summer hatch likely only about 7-8 months old maybe 10 so he should be filling out and getting broader he is done in height, just width and weight will increase over this year.
You have a great memory. I bought the trio the end of May and I think they were 4 weeks old...maybe 6 weeks. Middle of April hatch (?)...makes him 8.5 - 9 months old.... half way to 18 months...half grown.
And I should be looking for single comb Blue Columbian Cochin.... ooooo another project!!!
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A few seconds is right. The squirmy little thing doesn't like being on its back. I'll try the pipe cleaners, though they may be too big around. Someone mentioned using a dime, too, but both feet could fit on a dime.This little chick is super tiny as compared to a LF chick. I'll see if I can come up with some other ideas, too.
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No, I haven't tried that yet. Sounds like it's worth trying.
Thank you for the suggestions. The poor little chick holds its wings out to its sides trying to balance but can't stay upright very long. It chirps constantly. I'm concerned that it's expending a lot of energy trying to stand rather than using that energy to grow and get stronger. We'll see how it goes, but honestly, it doesn't look very hopeful.
If a dime is to big how about a button?
Even better solution.
A few seconds is right. The squirmy little thing doesn't like being on its back. I'll try the pipe cleaners, though they may be too big around. Someone mentioned using a dime, too, but both feet could fit on a dime.This little chick is super tiny as compared to a LF chick. I'll see if I can come up with some other ideas, too.
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No, I haven't tried that yet. Sounds like it's worth trying.
Thank you for the suggestions. The poor little chick holds its wings out to its sides trying to balance but can't stay upright very long. It chirps constantly. I'm concerned that it's expending a lot of energy trying to stand rather than using that energy to grow and get stronger. We'll see how it goes, but honestly, it doesn't look very hopeful.
If a dime is to big how about a button?
Even better solution.
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Do you have a smaller cup? It the little guy can touch the sides, he's going to have more support and will spend more time exercising his leg muscles to stand correctly rather than overextending when he falls. He's too cute. I hope he makes it.
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Do you have a smaller cup? It the little guy can touch the sides, he's going to have more support and will spend more time exercising his leg muscles to stand correctly rather than overextending when he falls. He's too cute. I hope he makes it.
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Do you have a smaller cup? It the little guy can touch the sides, he's going to have more support and will spend more time exercising his leg muscles to stand correctly rather than overextending when he falls. He's too cute. I hope he makes it.
Yes, here's a smaller cup. Maybe this will give it more support.
Do you have a smaller cup? It the little guy can touch the sides, he's going to have more support and will spend more time exercising his leg muscles to stand correctly rather than overextending when he falls. He's too cute. I hope he makes it.
Yes, here's a smaller cup. Maybe this will give it more support.
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and that is MINE now. I had instructions from my wife to beg, borrow, or steal to get the pair. Steal I did, do I need to say how I paid for the pair?
People started asking aboiut them as soon as I had one the bid and I missed out on the babies.
The rocks that I buried and the electric fence that I put around the pen is already working. The dogs got curious this am and they found the wire, yelped real load, jumped back and ran home, sit and starred at my pen looking like "what was that".
You got that huge Cochin boy?? Wow, he was awesome! Some birds are worth the extra feed and he's one of them.
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If he's more brown based, I'd say silver fawn. If blue based, silver blue.
He's blue based so I'll call him Silver Blue
I'm anxious to see what color the babies will be. I'm only going to hatch out a few from them and just plan on keeping whatever hatches.
I got a picture of them in their quarantine quarters, the little girl is just talking up a storm.
The other picture is of the same bird-I didn't know what in the world they were (I got 2 of them) except they were the coolest looking birds. I love their little hats. The other one looks pretty much the same. Do you all think they're probably Polish mixes? I figured Polish mix instead of Silkie mix because of the lacing. They sure are wild looking. Someone else was bidding on them and I felt really bad for bidding against them but I really wanted them. Someone else wanted the Faverolles pair, too. But I was prepared to sell my husband to get them so there was no backing down once I decided I wanted those (which was the second I saw them).
I reeeeaaallly like all these birds I got last night.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ksane/ModernPair.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ksane/wc.jpg
You are correct on the spitshauben. I brought those to the auction. I bought all of a mans chickens up here at Clinton last week and they were in them. I kept 3 solid black ones of the same breed. Kept all the black hens of other breeds also, the others were big huge hens. I bought a blue NN rooster from Michael. I have 2 blue NN hens now and am going to cross the blue rooster into these black hens to get more as I have had no luck finding any blue NN hens. This way I can control what is in them to a certain degree. But back to the 2 hens you bought. Mine lay a large egg a little off white. They should lay a bunch of eggs as in Germany thatis what they were breed for.
and that is MINE now. I had instructions from my wife to beg, borrow, or steal to get the pair. Steal I did, do I need to say how I paid for the pair?
People started asking aboiut them as soon as I had one the bid and I missed out on the babies.
The rocks that I buried and the electric fence that I put around the pen is already working. The dogs got curious this am and they found the wire, yelped real load, jumped back and ran home, sit and starred at my pen looking like "what was that".
You got that huge Cochin boy?? Wow, he was awesome! Some birds are worth the extra feed and he's one of them.
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If he's more brown based, I'd say silver fawn. If blue based, silver blue.
He's blue based so I'll call him Silver Blue
I got a picture of them in their quarantine quarters, the little girl is just talking up a storm.
The other picture is of the same bird-I didn't know what in the world they were (I got 2 of them) except they were the coolest looking birds. I love their little hats. The other one looks pretty much the same. Do you all think they're probably Polish mixes? I figured Polish mix instead of Silkie mix because of the lacing. They sure are wild looking. Someone else was bidding on them and I felt really bad for bidding against them but I really wanted them. Someone else wanted the Faverolles pair, too. But I was prepared to sell my husband to get them so there was no backing down once I decided I wanted those (which was the second I saw them).
I reeeeaaallly like all these birds I got last night.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ksane/ModernPair.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ksane/wc.jpg
You are correct on the spitshauben. I brought those to the auction. I bought all of a mans chickens up here at Clinton last week and they were in them. I kept 3 solid black ones of the same breed. Kept all the black hens of other breeds also, the others were big huge hens. I bought a blue NN rooster from Michael. I have 2 blue NN hens now and am going to cross the blue rooster into these black hens to get more as I have had no luck finding any blue NN hens. This way I can control what is in them to a certain degree. But back to the 2 hens you bought. Mine lay a large egg a little off white. They should lay a bunch of eggs as in Germany thatis what they were breed for.
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Doing better, thanks for checking. Just been spending more time outside with birds beings it has been such pretty weather. That is the main reason I have chickens and pigeons, they are great for relaxing around.
Doing better, thanks for checking. Just been spending more time outside with birds beings it has been such pretty weather. That is the main reason I have chickens and pigeons, they are great for relaxing around.
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and that is MINE now. I had instructions from my wife to beg, borrow, or steal to get the pair. Steal I did, do I need to say how I paid for the pair?
People started asking aboiut them as soon as I had one the bid and I missed out on the babies.
The rocks that I buried and the electric fence that I put around the pen is already working. The dogs got curious this am and they found the wire, yelped real load, jumped back and ran home, sit and starred at my pen looking like "what was that".
You got that huge Cochin boy?? Wow, he was awesome! Some birds are worth the extra feed and he's one of them.
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He's blue based so I'll call him Silver Blue
I'm anxious to see what color the babies will be. I'm only going to hatch out a few from them and just plan on keeping whatever hatches.
I got a picture of them in their quarantine quarters, the little girl is just talking up a storm.
The other picture is of the same bird-I didn't know what in the world they were (I got 2 of them) except they were the coolest looking birds. I love their little hats. The other one looks pretty much the same. Do you all think they're probably Polish mixes? I figured Polish mix instead of Silkie mix because of the lacing. They sure are wild looking. Someone else was bidding on them and I felt really bad for bidding against them but I really wanted them. Someone else wanted the Faverolles pair, too. But I was prepared to sell my husband to get them so there was no backing down once I decided I wanted those (which was the second I saw them).
I reeeeaaallly like all these birds I got last night.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ksane/ModernPair.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ksane/wc.jpg
You are correct on the spitshauben. I brought those to the auction. I bought all of a mans chickens up here at Clinton last week and they were in them. I kept 3 solid black ones of the same breed. Kept all the black hens of other breeds also, the others were big huge hens. I bought a blue NN rooster from Michael. I have 2 blue NN hens now and am going to cross the blue rooster into these black hens to get more as I have had no luck finding any blue NN hens. This way I can control what is in them to a certain degree. But back to the 2 hens you bought. Mine lay a large egg a little off white. They should lay a bunch of eggs as in Germany thatis what they were breed for.
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and that is MINE now. I had instructions from my wife to beg, borrow, or steal to get the pair. Steal I did, do I need to say how I paid for the pair?
People started asking aboiut them as soon as I had one the bid and I missed out on the babies.
The rocks that I buried and the electric fence that I put around the pen is already working. The dogs got curious this am and they found the wire, yelped real load, jumped back and ran home, sit and starred at my pen looking like "what was that".
You got that huge Cochin boy?? Wow, he was awesome! Some birds are worth the extra feed and he's one of them.
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He's blue based so I'll call him Silver Blue
I got a picture of them in their quarantine quarters, the little girl is just talking up a storm.
The other picture is of the same bird-I didn't know what in the world they were (I got 2 of them) except they were the coolest looking birds. I love their little hats. The other one looks pretty much the same. Do you all think they're probably Polish mixes? I figured Polish mix instead of Silkie mix because of the lacing. They sure are wild looking. Someone else was bidding on them and I felt really bad for bidding against them but I really wanted them. Someone else wanted the Faverolles pair, too. But I was prepared to sell my husband to get them so there was no backing down once I decided I wanted those (which was the second I saw them).
I reeeeaaallly like all these birds I got last night.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ksane/ModernPair.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii158/ksane/wc.jpg
You are correct on the spitshauben. I brought those to the auction. I bought all of a mans chickens up here at Clinton last week and they were in them. I kept 3 solid black ones of the same breed. Kept all the black hens of other breeds also, the others were big huge hens. I bought a blue NN rooster from Michael. I have 2 blue NN hens now and am going to cross the blue rooster into these black hens to get more as I have had no luck finding any blue NN hens. This way I can control what is in them to a certain degree. But back to the 2 hens you bought. Mine lay a large egg a little off white. They should lay a bunch of eggs as in Germany thatis what they were breed for.
Do you have any pictures of your blue NNs? I'd like to see them, if you do.
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