Rumpless Cochin??

[Bleenie]

I got this little cutie from a friend recently. She got all her birds from me as chicks and i just cant place this guy...i am thinking he might be one i got from a breeder/show person...

Orig. i thought he was just a Bantam Cochin, but after taking a better look I am wondering if he is a Rumpless Araucana/Cochin mix? His butt feathers are also very silky feeiling...& She also breeds Silkies. She lets them all run together in the yard when she's not breeding or whatever. Usually she has them seperated.

I know she had both these breeds for showing and sometimes gives me her extra chicks, shes never really sure what they are, mixed or pure.

what do you all think?

 

[chixie]

Im not sur... but it resembles a white wyandotte bantam

 

[cthrash1]

Except it has a single comb... Don't Wyandottes have pea combs

 

[Goose and Fig]

LOL I just posted almost the same question about an Orp in the breeds forum

He's cute- but his butt should be higher. I think if he had silkie in him he's still have some cushion. Hmmmmm.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

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Wyandottes have rose combs.


I don't think it is rumpless. Just looks like a poor cushion to me.

 

[LilPeeps]

He is a cochin, and not rumpless. The tail is supposed to be round.

 

[chixie]

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I didn't pay attention to the comb... I was looking at a pic of a wyandottes pic that lookied kind of like him/her

 

[Bleenie]

Well here's the only problem i have with him being pure cochin...

the breeder's Bantam Cochins are ENORMOUS all over! I mean they're bantam size but perfectly round & poofier than any i have ever seen. If he is purebred cochin he would be Much bigger i think.

I found her e mail and just sent a few pictures of to her.

just the way that his rump falls reminds me a lot of the rjmpless araucanas, but i could be wrong..

 

[Goose and Fig]

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My banty cochin adults are huge in comparison to some of the POL ones that I got from breeders. I think it's going to be a long while- before they catch up to the older ones. LF aren't full grown until they're over a year!

 

[Bleenie]

Here's a pic of a Silkie/Cochin mix hen i got from the same lady...see the size/cushion difference? also the leg feathering. Theyre about the same age i believe.