sex of cochins?

[AtRendeAcres]

we have 10 cochin bantams coming how and when would we be able to tell the hens from the roos?

I don't want to keep to many roos!

 

[Bantymama]

I have some that are 8 weeks old. At about 4 weeks i could see the start of a comb on one and about a week later it turned dark red. He has also been tring to crow for about a week now. The other three have very small combs. So im sure that they are girls.

 

[Picco]

I have four that are 3 weeks old and I could see that one was a roo by two weeks of age. Now I think I have two roos but it will be another week or two before I am sure. I think by a month old you should see but it may be two months before you can be sure because there are always late bloomers.

 

[AtRendeAcres]

so the the boys have bigger wattles than?

 

[eggchel]

Bantam cochins begin to show what sex they are really early. By a few weeks old you can make a pretty accurate guess just by comparing the size and color of their combs. The boys combs get bigger and turn reddish.

chel

 

[AtRendeAcres]

Thank you so very much!! This information is very helpful to us!!