Should I get some banties? Sebright and Cochin opinions please

[vtgirls]

We have one buff cochin and she is wonderful. Her name is butter, hatched last May. She has gone broody once already and successfuly hatched 5 eggs from other hens. She was laying regularly, beginning at 5 and a half months - the kids LOvED the lttle eggs. Her foster babies are 2 months old and are bigger than her but she is still mothering them. She has had no trouble with the extreme cold here in an uninsulated coop with 4 standard hens and a roo for company (before going broody - she and the pullets are in the unheated/uninsulated garage for now).

 

[gryeyes]

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Oh, if you can get Sebright pullets, by all means, get 'em! My only choice was straight run, and my first two were the boys. Luckily, the second two were girls, so I didn't have to keep trying.

 

[poultrycrazy]

Cochins are a great choice, calm and friendly. I have 2 sebright hens and they are awsome birds. They are flighty but they are great birds if your calm around them and loves to alert the flock when preditors are around

 

[Chickenlover20]

I never had those breeds, but i would suggest you for cochins. because they will gone to broody if you want them to sit on the eggs.
Sebrights wouldnt gone to broody, but i have seen one sebright hen that gone to broody before.
its rare for them do that.

 

[polskituft]

I love bantam cochins