Some new acquisitions from a local trades day! Fluffy butts! Mottled Cochins, Showgirls, & Silkies- Thoughts Ya'll?

[heatherbell2]

Today is our 1st anniversary of our marriage. We are in East Texas Spending the weekend at a local trades day and run across a couple of different folks selling chickens. Picked up a pair of mottled cochins- man said the rooster #1 is 1 year old (husband named him Andy) & hen #2 he said was 1 1/2 years old (I named her Opal). He had a couple of pairs to select from in the cage & these were the two I picked. Both are quite & very calm although Andy wasn't so sure about getting his picture taken!

Andy has a couple of tail feathers missing but there seems to be some pin feathers in there amongst the fluff, so I bet they will grow in. He doesn't have much mottling yet, but at a year old- do you see this as an issue?
Opal laid us an egg yesterday! We will see what she does today! They are not related to each other. What do you think of the match? Any faults? The man stated he used to show cochins & polish. He had some very nice birds. He had already sold all of his polish & we were there at 8am when they opened!

At another booth, a couple were selling show girls & silkies. I'm totally new to show girls.. I had to look them up! They had several to choose from between the ages of 4 to 6 months old & I choose 1 show girl rooster (I think). #3 (Skeeter) I believe to be a silver partridge with some barring, am I correct? They are all not supposed to be related. He has some size to his feet & legs that the others to do not. Much broader as well. There is one little spot of red on one wing. Is he a rooster & what color would you call him? Thoughts on what I would get with mixing him with the three next what I think are pullets? Faults? Things I show be aware of?

#4 (unnamed as of yet) pullet? Black or black/blue? non bearded silkie, 5 toes, pretty blue ear lobes

#5 (unnamed as of yet) pullet? I think she's the youngest of the bunch, she has some black & darker blue flecks amongst her blues, grays, and silvers- correct in calling her a blue splash?

#6 (unnamed as of yet) showgirl, some what like the rooster, but silver partridge with some barring? What color would you call this? Her tips are almost cinnamon chocolate brown with blue silver under, any faults? She is bare nearly to her shoulders with a very small bowtie- would she be considered a 1st or 2nd generation? If I cross #3 Skeeter with her. .. what would you expect to happen?

I was looking for some pullets to hatch other eggs - but I'm not opposed to seeing what we can create with the matches. What if I mixed the Cochin rooster with the show girl or silkie? Which one would you pick? Or perhaps the cochin hen with the show girl rooster ?

Happy Chickening!!

 

[nuthatched]

The cochins are very pretty, they look like bobtail cochins to me but I know little on cochin.
Skeeter is indeed a dude, I can't tell on the rest.
Make sure they are completely quarantined from your flock for at least a month, worm and dust for parasites.
Happy anniversary!

 

[heatherbell2]

Oh yes, I'm keeping them separate for a month & when we get home this evening, I'll worm & dust them.

 

[Slothinc]

Very pretty birds! I agree, skeeter is a roo. If he is crossed with another showgirl the babies would end up as “strippers” (I think it’s such a stupid name) which are very naked on the entire neck and part of the chest. I’m not sure if there are any issues that go along with having two NN genes, but I do think they can get cold must more easily. You may want to look them up to find out more info from someone that knows more! If a showgirl is bred to a regular feathered chicken, there is a 50% chance that the babies will be showgirls.

 

[heatherbell2]

Sorry for the Pete's & repeats on some of these photos! I'm still learning how to attach correctly on my phone!

 

[heatherbell2]

Very pretty birds! I agree, skeeter is a roo. If he is crossed with another showgirl the babies would end up as “strippers” (I think it’s such a stupid name) which are very naked on the entire neck and part of the chest. I’m not sure if there are any issues that go along with having two NN genes, but I do think they can get cold must more easily. You may want to look them up to find out more info from someone that knows more! If a showgirl is bred to a regular feathered chicken, there is a 50% chance that the babies will be showgirls.

I was reading something to that effect. So I figured once the showgirl pullet gets much older I would introduce her to Andy to give him another lady.

 

[Slothinc]

I was reading something to that effect. So I figured once the showgirl pullet gets much older I would introduce her to Andy to give him another lady.

I just did a little more research because I didn’t know too much about it, and two showgirls crossed would give 25% regular (non naked neck), 25% stripper with the super naked neck and chest, and 50% showgirls (carrying only one NN gene and having the bow tie.) I don’t think there is anything wrong with breeding silkies with two copies of the NN gene. I personally don’t love the look as much as the showgirls though. Have fun with your new babies!

 

[heatherbell2]

What color would you call #3 Skeeter?

 

[Slothinc]

I’m not sure! To me he kind of looks like blue with leakage. Those red feathers are very interesting though. As he matures maybe his color will be more distinguishable!