Standard White-faced Cochin chickens

[Goose and Fig]

I'd cross him with a splash hen, and of course breed for fluff.
So for now you've got Spanchin?

 

[Estancia-Arizona]

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Sorry to be a pain. Using the name cochin rather than cochin cross (or project, or whatever), implies that the bird is, supposedly, a purebred.

Same with any breed. For instance, if one calls a bird a leghorn one expects a leghorn not a leghorn cross. Similarly the sex linked crosses are often said to be first crosses, & everyone is very keen to explain that they are in fact crosses & not any pure breed.

Hmmm. Im scratching my head on this one. He isn't for sale nor are any of his offspring and it I would think it would be common knowledge that any "breed" of chicken that is not recognized by the APA would be either a mix or expremental. Just like "lemon-blue" cochins or red-laced blue cochins. Doesn't stop people from breeding for those colors and posting pics here.

Do you correct everyone who posts pics of thier exprements who do not name them accurately on here? If so, you must be a busy person because I see all kinds of theads/posts where people call thier exprements what they are trying for and they do not call them "crosses" in every post.

I appoligize for not being more clear about what he is. Until this is a breed that is true and recognized by the APA I will call him a "white-faced cochin cross".

I guess I assumed that people would know he was a cross by my first post when I said that I was going to try and breed more feathering back into his offspring because I didn't think he was fluffy enough. Silly me.

Don

 

[Krys109uk]

I would think it would be common knowledge that any "breed" of chicken that is not recognized by the APA would be either a mix or expremental.

Hardly. There are many, many breeds not recognised by APA.....one could hardly say they were all experimental or cross breeds.
There are many colour varieties of various breeds which are not in the standards of many countries but this does not exclude them from being described as being that breed as they conform to type & breed true to type.

The "lemon blue" cochins were made from cochins & look like cochins thus it does not seem too much of a stretch to call them cochins.​

 

[racuda]

You've got to start somewhere. I've seen lavender cochins that don't look very cochin-like either.

Is the white on his face his earlobe or just white skin on his face?

 

[Tonopah Pati]

Don, I just love the colors on your first 2 photos.

 

[Estancia-Arizona]

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Hardly. There are many, many breeds not recognised by APA.....one could hardly say they were all experimental or cross breeds.
There are many colour varieties of various breeds which are not in the standards of many countries but this does not exclude them from being described as being that breed as they conform to type & breed true to type.

The "lemon blue" cochins were made from cochins & look like cochins thus it does not seem too much of a stretch to call them cochins.

Look, I didn't mean to get your feathers all in a ruffle. I thought I was being pretty clear in my opening post.

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Don

 

[Estancia-Arizona]

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Honestly I am not sure the exact part of his face that is white. I'll have to check on that. As far as the lavender cochins, I would love to see that coloring come to reality. You need a lavender gene to breed the lemon-blues true. Or at least I think that is where the stable coloring needs to come from. As of yet, any lemon-blue cochin (regardless of how you got the coloring) will not breed true. Bummer.

Don

 

[Estancia-Arizona]

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Thank you! Another member on here (can't remember the exact user name) has some of our LB chicks and they are beautiful. Last I read, they were trying for red-laced blue cochins.

Don

 

[Estancia-Arizona]

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Love the name! With your premission I think that's what I will call them, so as not to cause any future confusion!

I think we will keep seeing what we can come up with color/feathering wise.

Don

 

[Dustin Biery]

Just for a point of reference, the variety of Lemon Blue is more than crossing a buff cochin and a blue cochin. Doing this, you have just mixed two varieties.