The Beautiful Bantam Cochin!

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

How early they pop their combs definitely depends on the line in my experience. My Reds, for example, were super obvious by 3 weeks old (they were also the ones that liked to crow when they were like 4 days old--yes, days), while some of my BBSs have kept me guessing until 6 or 7 weeks. My current batch is just over 7 weeks and I've only just become confident in their sexes. Either way, definitely way easier to tell than with Silkies and Silkie mixes!




Can you elaborate on this technique? I've never heard of it, but would love to learn more!

I've learned this from BYC members
In females, the area beloe the comb comes in a more delicate “V” shape, where the male has a wider “U” shape. This is typically visible at an early age in Satins and Silkies. So wasn't sure if it applied to other breeds or not.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Ooh, thank you for explaining! I suspect it has to do with the comb type; being that Silkies have walnut combs and satins should have something similar, those combs tend to be broader overall than the basic single comb and even broader on males. I don't know that it would work with Cochins because they have single combs, so all of them, male or female, should have a similarly narrow comb, but it would be interesting to see if there was maybe a tiny difference that could be detected. And if not, you shouldn't have very much time to wait to figure them out since Cochin bantam boys tend to be early to get their combs.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

These are bantam cochins?
They are so adorable!!!

Yep! Here the pullet was before she died.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Yep! Here the pullet was before she died.
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Awe what happened? She wasso pretty!

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

I willhave abunch of cochins coming in the mail in a few days

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I willhave abunch of cochins coming in the mail in a few days

What colors?! Bantams?

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

I also have a ton of eggs in the incubator from my 2 cochun bantys, they could be white, blue , splash, mottled or black when they hatch, idk cause I hatched one chick from them i thought would be splash, hatched with mottled color pattern and now its black. The dad is blue but hes very dark (hes the rooster in my profile pic) maybe he carrys black idk. The mom is a white frizzle but whenever I bred her to a buff polish all the chicks had black spots. ....!? So maybe she has some black too lol

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

What colors?! Bantams?

Yes bantams! I kinda forgot some of the colors but i think I have partridge, silver penciled, a barred cockerel, and some others

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

And I have 2 red cockerels a red pullet and a buff pullet from @Show Sebright so it will be fun making all the different colors haha

 

[Henfla]

My one and only bantam cochin