Violetsfeathers Flock

[Alexandra33]

I'm so glad you've found a good home for those little boys.

They're stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is the last pullet a Lavender?

~Alex

 

[Violetsfeathers]

No, she's a splash, I do have a lavender. I have to get more pics later, the colors do look a lot alike. Other poeple who see them can't tell them apart

 

[Violetsfeathers]

Splash (Snowberry)

Lavender (Wisteria)

Partridge (Raspberry)

 

[Alexandra33]

Gosh, now I feel silly!

I can't believe I didn't notice the tiny splashes on her. But all that aside, your little girls are precious! I might just be convinced to get some fluffy Cochins one of these days......

~Alex

 

[Violetsfeathers]

Thanks

Wisteria is really calm and sweet. Others are more lively and run all around. Marshmallow gets scared of random things.
And if you get them from a breeder they'll be super soft and fluffy. Wisteria probably won't be fluffy though, there aren't a lot of good quality lavenders, and her feathers are a bit more raggedy than the others.

 

[Alexandra33]

You're welcome!

*sigh* All this Cochin talk is wearing me down.....I think I'm going to go get some tomorrow.

Just kidding, but I am physically unable to resist chooks!!!!! I call soft, fluff puff chickens "clouds."

~Alex

 

[Violetsfeathers]

You're welcome!   *sigh* All this Cochin talk is wearing me down.....I think I'm going to go get some tomorrow.   Just kidding, but I am physically unable to resist chooks!!!!! I call soft, fluff puff chickens "clouds."   

~Alex

I call them Marshmallow

 

[Violetsfeathers]

Dot is still trying to go broody, I find he flattened out in a nest box and when I put my hand under her she kinda scoots her wings closer to her body. So I picked her up and threw her outside. She did the egg scoot in the grass! Then I dipped her in some water and she ran off.

 

[Alexandra33]

Ha ha, that image in my mind is hilarious!

So dipping a broody in water is a method for breaking her? I've got 6 broodies right now......

Poor me.

~Alex

 

[Violetsfeathers]

Yesh, one broody is bad enough especially if they're vicious. Yes, methods for breaking broodies are putting them in a wire bottomed cage, putting them on ice, dunking them in water.
When marshmallow went broody Dec 31 it was on like a switch. I threw her in a snowbank to try to break her. Then I gave up and let her sit on fake eggs until February, the real eggs hatched March 5. She was broody for a long time and I felt bad for her. I would take her off the nest every morning and night so she could stretch her legs.
A method that worked for breaking spice was to block off her favorite nest box. It didn't work well for Dot though I had to go in the coop throw her outside and then scare her into the woods with a broom as often as I could. She'd stay away for a while.