What color am I?

[ibradly]

Hello everyone. After a 10 yr hiatus of raising chickens I just picked up 4 little chicks from my local feed store on Tuesday. 3 Barred Rock pullets and 1 Frizzled Cochin bantum (st. run). These little girls are just as adorable as I remember. It's funny how easy it was to get back into it, I kept my brooder and incubator, so I could get into trouble if I'm not careful.

My question is... What color do you think this little cochin is going to be? I just can't tell.

 

[momma-hen]

He's adorable! i have no idea what color he will be. i love when they are fuzzy and little. i just wanted to say "Awwwww"

 

[MandyH]

Looks like a black cochin? I also noticed you have them on newspaper, that is really not good because they can get splayed legs. Don't mean to be in your business, but splayed legs suck.

 

[2mnypets]

She might be a blue cochin. I have four blue cochins babies that are 9 days old already. Yours does seem a little bit darker, but I don't know if it's because of the lighting. Either way you have a beautiful babe!

 

[ibradly]

Thank you for the replies. I'm leaning towards thinking this little guy/girl is a black cochin. The other chicks in the brooder at the feed store were white (yellow), so I'm thinking they got an order of white and black cochins in and I got the last little black one. I'll definitely come back and update this post when (s)he gets older.

Regarding the news paper... It was just temporary as I used up all my paper towels lining the rest of the brooder. :| I made sure it wasn't the "slippery/smooth" type. But you're right; I went to cost-co and bought a 2-year supply of paper towels so they should be good to go now.

I'm just too excited to have chickens again, I love these little guys! Glad I found this community board.

 

[KKluckers]

I have a few of these and I think he/she will be black.

 

[nu2chixinmo]

AAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW That one looks like the two that I got from Mypetchicken. I got the bantam assortment, so still not really sure of what I got, did get some great ideas of what I got from the chicken lovers on here tho'!!!!
Have fun with em
Nichole