What To Do About Shadow? Long, Need Input...(PICS ADDED)

[Zookeeper9000]

HI Cyn hope all is well with you and yours. Still praying for you and your family.

I would be interested in some of those eggs. I would say keep him as he could not possiably find a better home then the one he has and he is one handsome stud there.

I am also feeling sentamental after my last Sunday morning where I got up to find 18 out of 19 11 week old chickens murdered by the neighbors dog. So I might be the wrong person to give advice at this time.

But I say keep him and enjoy him no matter if it is more work, it's not like we can afford to do anything other than work around the house with todays prices for everything.

 

[thndrdancr]

Oh my Cyn

He is a pretty little thing! I have always thought the cochins are pretty from the time I first got my birds and started learning breeds.

I have one mottled cochin baby myself, from some eggs that I ordered from ebay. Am hoping for a girl, as rehoming those roo's just breaks my heart if they are personable.

Thanks for the picture

 

[megshenhut]

Cyn, I would keep him. He's so cute. I had a bantam cochin roo that I had in with my big girls. Actually he was just part of the flock and out of several roos, he wasn't at the bottom of the roo pecking order. He did just fine. I never hatching anything at that time, so I don't know if he ever successfully mated any of the big girls. He was my DH's pet. I know it totally depends on your setup. But I think he will do fine with a group of whatever girls you would give him.

 

[speckledhen]

Jean, I'm so sorry about your flock of youngsters. That was awful! If I do set Shadow up with his own ladies, you just let me know when you'd like eggs. Most of the ladies will be blue or blue-green layers since they are the best size in my flock for this little guy.

 

[kellij]

We have a bantam cochin roo in with our large hens and he does just fine. He is actually quite good about finding food and calling the ladies over to it. He takes good care of them. He doesn't seem to have any trouble mating, but it can take a few tries before he is successful.

~Kelli

 

[DDRanch]

Hi Cyn,
I have to vote to keep and give him his own little harem. He is precious.

Anne

 

[Windy Ridge]

Oh, no! He is adorable--look at his little face. I would swear he has long lashes that he's batting at me.

 

[Bawkadoodledoo]

You sure that's a boy? comb looks a bit small!

 

[speckledhen]

I know the comb is pretty small, but he has stringy hackle and saddle feathers, so I'm fairly certain it's a cockerel. Now, if he's fooling me, well, it wont be the first time a chicken has pulled the wool, er, um, feathers over my eyes!

 

[silkiechicken]

Keep him if you can
Just because!

I had a 2lb or so feather mop, aka a silkie, and he took on the 5 and 6 lb hens without a problem. Of course though, he used back feathers as a hold and it took him 6 months to figure which way was forward. Your guy can actually see too so that would be helpful.