The Beautiful Bantam Cochin!

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I agree, Cochins have a really big and entertaining personality that’s hard to match! Tux was definitely overwhelmed by his large Cochin friend He got first in his category but lost out overall in variety to a really pretty mottled hen he’s still really young though, lots more filling in to do!

The owner of the mottled hen also has silkied Cochins. Almost bought one But I reallllly don’t need more chickens right now unless they will go towards goals in my breeding. So I stayed strong!

Ah, congrats on the placement regardless! Sounds like Tux will be bringing home all the ribbons once he's had the chance to fill in more.

She is pretty! And I love to hear about more silkied Cochins being out there, of course!! I don't know how you could resist--but, of course, silkied feathering on breeds other than Silkies is probably my biggest weakness with chickens!

I know, right? His owner just adored him too, I can’t imagine keeping that size Cochin and ALL those feathers clean and perfect! I think bantams take long enough

I don't know how you do it with bantams!! We've had a relatively warm winter so far (until recently, that is!) and my poor Cochins' feet are so dirty from the rain and mud.

 

[Henfla]

My little bantam cochin is a bit of a loner, so some days she gets to come in and she loves to lie down on a blanket and sleep a little Here she is on my lap watching TV.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Mom(right) and Daughter(left) duo.

Of course, they don’t actually know that.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Peach(left) and her kiddo Kiwi(right) have started laying again. Yay! Weirdly, I got 3 eggs from them yesterday. 2 eggs the day prior. They’re the only two hens in their pen, so either they started laying 3 days ago and buried an egg, or someone laid double.

My first 2024 broody, Dragonfruit, had an unsuccessful hatch. Nothing hatched, unfortunately. I had 3 bantam ameraucanas hatch a week Ago though, so I slid them under her. the adoption was successful! She seems to happy to have chicks, and is very doting on them.

 

[NagemTX]

I fell for mine. They are TSC babies but they have alot of personality. I have three a silver laced, a gold laced and a blue. The blue is not nice to anyone but the silver and gold think I'm the best! No names as of yet.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

The silkied I hatched late august of last year. He wound up being a male, but seeing as I like him(and needed a better male), I’m cool with that.

 

[SharW75]

Bantam cochins are our daughter's favorite. Here's a pair of porcelains she bought last year, which she's hoping to use in 4-H this year. We're also collecting their eggs to hatch out a few more. It will be interesting to see if they're pure porcelain, or if something else pops up when the chicks hatch.

In our flock, we also have a couple of black hens, a couple of red hens, a partridge hen, and two red roosters. The little guys can be jerks, but we still love them.

 

[I Like Turkeys]

Days of rain and high humidity make for a frizzle who looks much less frizzly than normal.

I have eggs from this guy over two of my red hens hatching in a week! Super stoked. He’s so fluffy.

 

[kurby22]

A few of my bobtail grow outs from this Spring!

 

[I Like Turkeys]

A few of my bobtail grow outs from this Spring!

They look so fluffy!! Love the pullet in the 4th pic. She’s adorable.