They are also a favorite because of their feathered feet. Barred, birchen, black, black tailed red, blue, brown red, buff, buff columbian. The blue cochin is stately, gentle, and is very rare. These tiny bantams carry their tails upward and higher than the head. Later the name was changed to cochin china and finally shortened to cochin. Soldiers, returning from china, brought the first cochin bantams to england in the 1860s. Originating in china, cochins are beautiful and gentle giants. Cochins are the most popular of the feather footed legged bantams and one of our best sellers. These chickens are fair egg layers, producing about 150180 eggs per year that are small for their body size. These chickens were admitted into the american poultry standard of perfection from 1874 to 1977, and the reasons are clear. We have a nice blue that will vary from a bluish white to a. The original stock came from bruce robinson in new york. Golden laced cochin bantam chickens baby chicks cackle. The buff and partridge chicks, i could not tell gender until 6 to 7 weeks old.
See more ideas about chickens backyard, chicken breeds and chickens and roosters. When it comes to finding highquality black cochin bantams, you can fully rely on cackle hatchery. Cochins mountain creek farm show quality silkies and bantam. Top poultry companies in the country said sales of chicken and eggs have halved over the last few weeks, driven down. Half the feathers on their shanks and outer toes are also tipped in white. The bantam cochin i have is amazing i love her to pieces.
Aug 25, 2010 soldiers returning from china brought the first cochin bantams to england in the 1860s. Then things happened in uk to develope a weak breed into what we know and love now. The mottled cochin has the classic dense, long soft plumage and poofy tail. They were known as pekin bantams then and are still referred to as pekins in many parts of europe. Cochin owners describe their breed as peaceful, friendly, quiet, and easily handled.
Mottled, lemon blues, brown reds and a project of mille fleurcalico cochins. Silver laced cochin chickens for sale meyer hatchery. The pekin bantam is a british breed of bantam chicken. I have blue, black, and white cochins from day old thru two months. Barred cochin bantam chickens for sale cackle hatchery. May 10, 2016 pekin, cochin bantams, as they are called in europe are breed from those brought back from pekin china during the opium wars. Bobtail a new colour in cochin bantams and the poultry world. Cochin bantams hatching eggs available free range poultry. Black cochin bantams have solid lustrous greenish black plumage that is free of bronze or plum coloring and free from purple barring.
It derives from birds brought to europe from china in the nineteenth century, and is named for the city of peking where it was believed to have originated. Although there are bantamsized versions of most standard breeds, only true bantams are listed in this chart. Of course work is still on the go and the german and dutch have gained change in the breed to give us almost perfection. Pekin, cochin bantams, as they are called in europe are breed from those brought back from pekin china during the opium wars. Docile, friendly, and happy to stay at home, these barred cochin chickens are perfect for the backyard poultry keeper. Cochin chickens are one of three breeds in the american poultry associations asiatic class. History cochins arrived in england and the united states in 1845. They are good layers and nice for show and very popular.
The bantam cochins make wonderful mommas and often will care for their chicks until they are nearly full grown. We raise standard cochins of which there are 9 recognized colors. The cochin has no sharp angles and is very rounded in appearance. Cochins mountain creek farm show quality silkies and. It derives from large feather legged chickens brought from china to europe and north america in the 1840s. Bantam cochin and bearded silkie looking for show qualitybreeder. At cackle hatchery, we offer several different types of the. Their beautiful black feathers display an attractive iridescent green sheen. The cochins were introduced to the united states around 1850 from china. Bantams usually range from about 14 to 23 smaller than standard chickens. Various amounts of feathers in their plumage have white tips, creating the mottled appearance. We do not have adult turkeys, chickens or peacocks. Blue, buff, red, partridge, barred, mottled, golden laced, red frizzle, white frizzle and black frizzle. The true blue color is perhaps one of the most difficult colors to breed for in the poultry world.
Our choice of at least 4 different varieties from these. The original birds were received by queen victoria which led to great popularity for the breed. Chicken breed information cochin cochins are known the world over for being big friendly balls of fluff and feathers. These were prized very highly by a british fancier who was serving his country in china. Calico cochins were originally bred from the milli fleur cochins and many of them have colors like them but with a bit more white. For information about bantam version of standard breeds, see the main chart. The cochin is a hardy, friendly, and docile chicken that will make a great backyard pet. The cochin bantam female feather legged class text of the bantam cochin breed standard is owned and ed by the american bantam association bantam standard, and is used here solely for educational purposes with their permission. All prints are professionally printed, packaged, and shipped within 3 4 business days. It dilutes both eumelanin and pheomelanin pigments, or, both red and black. Day old barred cochin baby chicks hatching february to july. Cochins are fabulous birds, they are the gentle giant of the poultry world, with their enormous fluffly bodies and fully feathered feet they look every bit as cute as.
I like bantams, they are small and easy to carry around or let perch on your shoulder. The cochin is a hardy, friendly, and docile chicken that will make a. Black frizzle cochin bantam art print by sigrid van dort. I have a variety of bantam cochins from a hatchery and am trying to understand what is a seperate breed vs a variation in color in the same breed. In europe the pekin is recognized as a true bantam, but in north america, the same breed is considered a miniature cochin. Blue splash and lavender self blue pekins and cochin. Weve been breeding cochin bantams for years, and this specific variety of the breed features beautiful black feathers. Here at oak cottage we keep over 60 breeds of pure poultry, large fowl, bantams and egglaying hybrids. Barred, black, blue, brown, buff, golden laced, partridge, silver laced, and white as opposed to 17 recognized colors in bantams. Mottled, lemon blues, brown reds and a project of mille fleurcalico cochins gardens.
Originally from china, cochins landed on american soil during the mid19th century. Cochin bantams are the most popular featherleg breed. Brought from china by clipper ships in the 1800s, these massive asiatic chickens are covered with and abundance of soft feathers from head to toe. Originally, cochins were called chinese shanghai fowl, after the district in china where they originated. Blue splash and lavender self blue pekins and cochin bantams. Because of its large size, the cochin is a suitable meat bird for the backyard flock, but it is slow to mature. Please post only cochin poultry or fertile eggs for sale here. The black cochin boys sort of stood out at that age, and by 3 weeks i was sure who were the boys. We hatch and raise them on the farm where they have grass to run and play. Cochin bantams are friendly, docile chickens and tend to be submissive when kept with more aggressive breeds. Self blue colour often appears alongside untidy feathers, a lot of breeders are working to breed that connection out and it does appear possible. Cochins originated from china in the early 1850s where it was known as the shanghai or the cochinchina. At ardmore cochins, we specialise solely in the rare, heritage breed of cochins.
Cochins are heavily feathered down the shanks and toes and appear to be much larger than they actually are. Feb 25, 2011 history cochins arrived in england and the united states in 1845. It is recognised only in the united kingdom, where the cochin has no recognised bantam version 232 like the cochin, it. Cochins are a very docile breed of chicken and make great backyard chickens. This officer sent them home to a friend, who bred a few and later loaned them to a mr. Cochins and other bantam breeds are best known for being exceptional setters they will just about hatch any kind of egg you put under them, cochins are heavily feathered down their legs and toes and appear to be much larger than they actually are. Cochin bantams we will be specializing in cochin bantams listing the following breeds. Cochin chicken colours, pictures and sales pipinchick poultry. Raise standard white, buff, partridge and black cochins as well as lavender orpingtons, white and black langshan chickens, super african geese, buff geese, fl blue, black, white cochins.
Pavlovafowl organic forest garden poultry 11,454 views. Breeding from the finest of cochins we selectively choose the best birds to breed through top quality stock. Self blue or lavender has no relation to blue and splash. They range in size from the gentle giants, the brahma and the cart horse of the poultry breeds, the cochin to the smallest like the dutch, japanese or pekin bantams. Cross breeding bantam cochins of different colors backyard. Cochins will adapt very easily to confined spaces or open range. Hi all i hope i am not repeating this question but i cant seem to find the answer in other posts. Cochin bantams for sale learn more about cochins at cochins international. Soldiers returning from china brought the first cochin bantams to england in the 1860s. They were known as pekin bantams then and are still referred to as pekins in many parts of europe today. They require goodquality feed and mature in two years. Stephen beale in 1895 wrote in his book, profitable poultry keeping, the cochin then and now being the least profitable of all of our breeds of poultry 18501895. We can do orders for frizzle cochins bantams but the total order has to add up to 30 bantam chicks.
Cochin chickens are one of the friendliest and most docile breeds of chickens. Hopefully mottled and columbian will soon be added to the standards list. They dont lay well but are very popular because of their sweet personality and fantastic mothering qualities. They make remarkably good pets, and a pet cochin can live between 810 years. Bobtail a new colour in cochin bantams and the poultry world january 20, ardjan warnshuis it must have been in the early 1990s that chicks of this colour hatched at dieter aschenbachs in berlin. We do not artificially inseminate any of our birds. Assorted cochin bantams may include barred, birchen, black, blue, buff, golden laced, partridge, red, silver penciled, splash, and white. The legs, feet, toes and body are covered with feathers that are long, soft and abundant. Hatching eggs available occasionally contact us for info. Buff cochin bantams numbered among the spoils of the british during the ransacking of the chinese summer palace in peking in the year 1860. We keep the six standardised colours black, blue, buff, partridge, white and cuckoo. We will be specializing in cochin bantams listing the following breeds.
To help ensure a safe arrival, the minimum number of bantam chicks for any chick order is 15. Black cochin bantam chickens for sale cackle hatchery. Ardmore cochins is situated near the coastal village of ardmore in west waterford. Cochins became famous in the 1800s when this chinese breed was given as a gift to queen victoria of england, who absolutely adored them. Like the brahma, the cochin derives from very large featherlegged chickens. They are the right size and carry very good cochin type. Its one of the most adorable sights to see one of these chickens running across the yard in their pantaloons which is what their feather legs resemble. It is a true bantam, with no corresponding large fowl. They seemingly like confinement and make themselves comfortable in any environment. It derives from large featherlegged chickens brought from china to europe and north america in the 1840s and 1850s. We have bred the columbian cochin bantams for 10 years. In fact, all ive had was bantams since i started 5 years ago and this year im hatching more bantams for myself.
The cochin chicken, though promoted with great enthusiasm as productive all around, never met with commercial success. Get detailed information, view pictures and videos about barred cochin bantam chickens plus bantam supplies right here. These bluishslate birds with bright red combs are excellent for showing. It was believed that the chinese bred them with such profuse feathering for filling duvets. Please include price, location, and contact details in your ad. Because of the genetic characteristic in japanese bantams, there is no such thing as a pure short legged japanese. Don was humbled further when the black cochin cockerel won best in show in the colwyn championship showcase in 2011 and a white rock pullet don entered in the same show was reserve champion to the black cochin cockerel. Barred cochin bantams are perfect for your backyard flock these adorable miniature versions of the standard sized barred rock are sweet, friendly, and beautiful. Breeders have even seen cochin roosters feed and warm the chicks. The experienced breeders at cackle hatchery are proud to introduce our gold cochin bantams, a unique chicken breed that is a miniature version of the standard cochin chicken. Coronavirus rumours hit sales of egg, chicken the economic times. They have feather legs and their tails are more of a bun instead of sticking straight out. Hen chicken, chicken art, chicken eggs, chicken coops, cochin chickens, chickens and roosters, fancy chickens, chickens backyard, beautiful chickens.
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