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[Hannah and peeps]

These are my two cochins at 16 weeks.

 

 

 

 

What sex do you think they are?

 

Thanks

[chelsea]

cant really see close up but I have 2 cochins and yours look like girls from that distance.

 

Cochins are very slow to mature so you might have to wait a bit longer for them to develop and for you to find out.

 

This is my girl Misty to compare -

 

 

Yours are very gorgeous though, cochins are FAB - such lovely natured hens.

[Chickvic]

No idea but they are gorgeous!

[susanbb]

So sorry not able to say but I love cochins as Mrs Bridges is one and she's a gorgeous girl.

[welsh sarah]

they are gorgeous, i hope they are both girls

sarah

[half dozen]

these are my 3 girls at 15

week and they certainly look similar.Hope they both are girls for you they are a gorgeous pair x

 

[Guest]

Aww it looks like they've got little boots on!

 

Louise

[Gallina]

I would say the one on a right is a boy. My two girl cochins have never stood as tall as that: and what a high chest.

 

They are both gorgeous. You can't beat cochins.

 

Are they siblings? If not, and you have one of each, put me on the waiting list for a chick!

[Hannah and peeps]

Thankyou everybody. I have my doubts about the one on the right too! They are siblings I'm afraid- they were hatched out by my black hybrid Lavender

[chelsea]

these are my 3 girls at 15

week and they certainly look similar.Hope they both are girls for you they are a gorgeous pair x

 

 

 

Oooh Clare, your Splash is just like my Misty! (gorgeous)

 

Can I ask....you didnt get her from the Devon traditional breed centre did you?? (in which case they could possibly be related!!

[half dozen]

Hi Chelsea! yes my girls are from the breed centre! I got them on 1st october and they were 8 weeks then.How cool that we could be related

[Daphne]

Good Chicken Spotting Chelsea!!

[wombatally]

I'd say the one on the right looks rather butch in her/his stance, but that doesn't mean anything - I have two chooks that I am sure are of the drag queen persuasion...

[Paola]

They are all gorgeous How many eggs would you expect to get from them?

[chelsea]

They are all gorgeous How many eggs would you expect to get from them?

 

Not many at all Paola, my 2 girls were broody from March to September now they are having their winter break!

 

I would say cochins are more for "ornamental purposes" (to decorate your garden) than to be a reliable egg layer

 

You wont get a more nicer natured hen though.....so submissive and gentle.

[Janty]

My blue cochin has never been very prolific in the egg laying department and is always broody but my splash cochin was laying three or four a week throughout spring and summer and hardly went broody.

 

I think that she is the exception though...even the breeder was surprised.

[Paola]

Not many at all Paola, my 2 girls were broody from March to September now they are having their winter break!

 

I would say cochins are more for "ornamental purposes" (to decorate your garden) than to be a reliable egg layer

 

You wont get a more nicer natured hen though.....so submissive and gentle.

 

Sounds and looks like my bantams (but on a larger scale) except mine are not submissive and gentle

[Hannah and peeps]

It is good to find so many people with cochins! Alot of you have said they go broody alot! As you could see in the 1st picture mine are still really young but I would like to know more about them being broody. Should I expect them to be broody all summer?

 

And it seems a pity to let such gorgeous birds sit in their house all summer and only get up twice a day- do any of you find it better to shut them out the house? Or is there some other strategy to helping them get back to normal?