I now have some very colorful Pheasants and need some small broody chickens to hatch their eggs. I would prefer Cochin, just personal choice. I would be willing to buy them, or pay postage, or trade for some of my Phoenix eggs. Phoenix will probably not start laying until Feb. or March. Thanks.
Blue Phoenix cock;
We have Blue Cochins and Birchin Cochins but neither are laying right now otherwise I'd have some for you.
Thanks smedgekles, I know most broody chickens are not laying at this time, just too cold to be hatching out chicks. I was hoping to set something up for later on, closer to Spring. This way they should be about one year old when my Pheasants start laying in 2012. Let me know what you would like, $ or trade and thanks.
Well, since my husband wants no more chickens right now I'd say a trade is out. We just sold a group of 6 month old Blue Cochins a month ago that hatched last summer. Out of a hatch of 5 we had one Splash Cochin, it turned out to be a roo, the rest were hens. Not to bad a ratio.
I'll let you know when the Cochins start laying again. They are good little mommas. We had one last year that took in a whole bunch of babies that weren't even hers. Silkies are even better broodies than Cochins. Our Silkies seem to stay broody, but don't seem to like to take any babies that arn't ones they hatched.
Thanks smedgekles, what ever works for you. I have had Cochins before, as well as Silkies and the Cochins seem to stay cleaner and can handle the cold better. I will use them for hatching Pheasants but will put the eggs in a hatcher before they start pecking.
That is a really nice roo. I love blue chickens but don't have any. Is the hen in front of him a Phoenix also? I have never seem the breed. Do you have trouble with his tail feathers breaking off?
The hen just below him is also a blue Phoenix. What I have is considered a very good quality bird but nothing like the Long Tailed birds of Japan, the Onagadori. The Phoenix ( strait comb ) and the Yokohama ( rose comb ) are outcrosses of the Onagadoria and carry the continuous growth gene but did not carry the non molt gene. Onagadoria of Japan have never made it out of the country, if it did the person responsible would probably be beheaded. Tails have reached over 20 ft.. There are people in the US who have had the non molting gene to reappear and some have had tails of 10 to 12 ft. but there birds are quite rare. Check out the tail on this cock and then go to the third picture down and see how long the tail is on this White hen.
http://animalsinthecity.webs.com/americanonagadori.htm
That is amazing but certainly not practical for the regular chicken pen. It wouldn't last 1 wet spell or cold spell here. My horses lose the bottoms of their tails in winter. Those chickens sure are pretty though.
