Friday, August 17, 2007
White Cornish Bantams
WHITE CORNISH: Pure white in color, these stocky cornish bantams are very desirable to the hobbiest. They have a pea comb and are yellow skinned. The hens lay brown eggs and the males are a nice small meat bird.
Golden Sebrights
The sebrights, which originated in the early 1800's, have the unique distinction of being the only chicken that is "hen feathered." This means that the male, unlike other chickens, has no pointed sex feathers in the hackle, saddle, or tail. The sebrights are very small and are much in demand. The Goldens are golden bay and the Silvers are silver-white with both varieties having each feather laced in black.
Cochin Bantams
Black Frizzled Cochins
Now this is truly a unique bird! Unlike all other chickens, the feathers on the frizzle curve outward and forward giving it the appearance of having walked through a wind storm backwards. These come in red, black, and white colors and show the other characteristics of the cochin. PLEASE NOTE: The frizzle feathering of these unique birds does not show as baby chicks. Because the frizzle trait does not breed true, approximately one fourth of your baby frizzle chicks will develop normal feathering and the others will be frizzled.
Birchen Cochins
Soldiers returning from China brought the first Cochin bantams to England in the 1860’s. They were known as “Pekin” bantams then and are still referred to as “Pekins” in many parts of Europe. Cochins are heavily feathered down the shanks and toes and appear to be much larger than they actually are. They are very gentle, excellent setters, require little space, and with their many color varieties are absolutely beautiful to look at. Cochins are the most popular of the feather legged bantams and one of our best setters. The base color is black with a nice green sheen to it. The neck and upper breast on both the male and female are white with narrow dark stripes running all the way through each feather to the tip. The males back is also colored this way.
Buff Cochin Bantams
Soldiers returning from China brought the first Cochin bantams to England in the 1860’s. They were known as “Pekin” bantams then and are still referred to as “Pekins” in many parts of Europe. Cochins are heavily feathered down the shanks and toes and appear to be much larger than they actually are. They are very gentle, excellent setters, require little space, and with their many color varieties are absolutely beautiful to look at. Cochins are the most popular of the feather legged bantams and one of our best setters. A very popular variety that has a very soft golden buff color throughout. One of the oldest and most established varieties of cochins.
Blue Cochin Bantams
Soldiers returning from China brought the first Cochin bantams to England in the 1860’s. They were known as “Pekin” bantams then and are still referred to as “Pekins” in many parts of Europe. Cochins are heavily feathered down the shanks and toes and appear to be much larger than they actually are. They are very gentle, excellent setters, require little space, and with their many color varieties are absolutely beautiful to look at. Cochins are the most popular of the feather legged bantams and one of our best setters. The true blue color is perhaps one of the most difficult colors to breed for in the poultry world. We have a nice blue that will vary from a bluish white to a beautiful black laced dark blue.
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