Chickens: Cochins by Ken _Gilliland
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Another one of the chicken breeds featured in my upcoming Songbird ReMix Chickens...
The Cochin derives itself from very large feather-legged chickens brought from China to Europe and North America in the 1840s and 1850s. These were at first known as "Shanghai" birds, and later called "Cochin-Chinas". Its large size and striking appearance contributed to a sudden large increase of interest in poultry-breeding in Western countries. The most distinctive feature of the Cochin is the excessive plumage that covers leg and foot. The skin beneath the feathers is yellow. The comb is a vivid red, as are the earlobes and wattles. It is a single-comb bird. Most Poultry Associations recognize 9 colors for adult birds. The colors are: barred, black, blue, brown, buff, golden-laced, partridge, silver-laced, and white. Bantams have significantly more color variations.
The Cochin was included in the first edition of the “Standard of Excellence in Exhibition Poultry”, prepared by William Bernhardt Tegetmeier for the first Poultry Club of Great Britain in 1865. The Cochin, both full-sized and bantam, was included in the first edition of the Standard of Excellence of the American Poultry Association in 1874. The original colors were white, partridge, buff and black. Other colors were later added.
It is a good layer of very large tinted eggs, and lays well in winter. The meat tends to be coarse in texture and excessively dark. Cochin hens are considered “good egg sitters” and are often used to incubate turkey and duck eggs as well as their own.
Nowadays, Cochins are bred primarily for show and exhibition.
Comments (9)
ladylake
You do these soooo well. Like your background for the display also.
Ken _Gilliland
The background is an older product I believe called "The Farm"... The Chicken Coop is mine and will be released along with the birds
Flint_Hawk
They are a very striking bird! Wonderful setting!
contedesfees
Very interesting indeed. To me, a chicken has always been no more than something to be cooked and eaten. It's rewarding to learn that the bird I've only rarely seen alive and outside a supermarket has a history as intricate, as complex, as that.
Ken _Gilliland
Admittedly, I was of the same mind... chickens are chickens. I was surprised to learn of their rich history outside of the supermarket as well. Just be thankful I haven't elaborated too much on their intelligence and social lives or they'd be eliminated from your meal plans as well.
starship64
Fantastic work!
screencraft
5 days and countingggg...?? :D
contedesfees
But dig this. There is an article in the October 25th NY Times that documents a study that argues that chickens can recognize themselves in the mirror. Necessity and (no doubt) convenience put them on the dinner plate and they may not be as smart as crows, but they're apparently not bird brains!
Richardphotos
next door to a motel where I stayed one night in the Philippines, the people had chickens.there were two fighter roosters. when I visited one of the relatives, that did have fighting cocks. his first word was WOW!!!
STEVIEUKWONDER
These Chickens are definitely not bird brains. They're actually quite an attractive animal. Nice work!
Steff_7
I have been learning a lot about the simple chicken in this series and as it turns out there is more to chickens than I have ever pondered before :)
Excellent :)