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Birchen Cochin Bantam Chicken
Birchen Cochin Bantam Chickens are one of many bantam varieties of the Cochin Chicken.
Cochin Chickens are a chicken breed originally bred in China and were traditionally known as Chinese Shanghai or Cochina China. This exotic breed was first exported the England and America in the mid 19th century and eventually led the craze for the poultry "fancy" movement - chicken breeders new desire for foreign poultry to show and raise as pets.
The Cochin Chicken is classified as a heavy chicken breed, cocks weighing in up to 11 pounds. They appear excessively large due to the abundant amount of soft and fluffy plumage covering the birds body. The Cochin Chicken's most notable feature is the amount of frilly plumage covering the leg and foot or the bird, uncharacteristic to any other chicken breeds.
Though the Cochin Chicken is not known for its strong egg production, laying only a few medium sized brown eggs per week, they yield a sizable amount of meat and will make a great boiler or fryer. Cochin Chickens do make excellent mothers and will even mother baby chicks of a different breed, and their docile nature and beautiful fluffy plumage allow them to make great pet chickens. |
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Fowl Facts
Birchen Cochin Bantam Chicken Info
- Adult Weight - Male: about 32 ounces ; Female: 28 ounces
- Color - White to silvery white head; white nech and breast with black stripe in middle of feathers; transitions into white laced black feathers; black lower breast, body wings and tail. Hens have black or dark brown back
- Purpose - Ornamental and Fancy Features
- Egg Production - Ok
- Egg Color -Small brown
- Country of Origin -China
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