Silver Penciled Cochin Bantam Chicks

Silver Penciled Cochin Bantam Chicken

Silver Penciled Cochin Bantam Chickens are one of many bantam varieties of the Cochin Chicken.

Cochin Bantam Chickens are derived from the standard breed of Cochin Chickens. The Cochin Chicken is a chicken breed originally bred in China and they 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's most notable feature is the amount of frilly plumage covering the leg and foot or the bird, a characteristic shared by only a few other chicken breeds.

Cochin Bantam 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.

Silver Penciled Cochin Bantam Chicken Facts

Cochin Chickens are an excellent chicken breed for breeders and families looking for a colorful and laid back pet chicken. They are known to have extremely loving personalities and were even bred in the 1800s for Queen Victoria who apparently loved the breed.

This chicken breed does in not typically good in extreme cold or poor weather, and owners tend to bring them inside so not to ruin their long fluffy feathers. Breeders of this bird usually clip the long tail feathers of the hens so that they do not interfere with fertility of the bird.