Buff cochin chickens

Cochin Chickens started becoming really well known in the 1800s when they were given to Queen Victoria as a gift. They are actually a Chinese breed. As with many chickens, you get the different varieties, which means you will hear names like Golden Laced, Blue, Black, Buff, Silver Laced, Partridge, Barred ...

Cochin chickens make wonderful pets. Discover their personalities, color varieties, sizes, amount of eggs laid, and more in this article!

Best viewed LARGE on Black: bighugelabs.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=3514235949&size... These are the prized Buff Orpingtons that the Dowager Duchess was so fond of. From the Wikipedia entry: "The Orpington is a large bird from the English class of chickens. It is a bold, upright breed with a wide chest, broad back, and small head and tail. The Orpington was bred as a dual-purpose breed (meat production and eggs), but its popularity grew as a show bird rather than a utility breed. Their large…

Buff Cochins is a family favorite. This massive Asiatic breed is covered with an extraordinary abundance of soft, fluffy, golden buff feathers from tip to toe.

It’s 2018. After a very busy 100th anniversary year, and some much-deserved time off over the holidays, the McMurray Hatchery team is back to work and has started prepping for the first hatch of the season — cleaning, readying the boxes, monitoring the incubators, prepping orders and more. The first chicks hatch the last week […]

The Marans is a breed of chicken originating in France. It is…

...oh, how I wish I were... to the British West Indies or St. John or The Maldives... you know.. someplace where they don't grow snow. But what I'm really blogging about today is chickens and flying the idea around to see what I come up with. It looks as if the Mr. is in approval of the idea. Now I have had horses and dogs and cats and rabbits and birds and fish and a goat, hamsters, gerbils, mice and even a rat - ever so briefly. But I have never owned poultry so I'm treading in unfamiliar…