My Chickens
Breeds of Chickens that I Have
Blue Cochin
Black Stars
I started raising chickens 6 years ago with about 10 Red Stars. I got them from a hatchery out of Iowa called
Murray McMuray Hatchery, I had 4 Hens and 6 Roosters. Now I have about 18 as my 4-H career is done so I have cut back to just my Cochins and Black Stars. Our main purpose for them is eggs. We sell large and sometimes jumbo brown eggs for $1.00 a dozen. The format of this page will be changed to include a show reults link to my old chickens with their results
So, here are my chickens and info on their breed:
STANDARD BLUE COCHINS - The true blue color is perhaps one of the most difficult colors to breed for in the poultry world. The ideal feather color is a beautiful slatey blue with a narrow lacing of darker blue. The male has a cape of lustrous blue-black, sometimes shading almost to a dove gray, and feathers from this are fine material for tying artificial flies. Skin color is white and shanks and toes are a leaden blue. A unique genetic feature of this breed is the constant recurrence in the offspring of not only all blue chicks, but also the black, white, and black-white colors used in the original matings many generations ago to produce these blue birds. All of these chicks carry the blue genes and when mated black on white or with other blues in turn produce many blue offspring.
My Show Blue Cochin
Maggie-2nd Place Showmanship & Breed
A few pics:
BLACK STAR - This breed is another sex-link breed based on the Red Star. A wonderful brown egg layer that will weigh a little over 5 lbs. The females are black with goldish red hackle and breast feathers and are egg laying machines. The males are black with white barring.
Here are some pics of the Duck I like to call Bob
For info on my old chickens that I have sold check here. This page includes show results and possibly pictures at some point.
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I am also available for showmanship workshops and judging at county fairs in Rabbits, Poultry and Goats and I am a certified Pullorum-Salmonella tester for Poultry for the State of Michigan.
If workshops are within a reasonable distance from my home I do not charge a fee other than that I will charge a fee of $25 due travel expenses.
For pullorum I charge $0.25 per bird.
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Old Chickens and Show Results,
