Cochin Hen and Rooster.

The Cochin Chicken or Cochin China, named for the southernmost region of Vietnam formerly called Cochin China, was originally known as the Chinese Shanghai. This chicken was originally bred in China and later exported to Britain and America in the mid 19th century. As a very distinctive breed of chicken, it apparently created a bit of a craze among poultry lovers in the English-speaking world. Not only was this breed one of the largest seen, with cocks weighing up to 11 pounds (5 kg), but also the soft and plentiful plumage makes the bird quite conspicuous by exaggerating its already large size. Once in the United States, the breed underwent considerable development into its current state. A bantam form was also developed, which goes by the name of Pekin bantam (named after the city Beijing) outside of America, where it is simply known as the Cochin Bantam. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1182x795, 339 KB) Schwarze und weisse Koschin (Black and white Pullets). ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1182x795, 339 KB) Schwarze und weisse Koschin (Black and white Pullets). ... Look up hen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A cock is a male chicken, the female being a hen. ... Cochin China (also known as Cochinchina or in French, Cochinchine) was the southernmost part of Vietnam beside Cambodia. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), stuated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Officially the pound is the name for at least three different units of mass: The pound (avoirdupois). ... Binomial name Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bantam is the name given to any small fowl but most commonly small types of chickens. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Beijing [English Pronunciation] (Chinese: 北京 [Chinese Pronunciation]; Pinyin: BÄ›ijÄ«ng; IPA: ), a city in northern China, is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...

Characteristics

As above, the most distinctive feature of the Cochin is the excessive plumage that covers leg and foot. The birds are therefore often kept penned on days of poor weather to avoid ruining their lower feathers (assuming they are kept for ornamental purposes, which is almost always the case). Apparently their thick feathering can even lead to problems with fertility due to sexual organs began literally buried in plumage (though this can be remedied by clipping back the feathers). The skin beneath the feathers is yellow and the egg colour is brown. Standard weight is 11 pounds (5 kg) for a cock, 9 pounds (4 kg) for a cockerel, 8.5 pounds (3.9 kg) for a hen, and 7 pounds (3.2 kg) for a pullet. Colour varieties include buff, black, partridge, and white. Cochins are well known as good mothers, even as foster mothers for other breeds, and they can lay many eggs, but usually not for extended periods of time. Weight is a term of measurement referring to either an objects mass or to the gravitational force acting on the object. ... A pullet is a young chicken, more specifically a hen at least 20-weeks-old which has begun to lay eggs but has not yet moulted. ...

External Links

• http://www.mypetchicken.com/Cochin-B30.aspx - Cochin pictures and information
• http://www.poultrymad.co.uk/chickens/cochin.shtml - Breed history, pictures
• http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/cochin/ - Illustrations and information on Cochins