Cochins are fabulous birds, they are the gentle giant of the poultry world, with their enormous fluffy bodies and fully feathered feet they look every bit as cute as their bantam friends. They are great with children and other birds large or small, averaging 180 eggs a year they are a super all round bird!
Cochin Chickens at a Glance
Good With All
Make Great Pets and Garden Buddies
180 Cream Large Eggs PA
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Large Breed
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Feathered Feet
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Single Combe
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Soft Feathers
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4 Toes
Cochin Chickens are gentle giants, they have such calm and docile natures. They are big fluff balls with fully feathered feet and make excellent pets for children. They love attention and are very cuddly and will be happy following you around the garden. As they are big they are quite robust and don’t mind being handled, which is good if you have younger children. They are not overly inquisitive and very unlikely to wonder off, they like to be in smaller areas and to best suited to free roaming. Give a Cochin love and they will give it back in full…
Cochins take up remarkably little room and like to be contained with fencing. Because Cochin have fluffy leg and feet feathers it is best to confine Cochins on wet days when mud becomes a problem, it can cause balls muck to collect under their feet which can lead to them having limps and foot problems.
The Cochin is a breed of large domestic chicken. It derives from large feather-legged chickens brought from China to Europe and North America in the 1840s and 1850s. It is reared principally for exhibition. It was formerly known as Cochin-China.