Cochin Bantams, or Pekins
Featherside's greeting committee was "Chief," a White
Cochin bantam rooster.
(1 May 1993--21 August 1998)
He was at the gate whenever someone arrived. He also had
a major role in the music video "The Egg Man" by MTV's 1994 Most Unusual
Band, Y'ALL.
Photo courtesy of Bill and Sue Tivol
Bantam Cochins are known as Pekins in Britain and Australia.
These little birds are very popular both in the fancy for showing and with backyarders as pets. They are very tame and pretty. They are also popular as broody hens, being able to cover a fair number of eggs and sitting very tightly.
If you want to learn more, there's a new book: The Australian Pekin Bantam: The Complete Handbook and Standards for the Pekin Bantams, available from the Pekin Bantam Club of Australia, c/o Keith Dubber, PO Box 1503, Armidale 2350 NSW, Australia, phone: +61 2 6775 1315. It includes history of the breed, breeding, and colors (with both color and B&W photos of all the varieties).
To cut down on load time, Cochin chicks are on a separate page.
Breed clubs:
| Cochins
International Jamie Matta 283 State Hwy 235 Harpursville, NY 13787 607-693-3433 e-mail: mattsjt@aol.com |
The Scottish Pekin Bantam Club |
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The Pekin Bantam Club |
The Pekin Bantam Club of Australia |
Australian National Pekin
Club |
Cochin bantam links:
Palm Beach County Poultry Fanciers Association's Cochin pages
Elsanor is a French page on Pekins with lots of pictures
Cochin bantams at Horstman's Poultry
Pekins are available at Durham Hens.
Brahma and Cochin, Large Fowl and Bantams on Facebook
Bobtail - A New Colour in Cochin Bantams and the Poultry World
Happyhens has Pekins for sale
My favorite bantam Cochin hen "Champagne," a Blue, in her recurring role as a foster mother
"Zinfandel," Champagne's daughter, sitting on Beau Bloom's head --
being a pet, the other thing Cochins are really good at
Photo courtesy of Margo Bloom
Blue Cochin bantam males. That's my old cock "Corky"
on the left and my cockerel "Class Act" on the right
Mottled Cochin bantams: a cock and a pair
Photo of cock courtesy of Jim Thacker
Black Pekins
Photos courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
"Speedy's Mom," a Mottled hen
Photo courtesy of Greg Cooper
Two Pekins -- a Gold Partridge hen and a Lemon Cuckoo
pullet
Photos courtesy of Dan Clarke
A White Pekin cockerel
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
This is a Mottled Buff Columbian Cochin bantam pullet
Photo courtesy of Julie Rountree
Bobtail Cochin bantams, a trio and two pullets -- recognized in the Netherlands
Develped in the early 1990s, they were named for their similarity in color to the Old English Sheepdog.
Photos courtesy of Ardjan Warnshuis
Gold Laced Cochin bantam rooster, pullet and cockerel
Photos courtesy of Gina Hall
A Blue Mottled Cochin bantam rooster
Photo courtesy of Amanda Stewart
Lavender Pekins from Sweden
Photos © Sandra Andersson
A Mille Fleur Cochin bantam hen and two shots of a Calico cockerel
Photos courtesy of Taryn Koerker
A Brassyback Cochin bantam rooster
Photo courtesy of Nick Bulach
A Mottled Partridge Pekin pullet
Photo courtesy of Andrew Wilson
A pair of Red Cochin bantams
A Partridge Cochin bantam trio
Photo courtesy of Kat Heriot Maitland
A trio of Black Pekins - hard to believe they're
standing up, isn't it?
Photo courtesy of Meg Rodden
"Harry," my Buff Cochin bantam cock
Photo courtesy of Stefan
"Romeo," a Mille Fleur Pekin cockerel
Photo courtesy of Dan Clarke
A Columbian Pekin pullet and two Pekin hens, a Crele and a
Lavender
Photos courtesy of Ruth Cornelius
A Black Pekin cockerel from Australia
Photo courtesy of Andy Vardy
More Bobtail Cochin bantams, two pullets and a cockerel
Photos courtesy of Ardjan Warnshuis
A Mille Fleur Cochin bantam rooster
Photo courtesy of Heather Spaet
My Splash Cochin bantam rooster "Rags"
Salmon Pekins from Sweden
Photos © Sandra Andersson
Pekins: Gold Birchen hens and a Lavender cock
Photo courtesy of Jessica Williams
A pair of Blue Mottled Cochin bantams
Photos courtesy of Sarah Hammar
"Albus," a Gold Laced Cochin bantam rooster
Photo courtesy of Katie Gray
A Mottled Pekin pair
Photo courtesy of Nikita Casten
A Black Cochin bantam pullet
Photo courtesy of Beth Adams
A Birchen Cochin bantam pullet
Photo courtesy of Gina Hall
Two Mille Fleur Pekin pullets
Photos courtesy of Dan Clarke
A Partridge Pekin cockerel
Photo courtesy of Mary Askew
Arthur's bantam Partridge Cochin hen
Photo courtesy of Andrew Arthur
A Mottled Pekin female
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
A Lavender Cuckoo Pekin from Belgium
Photo courtesy of Johan Opsomer
Pekins from Australia -- Blue Red roo, Buff pullets and a Mottled pair
Photos courtesy of James Wong
A young pair of Blue Pekins
Photos courtesy of Ruth Cornelius
Kay St. Amour's Splash cockerel and pair of Blue Cochin bantams
A pen of Bobtails
Photo courtesy of Cindy Gaston
A Blue Cochin bantam rooster
Photo courtesy of Rick Kerby
A Mille Fleur patterned Cochin bantam pullet
Photo courtesy of Paula R. Frank
Two Pekins: A Lemon Cuckoo pullet and a Lavender cockerel
Photos courtesy of Caroline Carnegie
Blue and Cuckoo Pekin pullets from Australia
Photos courtesy of Andy Vardy
A Brown-Red male
Pekin roos from Malta -- Cuckoo, Buff & Blue
Photos courtesy of Christian Cutajar
Laura Adams-Durgin's Brown-Red Cochin bantam pullet, Best
of Variety at the '97 Cochins International National Meet
Photo courtesy of Beth Adams
Kay St. Amour's Blue Mottled Cochin bantam cock
Laura Adams-Durgin's Birchen Cochin bantams
Photos courtesy of Beth Adams
A pair of Buff Cochin bantams
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Shamp
Two views of "Bert," a Birchen Cochin bantam
rooster
Photos courtesy of Natalie King
A White Pekin hen from the UK
Photo © Robert Stephenson
A pair of Wheaten Cochin bantams
Photos courtesy of Brian Reeder
"Keswick," another Blue Cochin bantam cockerel
Photo courtesy of Katie Gray
A pair of Partridge Pekins
Photo courtesy of Mary Askew
A pair of Red Cochin bantams with Silkie feathering that
spontaneously appeared in a closed flock of pure Red Cochins
Photo courtesy of Daniel Powell
More Silkie feathered Cochin bantams: Barred and Black
Photos © Steve Wheat
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