Partridge Cochin
A variety of the Cochin
Chicken · Brown eggs · Ornamental
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About the Partridge Cochin
A patterned variety in which the sexes differ markedly: cocks carry rich red-gold hackle, back and saddle striped with black over a black breast and body, while hens show triple black pencilling drawn in concentric rings over a rich brown ground, repeated across the body. This intricate pencilling (called 'grouse' for the hen pattern in UK usage) makes partridge one of the original 1874 Cochin colours and a UK large-fowl standard. The detailed markings are prized on the breed's broad, soft feathering.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Brown
- Eggs per year
- About 120
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Sizes
- Large fowl, Bantam
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Broodiness
- High
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Pure
- Origin
- China
- Scientific name
- Gallus gallus domesticus