All the chicks arrived alive and well early this morning.  When I ordered over the phone on the day of shipment, I asked the hatchery if they could make a note that Cochins are my favorite breed.   I doubt most of Ideal’s bantam assortments are this Cochin heavy, but boy was I tickled when I saw how many Cochins they sent.  Here’s what showed up in my Ideal Poultry “Special” Bantam Assortment:

• 1 Blue or Self Blue Cochin
• 3 Black Cochins (one has a little more yellow, maybe it is a birchen)
• 3 White Cochins
• 7 Red and/or Buff Cochins.  These are always tough for me to tell apart
• 1 Golden Laced Cochin
• 1 Silver penciled Cochin
• 1 Easter Egger, but it looks really big, like a standard, large fowl size chick
• 1 Partridge Cochin
• 2 Golden Sebright
• 1 White Japanese
• 3 Golden Duckwing Olde English
• 2 Red Pyle Olde English? Or maybe  Buff Orpington Bantam?

I will post pictures of the ones I keep a little later.  For now they are all eating and drinking to make up for the time in transit.

Update: During the night Penguin adopted a half dozen of the chicks.