by Horst and Bärbel Bastian

In Germany we have a Special-Bantam-Cochin-Club, the name is: "Internationaler Sonderverein der Zwerg-Cochin-Züchter von Deutschland" which formed in 1929.

In Germany we have Cochin - Bantams in 24 colours and 6 colours frizzled.

Straight: white, black, buff, blue, pearl grey, red, white-blackcolumbian, white-blue columbian., buff-blackcolumbian, buff-bluecolumbian, cuccoo, pear lgrey-cuckoo, buff-cuckoo, cuckoo, mottled, birchen, silver-partridge, gold-partridge, silver-necked, brown-borderd, silver-borderd, creole - Danish legbar, gold-porcelain, gold-wheaten, silver-wheaten, blue-gold-neckled

Frizzled: white, black, buff, blue, cuccoo and mottled.

Our Special Club Shows, planed every year, are "Special-Zwerghuhnschau" (or Bantam Show), this year in October, "The German Youngster Show" in Hannover in October, "The National Show" in December every year and this year in December the "European Show" in Leipzig.

The highlight in our club ist the main specia lshow in the first weekend January each year, this year in Westfalen, Burgsteinfurt-Borghorst. Every year on the last weekend in August we have a big event with our members at various places in Germany, but this year we are meeting us in Austria (Wiener Neustadt).

An example of some German Pekins:

Black Mottle Female from Thomas Friedrich

Silver Partridge Female from Helmut Bontzek

More German pictures can be found - here

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