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The Cochinchina chicken breed (or simply Cochin) is poultry native to China. its name refers to its large size and the country where it originated. It is considered a heavy breed of meat chicken. One of the most important characteristics of the Cochin chicken, in addition to its large size, is its legs completely covered with feathers (known as boots). Origin of the Cochin Chicken Cochin is derived from heavy breeds of chickens with long feathers like its ancestor from the Nagoya breed. Brought from the China region to Europe and North America in the 1840s and 1850s. These birds…