The Mottled Cochin has the classic dense, long soft plumage and poofy tail. Their beautiful black feathers display an attractive iridescent green sheen. Various amounts of feathers in their plumage have white tips, creating the mottled appearance. Half the feathers on their shanks and outer toes are also tipped in white. Cochins have a single comb, are good foragers, and are cold-hardy. Bantam cochins can lay up 150 eggs per year and are good mothers and often broody.