Plural of Cochin, a breed of large, fluffy chickens with feathered legs, originally from India.
Named after Cochin, a port city in Kerala, India (now Kochi). The breed was first exported to Europe and America in the mid-1800s from this region.
Cochin chickens caused a Victorian 'chicken craze'—people became obsessed with breeding ornamental poultry, and these fluffy birds were status symbols that sometimes cost more than purebred dogs!
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