Posts by AprilW

If speedy growth is what you're looking for, I would go for the CornishX. But I agree with a previous response that maybe you should check Craigslist for someone with free/cheap birds for you to practice on and make sure you can...

My most gentle birds ever were bantam Cochins. Soft, beautiful birds that were quiet and the hen was never aggressive (the roo tried to attack me once, but after that I carried him around for 10 or so minutes a day and he calmed down)....

I have two Ancona pullets and I love them! They are great little chickens and excellent free-rangers. I have played with the idea of getting a couple more hens and a rooster so I can have a sustainable flock (we want birds from which...

If anyone has Bantam Cornish, Bantam Wyandottes, or Bantam EEs in the NW Georgia or Chattanooga, TN area please let me know. I am interested in purchasing at least a pair or trio - I prefer birds that no longer require a heat lamp. I'm...

hmm   They are hatchery quality birds, definitely not show or breeding quality. That may account for the "odd" look. I don't know of a hatchery that sells GL Cornish...   The "white" you see on their chest is just...

Thank you guys. :)

These chicks belong to my friend and we're both wondering what the 2 gold laced chicks are (we know what the others are). Are they Sebrights, Wyandottes, or? Also if you could venture to ID the sex it would help a lot also. :) Edit:...

I think it's just the lighting. :)

I see a couple of Cochins and what I think is a Cornish.

The first looks like a Cochin and I think I see a puff under the chin of the second one, that makes me think d'Uccle.