Articles by HobbyChic

I started out last April with 20 chicks unsexed. Ended up with 6 roosters so I placed them with friends. Ran out of friends. Havd to give a hen with one rooster. Down now to Deufuss (my gorgeous Cochin Rooster) and 4 of his girls- Henny Penny, B.B, Ghost (grey) and Chicken Little ( the...

I'm new at this.....Bought 10 3or4 week olds,straight run(?) cross between Amercauan and Cocklin (spelling correctly?) Really adorable with the feathers on feet. Now their 8 weeks old and living in my garage because chicken coop is not secure yet... couple more days. I'm pretty sure what sex...

I have four cochin hens and the man "Deufuss". I get two eggs a day, even thru the winter, sometimes 4 eggs but mostly two. The two rescue chickens don't lay at all maybe one egg every 2 months. What is wrong with these girls? The four cochins and roo I raised from peeps. The other two came from...