Beautiful! Are they LF? Would love to get some hatching eggs from you. I’m confused on my hatch. Out of all the eggs in my incubator only 2 hatched. One black one chocolate. (Apparently my girls tufts were too big). Anyway I gave away the black immediately thinking it was a roo and the chocolate...
Thanks. Yes, LF chocolate Cochin is what I’m working towards. I wish I would have started out with a chocolate Orpington roo but I couldn’t find one at the time.
Finally made it to chocolate. These are my F1b babies. The pictures do not give these babies justice. They are a beautiful chocolate color, a little darker than the Orpingtons . To get this color: I bred a black Cochin rooster with a chocolate Orpington hen, then bred the roo offspring back to a...
Yes I can do that. I seen you bidding on ebay. It would be next week before I would be able to get them to you. I can sell them to you for what your last bid was on ebay plus $15 shipping. Hope that helps, I know they are expensive still. Last year I was paying $50 an egg. Least they came down a...
If you contact your local US dept of agriculture, who does the NPIP testing, they will put your chicken down for you. Just call your local extension office to get the number or go to the us department of agriculture website.
I once had a chick that felt like she was filled with air. I called the vet and he said to gently squeeze the air out which I did but it kept returning. After a week or so she returned to normal after the doctor said she probably wouldn't make it. But she is still alive today and that was lat year.