About 10 days ago our Koekoek chicks hatched! One was very slow to pip, and eventually a day after all the rest were out, this one started cracking the shell. It cheeped weakly, so I zipped the shell to help it along. It was very weak and cold, but survived the first day.
It struggled to keep...
The Potchefstroom Koekoek, bred specifically for South African conditions, is a duel purpose chicken. It was developed in the 1950s at the Potchefstroom Agricultural College in the city of Potchefstroom by Chris Marais. It was developed by cross breeding a number of other breeds like Black...