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    Cochin Lovers, are these pure or cochin/orpington mixes (do you think?)

    Thank you! Never imagined how much fun they would be!
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    Cochin Lovers, are these pure or cochin/orpington mixes (do you think?)

    Yeah, I do love my cochorps, Polly, Dolly and Milly. At 8 weeks they all appear female and are keepers. They are out with the big girls now, sorting things out. It seems to be going well.
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    Deep litter method vs sand in the run

    I had read somewhere that one standard size hen creates roughly 100 lbs of poop in a year. Scary thought if it's true, isn't it? My run is half roofed and half uncovered, but we plan on roofing the whole thing soon. I will tarp it over if I see rain. The coop is under a tree, against the house...
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    Deep litter method vs sand in the run

    Hi everyone. I just started keeping hens in May. I got two of them......then hatched 4 of their eggs. So far all the chicks look like pullets my coop is 16 square feet and the run is 45. I am having problems with flies and stink in the run. My husband is quite unhappy about it. I was using the...
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    I am REALLY worried about this one.........

    That would be so great!!!,
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    I am REALLY worried about this one.........

    I think I freaked because the chick that is a day older has absolutely no wattle at all yet, and I mean nothing! So in comparing the two, my inexperience combined with the law of averages that 2 of the 4 should be Roos and my dread of having to give any up is making me see things that aren't there!
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    I am REALLY worried about this one.........

    That's why I see those larger-but-still-small waddles and just KNOW one of them has to be a heartbreak......I mean rooster!
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    I am somewhat concerned about this one............

    Thank you Mountain Peeps!
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    I am REALLY worried about this one.........

    Love you guys! I know most of you are farmers and probably think I'm a bit silly,...I knew when I started incubating those 4 eggs that most likely there would be a rooster (or 4) that I would have to get rid of.....but I truly have fallen hard for these little twerps. They are so bonded. If one...
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    I am somewhat concerned about this one............

    .....because like before, roosters are not allowed in my town. This is another "cochorp" (cochin/orpington) that is 6 weeks and 5 days old. If this one proves to be a pullet her name will be Dolly.Waddle, comb and saddle shots provided. :) This one's waddles are not as big or red as "Milly's"...
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    I am REALLY worried about this one.........

    ....because roosters are not allowed in my town. This baby is half cochin, and half orpington and is 7 weeks and one day old. The waddles are bigger and redder than the other 3 chicks I have. I hope this is a "Milly" and not a "Mo". Here are shots of the waddle, comb and saddle.
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    Cochin Lovers, are these pure or cochin/orpington mixes (do you think?)

    Thank you for the lovely compliments! I just retread what I posted ab Nd I meant that I prefer purebred, not pure red!! Lol. So far they all still look like girls, comb wise. I may have to annoy you all again in a week or so with one of those" do they STILL look like pullets threads" though...
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    Please help---mystery predator ravaged my little flock. I'm devastated

    I wouldn't mind seeing the pictures, but I don't think I would be of much help. I have only had chickens since May 18. I am so sorry for your loss. I know if I lost any of mine that way I would be inconsolable.
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    SNAKE, SNAKE, SNAKE!!!!

    I can and do see your point. I truly understand where you are coming from. One of my other hobbies is keeping snakes, I have several corn snakes in an array of colors and one big sweet old blotched king. With venomous snakes, I know that deadly measures need to be taken sometimes. I think...
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    SNAKE, SNAKE, SNAKE!!!!

    I know you want to protect your hens......but the snakes do perform a valuable service. The rodents they eat spread hantavirus, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and the plague. They can have a litter at only five weeks old and reproduce at an alarming rate. They destroy crops. Without snakes the...
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