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Who's going to the swap tomorrow?

Pearl did it! This was her first time going broody and she sat dutifully on her 6 eggs and 3 hatched! They were shipped eggs so we were right at the 50% hatch rate. The other three we opened and two hadn't even started to form anything and the other had a fully developed chick but it looked...

Update on my Cochin... today is hatch day and we woke up to two baby chicks! The eggs were shipped and we knew the hatch rate was not so great, but we have two so far! One more has a little crack in it and I can hear the baby peeping inside so we've left it alone. The boys are soooo excited...

OK...I already have a problem! I didn't remove the broody hen because I only have two hens. I just went to check on the mama-to-be and the other hen was in her nesting box & was sitting on two of the eggs! I have a dog crate that I can bring inside the laundry room for my broody hen... should...

OK... I can do that! I was thinking of 350 for 5-10 minutes?

Thank you for this thread! I have learned so much reading it! We have a Bantam Cochin who went broody so we just put some eggs under her this morning. We took her out of the coop to get a little food and put the eggs in her box. We only have two hens so we didn't move her to another nesting...

Two days ago I mixed a 50lb bag of pellets with a large bag of bird seed in a new galvanized bucket for the chicks. It's been raining like crazy here and some of the food has gotten wet. It's not much, just down one side of the container. I've scooped all of the wet stuff out and it's not...

Thinking of making the drive with my boys in the morning... wondering if anyone will have bantam Cochins? We have a bantam cochin and a blue rock that are both laying eggs right now and we would like to add two or three more! Thanks!

Wow! I didn't realize how easy it was to raise mealworms! I only have two chickens a black bantam cochin and a blue rock but they LOVE mealworms! How many is a good snack for each chicken? I don't want to give them too much of a good thing, but they love them! I try to stick with giving...

Miss Lydia - Thank you for all of your help. I kept Lacey inside out of the cold, warm baths, etc... but she didn't make it (She died the day after my previous post.) When she died my husband checked out her abdomen and she did not have an egg or anything out of the ordinary inside. He...

I feed them the crumbles & they roam the yard during the day. The squirrels wreak havoc on our bird feeders so they do eat a lot of bird seed and some cat food too. The boys like to throw them some bread every once in a while also. When I returned from the store I gave her 3 poly-vi-sol drops...

No, she has never laid an egg. How do I tell if she is egg bound? I have felt around her vent where i would think an egg would be but do not feel anything.

Give us the following information. The more you tell us, the better we will be able to help you. Around 8 month old Silver Lace Cochin Day 1 she slept outside the coop, waddling more than walking, clucking (i thought maybe she was getting ready to lay an egg) - still eating and drinking Day 2...

Anyone else planning on going? Trying to figure out if it'll be worth the drive! I'm looking for some hens to go with my two Cochins. Maybe some more Cochins or Easter Eggers?

Thank you so much! We are going to go! I am sooo excited I can hardly wait!