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  1. Raven81

    Last Hatch Of The Season [at least that's what I'm telling myself] September 17-23 JOIN ME!!!

    our cochins have been redeveloped by 1 dedicated guy as we didnt have the breed here. they are still a work in progress but i just love my flock they are so calm & docile
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    Last Hatch Of The Season [at least that's what I'm telling myself] September 17-23 JOIN ME!!!

    im in new zealand & its just on hatching season here so ive got my bator full for the start of my hatching, its a Jn7-56 with an auto-turner. i have 21 eggs that went in on the 14th, these are mixed breed eggs. then i put in 11 cochin eggs in on the 24th from my own chooks & 24 eggs in yesterday...
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    Large Fowl Cochin Thread

    Hello from New Zealand. we dont have Cochins as such but we ( well one guy mainly ) have spent the last 20 yrs trying to redevelop the breed over here & i am the proud owner of a few & im trying to breed them. i was hoping that someone here will have a copy of the standard of perfection that...
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    well ive been away for 2 wks & i get back & one of my pullets has laid her 1st eggs. 3 in total now i caught her laying yesterday, im soo happy. hopefully the other pullet isnt far away from starting either. which means winter eggs..
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    he must be around 28-29 wks the girls are getting bigger redder combs everyday so im just waiting for the first eggs from them.
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    here is a video of boobs, his crowing has improved somewhat but still sounds funny.
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    Rooster "taking advantage" of hens.....normal?

    i saw my juvenile (27wk ) dorking roo rape my wee pekin bantum today & she isnt even laying yet. i was too slow to get there & sink my foot up his rear. its the 1st time ive seen him do this & he has only been crowing for a couple of weeks. we do have an older roo ( over 1 yr old ) who is in...
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    The Dorking Poll

    i voted, but i didnt put that i sell eggs or anything as i havnt started yet but will be next season.
  9. Raven81

    Going outside for a little while

    i let my week olds out into a rabbit hutch to explore & when they all curled up to sleep i brought them back inside to warm up again, i done this the first few days & now they are 3 wks old & they spend most of the day outside, if its freezing cold then i put a light in the hutch so if they get...
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    Watch them hatch Live!! (Hatching Webcam)

    what breeds have you got in the brooder? theres a few in there now.
  11. Raven81

    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    yea here in new zealand we are at the start of autumn & i can def tell the temp diff now. they are roughly about 26 weeks old there is a pic of them taken a couple of days ago pg 41, post 412 one is getting closer she has grown a comb & wattles & is quite red compared to the other pullet.
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    Roo / pullet signs

    with the last lot i hatched at 2 wks old the 2 roos started fighting more than the normal bump & run. but there was also larger comb/wattles coming in then aswell. i have some 2wk olds atm & am waiting to see if my theory of wing feathers is correct. eg the roos dont develop feather shafts on...
  13. Raven81

    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    i have silver grey dorks but dont know the color of the eggs yet im still waiting for them to start. which may not be for a while although 1 is showing signs of being close to starting but im currently at the end of our laying season.
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    yea i thought that boobs didnt start earlier as there is an older dominant roo. he is still real squeaky & hasnt got it sussed yet but he is getting there. i was going to take a video of him 2day but i didnt get there with the camera quick enough.
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    Quote: Cool! My girls combs are getting quite pink now too. How old are yours? Mine are almost 23 weeks. My boy was last to start crowing, something I really appreciate! They are nice looking birds, love Boobs nice, pure white hackle feathers. My boys are quite heavily striped. I'll have to...
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    here are my young trio. critiques are welcome boobs the roo has just started crowing last week & one of the girls is getting a bigger comb now
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    Am I a Roo-roo-rooooooster...? Pic HEAVY

    i say def both roos the combs are too big & pink for pullets. but then the BR doesnt have wattles coming in so it could be a pullet
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    my young roo boobs has started to crow this week & one of the pullets is getting a big red comb. hopefully she will start laying soon if so winter eggs
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    A Broody Hen . . . I'm rather sure of it

    if you are leaving her with the others it may pay to mark the eggs you gave her as other hens will lay eggs on top of her & she will add them to her lot & then you run into problems, she will end up with too many eggs for her to cover & they will hatch at diff times. so the best thing is to mark...
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    All gone....starting over seems like so much!

    Quote: Did you mean this posts from a different forum raven? Help! My dog killed one of my chickens! I'm sorry for your loss kmwright But to me from the posts read from the link, the method sounds legit....i think no it wasnt that story it was one that came from a postal delivery person...
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