I have a very old cochin hen named Lula that i love quite a bit.
since it is only 3 degrees here in Tonganoxie kansas i have put my chickens in the basement. Just a few minutes ago i notice Lula had some blood on her foot. She "went to the bathroom" and all it was was a cloudy white liquid. i...
I came home today and found these eggs in my coop. I checked the bones to see if they were wide enough to pass an egg on all my young hens. The three hens that should be coming into lay that had wide enough apart bones were: a barred plymouth rock, a cochin, and a speckled sussex. Culd you...
I have a very sweet hen named lula that seems to be going bald. She is somewhere around three years old and is a big black Cochin. As you may know Cochins can have some trouble with their feathers when they go to the bathroom. My poor Lula got a large mass of nasty "stuff" stuck in her feathers...
i have three bantam chicks that i believe are roosters. my sister does not have faith in me apparently so i need another opinion on the gender of the chicks. we dont want to accidentally get rid of a hen.
Waffles-2 month old bantam buff cochin
Frab-1 month old bantam black cochin...
i really want to get ducks and my stepdad said we can get one maybe two. the thing is my mom does not want ducks at all. do you have anything i can say or show her to win her over to the duck side. she is happy with our chickens and says "ducks are so messy". yes they can be messy but you still...
Ok so i live in a small town and can only have 15 bird. i would like to get a duck or two and would like to know some good un-bias basics.
I have some questions and would love it if you would give me a little help.
1. I would like a hen that lays pretty good, is friendly, can be shown...
i got this adorable bantam cochin chick the other day and we thought it was going to be a black one. Well recently i have been playing with it and i noticed that the wing feathers at the tip of the wing are white. The chick looks it could be a barred of a birchen do you know what it could be...
i have some chicks that i have some questions about i would love it if you would tell me what you think
they are about 1 month old
Genevieve~Buff Cochin Frizzle or not
Waffles~Bantam Buff Cochin Girl or boy
Brick~Bantam cochin Red...
i have a chick that has a very badly deformed beak. You may have seen other posts by me on this forum. SHe is still not able to eat and we have chosen to put her down. the local vet has closed and my mom said my stepdad will probably do it for me. i was wondering what the best way to do it is i...
my little EE pullet has a deformed beak. i noticed to day she is skinny and she had nothing in her craw. she will not eat. i was giving her water out of an eye dropper but she wont even eat watered down food mush
her droppings are very watery and she was trying to eat earlier. she is...
this is my little sandra Pullock and i still don't know what she is. you may have seen the thread Mystery Chick Sandra pullback. She is a bit older and has started to feather out a bit. she stared out grayish blue and white but now her wings are white. her tail sticks up and she is very active...
i a on this website a lot and have come to know chicken pretty well. my friend is most likely going to get some chickens she like small friendly, show able bird that she could get some eggs out of i suggested bantam cochins does anyone else have any suggestions for her.
~Tongiechick
well, we just had a very scary experience here. our babies are being kept in a round metal tub in the bathtub. I was downstairs when my sister came down telling my the waterer tipped over and the brooder flooded. Two of my silkies got soaked!! i was one seriously afraid chicken mama. The babies...
i know most people who raise chickens live out in the country but seeing that this website is named Backyard Chickens i would expect there are some people who riase them in town.
I lve in a small town about 35 miles from Topeka kansas. We are only allowed to have 15 chickens. i really love...
ok so about 2 weeks ago we got some baby chicks. They are starting to get a little older and getting more curious(jumping out of the brooder). A couple of days ago we were at the feed store and saw some bantam cochin chicks we could not resist.
my question is, is it ok to go ahead and keep the...
We just got some baby chicks here in Tonganoxie and gave them some fun names
would love to hear what you got and what you named all of them
if you have some fun names and you would like to share them please tell me
Cant wait to hear what you guys have come up with ~Tongiechick
Cleo-Buff...
I got this little chick in a rainbow random pullet mix and i have no idea what she is she is kind of small and one of my friends thinks it may be an old english splash bantam or standard
please let me know if you have an idea of what my little Sandra Pullock is Thank You so Much