After a prolonged vacation, I returned yesterday to find my best show hen had gone broody. Rats.
Unfortunately, the upcoming show for which I was preparing her is in almost 2 weeks. Fortunately, she hasn't plucked her breast too much, and she's a cochin, show it's actually hard to see the...
At my local county fair we have a very competitive poultry division-- there are a lot of great birds and great exhibitors there. One of the consistent winners at the fair recommended that I use a satin cloth to wipe down my chickens right before showing them, and was even kind enough to give me...
I have a black cochin bantam pullet (around 6 mo. old) who lives out in my barn. When I went out to check on her this morning, the area around her eyes was very pale and puffy. One of her eyes was also crusted shut. I cleaned off her eye and made sure that there was nothing physically wrong with...