I'm on day 3 of a brooding cochin and I worry that she's not eating or drinking enough. I would be sick if she died. She's one of my favorite birds. I put some banana and grapes by her nest today. When I pick her up now she's pretty limp- not fighting me at all. Should I be forcing her out...
My 22-week old red cochin has been laying nearly daily for about 3 weeks. Now she sits on her egg almost all day and today, even after I took the egg from her, she kept returning to the coop to sit in her empty nest. She barely ate at all. She's also making screeching noises at me when I open...
I have five chicks- 3 are about the same age (a little over 3 weeks). One of my red cochin bantam chicks is so passive. S(he) doesn't fly up to the side of the nursery when I remove the top when all of the others do.
S(he) really only "socializes" with the other red cochin bantam chick...
I bought two red cochin bantam chicks in hopes one of them will be a hen. So far their markings are coming up the same but they are only a bit over a week old. Do hens and roosters display very different markings early on? Or will I only know when I hear a cock-a-doodle-doo?