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    What breed to add with my bantam

    Hi Through no fault of our own we have a single bantam Cochin hen. We are looking to get chicks in the spring. We didn’t mean to get a bantam as the people we original got our chicks from didn’t tell us they were bantam Cochins. What breeds of chickens would be best to introduce to our sweet...
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    Adding new breed to existing

    Hi. Through no fault of ours or hers we have a single bantam Cochin hen. I would like to get new chicks in the spring. I didn’t mean to get a bantam as the people we originally got our chicks from didn’t specify they were bantam Cochins. What standard sizes breeds would be a good mix for our...
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    Keeping single chick entertained

    Hi i have a single chick due to unforeseen circumstances. I can’t be with her all the time and she can’t run around our house free range. It’s too cold for her to be outside ( she’s a frizzle bantam) what can I do to keep her entertained in her brooder thanks
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    How and when to tell sex of bantam

    Hi. I have a bantam chick that’sa little more then a month old. At what age can you determine gender on bantams? If it matters any it’s Cochin with the fizzle gene or at least I’m pretty sure it’s Cochin and I’m pretty positive it has the fizzle gene.
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    Is this a Cochin?

    Hi was told this was a full size Cochin and I think she is because of her foot feathers but I am confused by her feathering on her wings what do you guys think?
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    Baby chick acting strange

    Hi. We have a baby chick approximately 2 weeks old that is acting strange. We started out with six chicks and we are now down to two. One is acting very strange. She is fine one minute chirping a lot even at night pecking doing chick things then she gets lethargic and doesn’t move. Goes limp and...
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    Baby chicks dying

    Hi. We recently bought 6 baby chicks and we have lost all but 2 in three days. We have had three chicks four days. They ask seemed fine then they started getting lethargic and died within hours. Of the two we have left one is starting to act sick. I bought corid which they have been on for...
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    Incubator questions and hopefully answers

    please please help. We lost power to our incubator during the hurricane on lockdown day. We were hatching quail. Power was out for four days. Humidity in incubator was fine as it was humid as heck here temperatures were not hot enough maybe low 90s high 80s. I’ve checked the eggs some are...
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    Question about hatching eggs

    im fairly new to the whole hatching game. We collected our chickens eggs after both nests got to about 12 because it didn’t seem that they were going to be sitting on them. We then ordered an incubator and after about three days and 6 eggs later it arrived. We did what we the instructions told...
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    Poor sick chick

    We have a chick that hatched yesterday and I have become it’s surrogate mother. There is something wrong with her/him. It didn’t absorb all its yolk and I’ve been feeding it with a syringe. It chirps and attempts to move and it’s finally fuzzy but it looks off. P
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    Backyard chicken cross

    We have two chickens and one rooster. Our rooster is a black/partridge Cochin and our girls are a white Sussex and a grey/blue silkie. We now have the pleasure of several eggs hatching. They are so far black with some having more fuzzy feet than others. Will it be easy to sex them I heard Sussex...
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    Gender of rescued duck

    we are new to ducks and since we have chickens someone we know decided to give us a Peking duck they rescued from a very bad home. They told us it was a he but I’m not so sure. What is your opinion?
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    Cochin rooster or hen?

    We have a beautiful solitary Cochin chicken. I cannot for the life of me sex this chicken. It has no spurs that I can find. It has a medium sized comb but the lady we got it from all the females had medium combs. It doesn’t have any large tail feathers. It does however crow. It was one of four...
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