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    Hen with swollen eyes

    Yesterday I came back from vacation and noticed my 5-year-old Cochin hen has swelling in the fleshy part around both her eyes. She has plenty of energy and a hearty appetite, but it seems to be slightly impacting her vision- she got a corn cob yesterday and pecked beside it a few times when she...
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    What killed her?

    My Japanese bantam hen Koka was killed today... She was laying an egg and then something got her. When I let the hens out at around 4:00 PM to range the yard, and Koka didn't come out. I figured she'd probably just found a bunch of worms in the run and didn't want to come out (our run is pretty...
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    Dutch or OEGB?

    A few months ago I was given a small black hen from a family friend. I thought she was a Dutch bantam, but now I'm not so sure. She lays white eggs but has red earlobes. Here are some pictures of her
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    Anybody going to the show in Paso Robles, CA?

    I'm going to this show and entering my cochin, Midge. Is anybody else going? I'd love to meet some fellow chicken lovers. By the way, the show is on October 8-9th
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    Oh dear- intestinal worms

    So I made a little roost on top of the nesting boxes for my EE's, Aspen and Quinn, because when they were younger they would get peck mercilessly by my older hens. Now they're more incorporated with the flock but they still have the habit of sleeping on top of the boxes. And because they sleep...
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    What's wrong with Aspen?

    My 7-month-old EE has been limping for the past few days. This wouldn't worry me, I've dealt with limps before, but she's also had a loss of appetite and hasn't been laying eggs (she's normally a great layer). And her limp hasn't gotten better, but it's gotten worse. I can tell her best friend...
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    Aw, come on!

    Is this some sort of joke? Now not only is drama-mama Lily the GSL broody, but tonight sweet-n-sassy Midge the Cochin bantam growled/screeched at us from a nesting box! Come on, Midge! You just finished raising chicks 2 weeks ago! I cannot have a broody. And I CANNOT cannot have 2 broodies!
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    Darn it, Lily!

    Well, Midge's chicks were rehomed last week and Midge moved back into the big coop. Everything was right broody-wise. Until today. I opened the door to the coop to check on any hens or pullets who were laying eggs. Midge (Cochin Bantam) was sitting in one box, Lily (Gold Sex Link) was sitting...
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    Don't you hate it when...

    A grumpy Cochin gets in the way of your camera? Then, instead of apologizing, she turns around and walks away! How rude!
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    Midge and her chicks

    In April, my Cochin bantam Midge went broody. We separated her from her nest, took away her eggs, and tried pretty much any other method to break her broodiness. But she was stubborn, she was. So, I asked my uncle (who was about to get his first small flock of chickens) if Midge could raise...
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    Broody raising two separate clutches?

    I have a broody Cochin that I'll be getting some chicks for. However, the only chicks I can get are Delawares right now, and my uncle (who will be owning the chicks after my broody raises them) wants them to be all separate breeds, preferably Raiders' colors. And the Dellies are limited for now...
  12. GammaPoppyLilyFlutter

    Hey Gritty!

    Guess what? I've got my first broody. Midge the Cochin bantam. Unfortunately for her, though, I'm not allowed to own any more chickens
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    Best way to put chicks under a broody?

    So- I've got a broody. My Cochin bantam, Midge. Since my uncle wants chickens, I'm considering letting Midge raise them from chicks. But I'm going to get them when they're a few days old, because I can only get pullets. But what's the best way to put the chicks under the broody? Putting them...
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    Northern California Shows?

    Does anybody know if there's a poultry show in northern CA coming up? Or does anybody know where a list of shows in northern Cali is?
  15. GammaPoppyLilyFlutter

    Well looky what showed up in my yard today

    Yes, somehow a peacock got into our neighborhood! He's been roaming around all over the street- in yards, on porches... he seems very interested in windows and houses altogether. He's afraid of people, so I doubt he was a pet. My guess was that somebody had a flock of free-ranging peacocks...
  16. GammaPoppyLilyFlutter

    Integration problem- excessive pecking!

    So for the past month and a half or so I've been trying to integrate my 2 3-month-old EE's and my 6-month-old Cochin bantam (who is in the same mini-flock as the EE's). For the past few nights they've been sleeping in the same coop as my 4 dominant GSL almost-hens. The Cochin is doing pretty...
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    Roost remodel- any ideas?

    I have two coops. A little A-frame that my EE's and Cochin live in and a big coop that my GSL's live in. But the A-frame dwellers are ready to move in with the big chickens. However, I have a problem with the roosts The GSL's like to smush onto the round roost, but if I put the little ones...
  18. GammaPoppyLilyFlutter

    Yep. It's spring, all right.

    Whenever I went in a certain part of my yard, a pair of black-eyes Juncos always tittered and squawked at me. I suspected they had a nest somewhere. I know they normally build close to or on the ground, so I searched all over the ground in that area. I hoped the chickens wouldn't step on it by...
  19. GammaPoppyLilyFlutter

    Squat-crazy Cochin vs alpha hen!

    A while ago I purchased a black Cochin bantam pullet that I named Midge. After quarantine she teamed up with my 13-week-old EEs Aspen and Quinn. And she became squat crazy! Even when I just walk around near her she squads so much she's pretty much touching the ground and stomping her feet. I...
  20. GammaPoppyLilyFlutter

    What's your favorite breed of chicken?

    What's your favorite breed of chicken? I like Cochins, Barred Rocks, and Old English Games. Feel free to post pictures!
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