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    Not Laying -brahmas and bantam cochins

    Hi everyone. I hatched 1 Easter Egger and 4 brahma hens around April 16, and 3 bantam cochins a few weeks later but no one is laying yet. They're all between 27-30 weeks old now and not a single egg. I'm feeding them layer feed and occasional veggie/fruit scraps. They have fresh water daily...
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    humidity at hatch time

    Hi All. Today is day 21 and I have my first pip. My question is about humidity. I have two cheap little hygrometers in my incubator and one reads 45% and one reads 60%. I don't kno wwhich one to trust...I have followed the incubator's instruction manual which is to fill trough 1 and 2 with...
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    bantam cochin quitters

    I'm just wondering if there is anything different about bantam cochin eggs (Its my first time hatching this breed)? I put 7 bantam cochins 6 wyandotte, 6 brahma, and 6 easter eggers in the incubator. Besides a couple of infertile EE's everything seems to be fine except for the batam eggs. 5...
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    Weasels!!!

    Help!! I have a weasel taking out all my chickens. I woke up the other day to 9 dead chickens in the coop. The chickens looked barely touched but were dead all over the floor. I assumed a weasel and that he got in through a vent hole that wasn't covered. I covered the vent hole securely...
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    Bantam cochin and Blue Brahma egg colours?

    I'm wondering if anyone can post pictures of their bantam cochin and/or brahma egg colours? The info I find online just says 'brown' but I'm wondering if there are nice variations on shade or anything interesting about their eggs?
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    Loving the colourful eggs

    I just wanted to share a picture of my beautiful eggs. What colours do you have?
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    Hello from North Western Ontario

    Hello. I'm a new member and absolutely love the wealth of information I find on this site, I've been coming here for advice for years, but just officially joined. I'm in North Western Ontario so it's very, very cold here right now. We currently have 18 chickens (this morning we started out...
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    Crossing a barred hen

    I have a barred rock hen, and a pure white rooster (he’s an Easter egger/white silkie cross). Will their offspring still be easy to sex at hatch? I can’t find anything online about crossing with a white rooster.
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