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Thanks I had all these babies together until last night and they all seemed to enjoy each others company with no quareling! I am just hoping for the best!

I have a broody hen I put a couple of chicks under her last night she has seemed to do great and chicks are happy as well! I have three cochin chicks in the house right now that are a week old would it be a bad idea to put them under her tonight? I would much rather put them outside with a good...

Skunks always eat the heads and leave the bodies! Yucky sorry about you chickens

I am confused about what to feed my hens! I have two that are 1 1/2 years, Three that are 5 months and two that are 2 1/2 months I have been told so many different things I have had no eggs for at least 4 months I have tried only feeding the older ones lay pellets no change I have since stopped...

What is the best way to clean the sand!! I just put sand in last week and it's not really dirty but there is a bit of poop and I feed alot of fruit and veg so there are old bits of strawberries and stuff like that is it best to rake it or ???? Thanks ahead of time!

I have 5 cochins two black two white and one buff they all lay brown and brown speckled eggs I have never received a white egg from any of them! Humm thats odd I have always been told that cochins lay brown never white and that's what I have experienced and ohh they are beautiful eggs nicely...

Sweet hen found dead tonight I am not sure of her age i'm guessing around 4-5 months old I've had her approx 1 month and she had been great . I purchased another hen at the same time same place she seems ok. She was find this morning they have a small pen and hen house, just filled the water up...

So I got rid of my roo 1 month ago my chochin hen is now broody on 3 eggs is there any way they could be fertilized or should I just kick her off and not worry about it??

I have 8 hens all are laying I have a coop with 4 boxes although someone seems to prefer the corner of the coop I have a small run but I need to add on so that I can keep them in the majority of the time (currently the are free range all day) since they are eating all my flowers and tearing up...

Good luck with the training! I have been trying to keep my hens off of my sidewalk for months I've tried everything they are only smart when they want to be All my hens are free range all day I go out every morning and let them out of the hen house and then as it gets dark i go out and close...

I have 5 year old cochins 4 domineckers 5 months old (bad speller here) and I went out to the coop and found this tiny little egg! I laughed out loud it's so little and cute I don't have any bantums?? is this normal??

please excuse my very limited knowledge here, ok I have 5 chochin hens aprox 1 1/2years and 4 domineckers 5 mons I have just discovered one of my young ones is a roo!!!!! here's the question I pick up eggs daily and put them in the fridge do I need to worry that they are fertilized or does...

I have 5 cochin hens that are almost a year and 4 domineckers* that are4 months, everyone was doing great although they are segregated by their own accord well the little neighbor girl came by the other day without me knowing and lured two of my little hens away to their house the next day they...

alright I need some advice on two counts, first I have 5 cochin hens which are well behaved except one the rebel! Every night the hens go in the coop around dark thirty and I close them up till morning, well last night I was missing a black hen we searched high and low no chicken.... I was sure...

Like an idiot I got some produce scraps from the local grocer, I did not look at what they gave me closley and I missed seeing an avacado should I be worried about this? I read that they are not supposed to eat them but I'm not sure if they really ate it or how much!

Well not one of my five cochins will roost! I dont get it they all line up agaist the coop wall?? could the perch be too big? Also should I be worried about my potted plants, they include hydrangeas and strawberries??

I'll try to take the camara and get a few shot up here I'll get em up by this evening thanks again guys!

I bought my chicks from a local feed store I got what they sold as blue cochins, but they are now almost totally feathered and they really look more white than blue? Do they change later or did I just get unlucky picks?

Ok so I orderd 5 girls and they are now almost 3 wks old and I took them outside today for the first time, two of my "girls" seemed to want to tackle one another and play fight in a rather manly way!! is this just the way the chicks play or are they boys

that is depressing to watch I am surprised any of them survive!