This is the "Colonel" From the moment this little one was hatched I knew he was a rooster. His comb was huge and he was always watching me.
He is a 4 week old Calico/Mille Frizzle bantam cochin.
Don't mind the "whats up chicken butt" in the back
His lovely manhood showing though.
So I hatch out silkie eggs last fall around this time. I kept two, a silver pullet and a silver roo. Beautiful birds. Only problem is after almost a year the pullet has yet to lay an egg. Gandolf has tried to get her to lay eggs. He calls her to the nest and makes her sit in it with him...
This is Miss Kitty and Bailey. Miss kitty is the name my birthday gift kitten and Bailey is my 1 year old cocker spaniel. They are the best of friends.
I lost a chick last night from no idea. I noticed that there was some dark brown stool in the brooder. I cleaned it out after the chick died and came back in the morning to a few more. Should I treat with corrid I do have some.
Some weeks ago I bought an older chicken and kept her away from the others for a week. During that time she never layed an egg. I just figured it was due to moving stress. I put her in with my main flock and all was well with the world. Untill I noticed no one was laying eggs. Even my new hens...
So I got my silkie eggs today and my bator has been up and running for days. I have one problem though. I have 4 therms in it testing the temp. One is a standard and every time I look at it it reads 100 fine with me. The one in the wiggle worm never got over 100 and the others registered a...
I lost one of my marrans today. Looks like her claw got caught on a double layer of chicken wire. I was only gone for an hr and my daughter called to tell me. She was fine when I left.
Poor girl must have tried so hard her heart stopped
Well in the mail as eggs today.
Step one: make hen broody.
Step two: buy store bought eggs and mark them. Place them in hen house.
Step three: wait for cochin hen named Bertha BigButt to find them.
Step four: watch look at eggs and waddle away. Grr
Step five: place Bertha on eggs and demand she...
This is my daughters bantam Cochin Alice. (Think Alice in Wonderland)
She is my first bantam cochin and I am in love. As you see so is my daughter, in a goofy way. LOL
So today I was taking pictures of my new hatched chicks when my kids brought me my REW rabbit. They were taking her out of the cage to escape her babies for a while. LOL
So I took a few snap shots.
Added more pics
So this not so little frizzle cochin is HUGE. Large fowl
I am guessing it has got to be a roo.
He is only three weeks old.
standing near 3 week old Ameraucana. As you can see Goliath has a huge butt
So I was given this lovely lady(NOT) some months ago and was told she was an EE. Yea, that would be a no. lol I was also told she was sweet as pie. Um, yea don;t think so. LOL
This is my attack hen dirty snowball. AKA Madusa She never fully recovered from a molt and is part neekid head. No...
I have two birds that have a case of the rattles they are also sneezing. Their breathing is not fun sounding. They are eating and drinking fine. Stool seems normal as well.
Also my young blue cochin roo? has been walking quite funny. He picks up his feet almost up to his chest to walk. What...
What do I do. I came to the hutch tonight where she is alone with her babies and could not find two of them. WHen I came back with the flash light I found them imbeded in the nest dead but quite warm. CRY
I took the other 4 babies back to the brooder with the other chicks I have. I am very new...