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Hi. I have a pen of about 60 five and a half week old chicks, from 6 or 7 different breeds. Out of all these chicks, I've got two silver laced cochins and both have become completely bald on their backs and tops of their wings. I don't see any irritation of their skin that would suggest lice...

I'm looking for a functional incubator with egg turner. Doesn't need to be anything fancy, but it has to hatch eggs! LOL! Willing to pay reasonable price and shipping.

Forgot to mention that I did try keeping a slow cornish from Privette to breed my hens. He just got too big and heavy. I don't think he ever actually got anything bred because he couldn't balance on the hens. Once he started tearing the poor girls up trying to keep his balance, he went into...

I hatched my own cornish cross chicks for the first time last week. I was using a broody hen and only 4 out of 10 that hatched survived, but these are doing very well now. Two of these chicks look to be dark cornish/Deleware crosses. I'll let you know how they do in a couple months. I also...

I thought 10 out of 12 was pretty good. I don't know that the hatchlings froze because they were right under the hen, not on the edges. I really think she squished them moving around. It was her first clutch and I've read that they can do that when they're inexperienced. She's doing great...

I tried to find the original post, but couldn't. It's been cold here, well below freezing, and my dark cornish hen decided to go broody. I wasn't sure how it would work letting her set when it's been so cold. I gave her a dozen eggs and she hatched all but two of them two days ago! Six of...

How long have they been laying? Maybe the stress of the ice storm caused them to go into molt?

My name is Crystal and I'm pregnant too! I eat our chickens' eggs everyday. Folks are right, your home laid eggs are probably safer than store bought eggs. They are fresher, you know how they've been handled.

I actually have a dark cornish that is very handsome. They don't look very fancy in the pictures, but in the sunlight, he is a very glossy greenish black with chestnut red highlights on his wings.

Hope I'm not going to make any enemies, but I personally can't stand the birds. We rented a house where five birds resided. They were pretty loud and it wasn't breeding season. Dumb too. They'd land right in front of our dogs that wanted to eat them. They could fly very well, often roosting...

I bought 16 slow cornish from Privett and was extremely pleased. Their prices include shipping (they do charge an extra $7 if you order less than 100), so they ended up being pretty affordable. Plus they sent me several extra for free. They grow a little slower than their fast cornish but I...

I've always heard that the production white leghorn is the most productive, efficient egg layer (which is why they are used commercially).

I was hoping that I'd get a broody hen to raise a clutch of chicks. But I sure wasn't expecting one already! Is it normal for a hen to go broody during the winter? My dark cornish pullet just started laying in the middle of November and now all signs are pointing to broody. My concern is...

My girls are all starting to lay now with about 5 in production so far. Out of all of them, I've only had one floor egg in more than a month. I even free range them. I was worried about them laying eggs all over the place, but I guess they like their nests, because they go there every time!

Your roo is very pretty!

I've ordered from Ideal and Privett. I went in with a friend on Light brahmas, dark cornish, buff orpingtons, and Rhode Island reds from Ideal this last spring. Two RIRs were dead when they arrived and another died after about a week. Several also got pasty butts (although this may have...

Thanks for the answers so far. One more thing, in McMurray's catalog, it says that they have unusally plump breasts, almost like a wild game bird. Has anyone ever butchered any Lakenvelder cockerels? I know the carcasses will be much smaller than a regular meat bird, but are they plump? I'd...

I've got light brahmas' dark cornish, and delewares right now, but was also thinking about getting some silver lakenvelders. I've read that they can be flightier and that they lay small eggs, but do so economically. What has everyone else found? How is their temperment? How do they lay for you?

I see he has feathered legs. Are they as heavy-feathered as the brahmas? I'll be breeding my light brahma roo to my Delewares and Dark Cornish. I was hoping to get feathered feet out of the cross because I just love them!

I would love to hatch some eggs with a broody hen. I have three light brahmas, 1 dark cornish, and 3 delawares. I've heard that the brahmas especially can go broody. What have you brahma owners found? Do your hens tend to go broody often? Also, they just started laying about a month...