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Cochins are not going to fly. I have large heavy breeds because there are so many hawks where I live (and if you're in Church Hill, I imagine you have them too). And all my chickens are free-range (but locked in their house at night). None of the grown chickens I have fly, and my Cochins didn't...

I am very close to you, but my Cochins are Partridge, not lavender. However, I will check around where I live to see if anyone in the local "chicken community" has them. I know a young woman who might well have lavender chicks, but not until early spring.

I'm within 100 miles of you, but my half-grown Partridge Cochin pair aren't yet old enough to be birthing babies. She'll likely try to brood in the spring, however. I am not a "breeder" usually, but if I know someone wants the babies, I might let the hen brood her eggs. Or give you eggs for an...

Hard to tell what caused it, easier to give you advice on a noninvasive solution: TricideNeo. What I have to say may save you an expensive veterinary visit. I have a rooster whose left foot was so full of infection from bumblefoot and my failed efforts to treat it that I was scared it was going...

This is long, but what I have to say about TricideNeo may save you an expensive veterinary visit. I have a rooster, Finn, whose left foot was so full of infection from bumblefoot and my own failed efforts to cure it that I was scared it was going to become systemic and would kill him. A...

I adore this breed. Mind you, the part about its being a dual-purpose chicken is not in the cards on this farm. My chickens produce eggs, and that's enough for me. I have two Columbian Rock hens, Arliss and Annie. Arliss was notably friendly her first week on the planet. Annie followed behind...

And it's not just you who feels good. Most of my chickens are molting in wintertime. And scratch (of the sort you use) and high-protein rations do help keep them warmer. I switch from layer feed to game-bird feed when the weather turns cold because of the high protein. If I run out of it and...

I know what you mean. I grew up in the Deep South, and my ambition in life as a kid was to live in a place where it snowed (and had, well, more "terrain"). Since leaving home, I have always sought to live in such places, and I do now. I'll always love snow. It's funny, the things some of us...

I have LOTS of space (though we live on only about 20 acres of it), and it is regularly patrolled by my 5 large-breed protective dogs, but I cannot imagine any chicken on the planet being unhappy with the paradise you have created for yours. It's a feast for the eyes. If I lived in more urban...

JessMay, I take it you don't have a garden. If there is a small independent resource (a veggie "stand") in your area, make friends with someone who works there. Veggies and fruits regularly "go bad" but not really: they're edible, but they are no longer pretty enough to sell. Chickens couldn't...

Exactly. When I have young guineas (and I always do have some in the summer and fall), I'll find eggs on the driveway and out in the open, and I always know it's one of the younger ones; grown guineas do not lay in the open. In fact, if a guinea keeper has enough open space for the guineas to...

I have no advice at all if you're wanting to keep the dog. I moved to the country a long time ago from a city, and I brought my city-type dogs, including a German shepherd and a terrier. Both were very well mannered and minded me perfectly where I had lived, but neither was ideal for country...

DO advertise on Craigslist. List your roosters by their breeds. Put a price on them. I doubt you want to see them killed for food, so offer them for, say, $25 apiece. This has NOTHING to do with the money. But people appreciate what they pay for. If you sound in an ad as though the roosters are...

Ten-plus? Yes, definitely. I had three in my flock who had done so up until today. For that matter, my rooster is ten years old, but he is a baby beside these hens. Two of my three old chickens are still here, but one was dead on the floor when I went out to open the henhouse this morning. And I...

Kathy, I am quite passionate about animal care, but I get the impression that you are quite passionate about Kathy and how she is coming off in public. That's fine if you do some good, who cares? But I will never post again because of you. I've been raising animals for a very long time, and I am...