1 white cochin
1 black cochin
1 buff cochin
1 australorp
4 buff orpingtons
8 easter egger
1 lavender americauna
2 blue orpington
2 mutts
2 black sex link
My silkie rooster likes to stay up a bit later than others, for example he was out walking around at about midnight last night. The meal worms should be a treat, fed sparingly a few handfuls at a time. This teaches them to associate you with good events. Also silkies are little birds who suck at...
I have 3 hens that are laying. 1 white cochin mix, 1 black cochin, and 1 australorp. All three birds are 1.5 years old so I know age isn't an issue. The cochins both went broody and I let one hatch eggs and I got the other sitting on silkie eggs. My dilemma is that the australorp, who was a...
I have a broody white cochin that I decided to let sit on eggs 20-21 days ago and this morning she hatched three perfectly healthy chicks and one chick who still had the yolk attached to its stomach. The chick that has the yolk attached to it is going to die I think? It got all sticky and has...
I recently put 10 new EE chicks in with my plymouth rocks, assorted bantams, and RIR chicks. I noticed after 3 days that they are sleeping in separate groups. The EE chicks in the coop and the rest in the run. Is this bad at 8 weeks will they get chilled and die if it rains? They seem to...