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I have a bantam black Cochin hen and a bantam black Cochin rooster. She has gone broody and today I noticed some little dads poking out from under her. Noticed one chick is black but the other is all white (light yellow) color. I have other hens in the coop but the onl rooster is the black...

Hi am new to meat birds and have been having a couple problems. Everything was going great and the last two days (birds are 2 weeks old) I have lost 4 birds. I have read a lot and feel I am doing everything right just not sure what is happening. I have the birds in a brooder with softwood...

I have them in a brooder with softwood bedding. They have lots of room to escape the heat lamp but only leave it to get food or water. I have put a thermometer under it several times and it's about 95 degrees but they still seem to pile right up on top of each other. I am feeding them chick...

I am new to raising chickens and thought it would be a good idea to try some meat birds. I have 30 white rocks that are 2 weeks old and all of a sudden I've lost 4 in the last two days. Some of the others seem to just hold their head up and almost looks like they are gasping for air. And they...

At the moment my broody hen is sitting on her clutch of eggs in one of te best boxes in the coop with the other 5 hens I have. I want to separate her but just worried if I move her and her eggs to a different location will she reject them or just start sitting again?

Thanks for the advice. I guess it just took patience. She only got off her nest once today and now if I go near her she puffs right up and tries to peck me. I am going to build her a separate cage so she can be separate from the other birds.

I have a pair of bantam black cohins I bought at an auction (marked as standard back Cochins) and figured since the eggs were so small it would more beneficial to try and hatch some chicks rather than eat them. I am brand new to the whole chicken thing and was hoping my hen would go broody and...