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I have 18 bantam cochin chicks. 6 are black and the other 12 are splash. They are three months old. My blacks are all feathering in nicely and they are all black. Some of the splashes look like splashes but the others are a slate color with no "splashes." I was just wondering when my splash...

I just wanted to make sure it is okay to put a one day old standard sized chick in with week old bantam sized chicks. He is still half their size but he sticks up for himself and he is now King of the Brooder. I was just wondering if there are any concerns for later on that I should be looking...

I have 18 week old bantam cochin babies and they currently live in a brooder in the dining room. I am in Arkansas and the weather has been very HOT this month. It was 114 on our porch yesterday but last night it got all the way down to 78. It is 106 today and it is only 2 in the afternoon. They...

Welcome! I would like to host a contest to see who has the most adorable chick pictures! Rules: 1. BE NICE! 2. The pictures must belong to you. The chick can belong to someone else if you have their permission. 3. You can enter as many categories as you want but only enter up to three chicks...

I ordered 15 cochin bantams from Cackle and they came today. I got 6 black and 12 splash. They all arrived alive and healthy. When I got to the post office we could hear them when we first walked in the door. Cackle is great. I am including pictures of some my chicks so you can see how great...

Okay so I have solved almost all of my predator problems except for the neighbors rat terrier. I was wondering if something like this or something similar would help to deter her from digging under or pushing on my chicken wire...

I was looking at the pictures on Cackles site and they had some nice birds. I ordered my sumatras from them and was very pleased but I was wondering about the quality of their bantam cochins? I have also been reading about Sandhill and Ideal. I was wondering which hatchery has the featheriest...

Okay I am thinking about getting some cochins. I would like to get some black and some blue to start out with. My questions is , is blue a modifier of black? or is the black you get when breeding blues a completely different color of black? I guess the question would be if I got some cochins...

Okay I just sold 9 of my 10 Sumatra hens, I am giving my two EEs away, and I am getting rid of my rooster somehow. That leaves me with one sumatra hen. I love sumatras but they are just not the breed for me with the exception being vulture my last hen. I would like to order more chicks soon so...

The other morning I went out to check on my chickens, they usually get up around 5:30-6 and I get up at 7:30-8, and I get a huge surprise. It is a pretty large run(24ft x 18ft x 6 ft tall) with a covered top because my Sumatra hens can fly and we have a lot of hawks. One of my hens is standing...

I have a flock of 10 Sumatra hens that I am selling for $15 each or $125 for all of them. All 10 are black. I am pretty sure they are all laying too. I get 6-9 eggs a day. These are some of the most fasinating chickens I have ever met. I can call out "Icky Chickys" and they all come running. I...

I am trying to get rid of a rooster I hatched out a little over a year ago for a neighbor. He has gotten mean towards little kids that go into my pen. He would probably be fine free range because he is scared of actual people but he is not for someone who has to go into their pens. I know I...

I have a beautiful 7 month old mutt of a roo. I also have 2, 2 year old Easter Eggers and 10, 8 month old Sumatra hens. My 2 Easter Eggers have never been around a rooster before and he has chosen them as his "favorites," he dosn't even look at the Sumatras. My two Easter Eggers are terrified of...

This is my rooster Chaos and I would like to know what kind of chicken he is. He is ten-ish weeks old. I can't look at his parents because his dad could be any of ten different roosters and his mother was bush hogged while he was hatching, thats how I ended up with him. He is a MEAN chicken. He...

Okay, my aunt and uncle are on a road trip and I have been left in charge of taking care of their animals. They have these adorable chickens and I cannot figure out what they are. Sorry the pictures are a bit fuzzy, I only had my cell phone with me. This is the alpha rooster: This is a better...

Okay a neighbor accidentally bushhogged one of his broody hens this morning and she was setting on 13 eggs. He gave me all the eggs since I already had my incubator set up. The first egg hatched and I was wondering how long I should leave the chick in the incubator? Also, how quickly do I need...

I was just babysitting my cousin and looking at some pictures on BYC of some Easter Eggers. He said they reminded him of when my "Huge Rabid Hen" (his words) attacked him and he wanted me to tell you all about it. Okay so about a year ago when my hen Kip was "Huge and Rabid"(5lbs), she has...

These are my americauna or Easter Eggers, Kip lays a beautiful sky blue egg and Darkie lays a kind of a minty sky blueish colored egg. Anyways, I have had them for a while and I have always wondered what color they are. So can anyone tell me? This is Darkie, it isn't a very good shot of her...

My 3.5 week old chicks don't have a heat lamp for the night and it will be between 70-75*F. Is this okay for one night?

I have 11 Sumatra chicks and they are three weeks old today. They all look the same and I was wondering when I will be able to start figureing out which are roosters and which are hens. Thanks, Whitney