i have a silkie and his son which is half cochin, they started fine in the same coop until one day, the son tried to kill dad; they started crowing around 4 or 5 in the morning and they are loud; they are not allowed in the yard together anymore because the son, which is bigger than the dad...
my cayuga duck is 2 years old now and recently has been laying soft shelled eggs; she was a laying since she was around 8 months and almost daily... she stopped laying since feb when she was moulting and started again on and off but not as regularly as before... she is getting bald again on her...
i have a 2 year old cayuga who thinks she is a chicken as she hangs out with 12 other chickies, her best friend is a mille fleur... she doesn't even like to swim and struggles to get out everytime i put her in a tub of water... she was gorgeous until now, she's moulting and almost featherless...