Search results for query: *

I purchased 6 Bantam Cochin hatching eggs for my broody. They are supposed to be Buff. 4 hatched. 1 looks buff. The other 3 had brownish spots on the head and in a line down the back at hatch. Not full stripes. They were mostly buff. Now their feathers are coming in with brownish patterns on the...

We have a 2 year old cuckoo maran hen that we noticed wheezing and having loss of voice approx 2 weeks ago. She is still laying almost daily and perky. No sneezing or eye/nose symptoms. We separated her into a small isolated Coop with its own run immediately. We tried the natural treatments...

Anyone have pictures or advise about bantam Cochin/silkie cross as far as when gender will display and what hen combs will look like? We were not expecting chicks this year, but COVID Quarantine started and 4 hens decided that they just had to Quarantine too...by hatching eggs. No matter that a...

Egg #9 has been a mess. Our hen went broody. I candled 12 eggs, 8 were good. We had 2 that were questionable. I candled those 2 eggs 6 days later and both looked good. But we now had 9 eggs. And #9 was developing already. Likely 3-4 days along. I arranged for an incubator, but another hen went...

Our 3 month old bantam Easter Egger Cockerel (been crowing for a month already) mounted and mated our 3 month old white silkie. Not just hoped on top, but grabbed the head and did his little dance on the silkie. Is it safe to assume the silkie is female? I have never seen our young cockerels try...

Hi there. We have 15 free-range chickens in the backyard. One particularly unfriendly hen who does not like people or being handled, was limping a few months ago. She seemed fine a few days later. Since she hates being handled, I let it go since she seemed fine. I had guessed that she bruised...