It's the same way with me!!!!! I just can't help myself!!! But I didn't have as much luck as you ... I got 1 white silkie, 1 golden brahma bantam, 1 black cochin, 1 blue cochin, 1 partridge cochin, 1 poreclian D'uccle chick, it was SO TINY but it didn't have a MUFF! AHHHH! And then I got 1 EE...
I just LOVE cochins, they are so cute and cuddly! I even had 2 blue cochin bantam roosters and they loved to roost on my arm! But something got them ...
Oh, well it was worth a try! LOL I have Standard Buff Orpingtons, I used to have 50 of them ... but I only have like 30 now.
I have a few old bantams I got from Murry Mcmurry hatchery, thoses are 2 White Cochins, 1 dark brahma bantam hen, 1 light brahma bantam hen, 2 white japanese hens, 1...
Wow, sounds like you have quite a few eggs coming in! I have a security camera, but I haven't put it out in the coop yet .. I need to, though. I used to have a pair of barred cochin bantams, but our cats we had KILLED them! But, they're the cutest lil' chickens. Wish I had some more ...
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I haven't had a male chick in FOREVER!!! My roosters don't produce male chicks, they all produce female chicks! And I kind of want a rooster now and then, but my roos just don't produce male off-spring!!! If the duck eggs were drakes, could you keep them? Or are you over-run with ducks...
I came pretty close to all my Buff Opingtons going broody last year! LOL My EE hen Julia puffed up this morning when my BO hen tryed to steal her nest, but she wasn't broody cause she layed her egg and left. But I mean she was REALLY PUFFED UP!!! So I dunno what her deal was!
I had 2 cochins go broody on 20 eggs, and they hatched all of them out and only 1 chick died!!! When one would go eat drink etc the other hen would steal all the eggs! But I never had any crack or noth'in! Best of luck 2 you!