Where exactly are you located? Maybe you can post on the Buy,Sell, or Trade thread for bantams or start a thread asking if anyone has bantams for sale?
I know Cornish crosses generally don’t live as long as other breeds but I had a perfectly healthy and happy 8 month Cornish cross pullet that I saved from slaughter. This past March I was forced to rehome 8 of my 10 chickens, I kept my Cornish cross pullet and her silkie pullet friend. After I...
There are documented cases of a hen raising a single chick and the chick died or was killed by a predator and the hen actually died soon after the chick. Chickens are more complex than we give them credit for. To the OP get some more hens to add to your flock. The new hens will be interested in...