bantam cochin/silkie

  1. KikiDeAnime

    She accepted them!!

    Mouse, our Bantam Cochin/Silkie mix had gone broody 10 days ago and I had already planned on getting Crested Polish chicks so it was perfect timing. I picked them up yesterday and allowed them to settled in before I did anything. Mouse's cage was next to theirs so she saw them. When I had first...
  2. KikiDeAnime

    Is this normal? (Broody hen)

    Yesterday I had brought Mouse inside with some of the duds so she could continue sitting on them without annoying the other hens. The other hens are much happier without her around. Anyway! I went to check on her a little bit ago and she was just staring blankly at nothing. She did fluff up and...
  3. KikiDeAnime

    Should I bring her in to avoid conflict?(Broody hen)

    Our Bantam Cochin/Silkie hen named Mouse has been a bit broody lately and although the others didn't really care that she was, a few are now refusing to laying in the nesting box. Only 2-3 of the hens will lay in there. I had 6-8 dud eggs that she laid a week & 2 weeks prior that were marked so...
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