Ok I am bragging just a little (as though I had something to do with it) but my two white cochin broodies have successfully adopted 14 three-week old chicks! They’re now fully integrated into the full flock and doing well. Based on what I’ve read here, it seemed like a crap shoot, but hey why...
I would first like to thank everyone on this forum - you have supplied us with a wealth of knowledge and have made our first 5.5 months of urban chicken life so much fun!
I have a 2 part question: We purchased an Ameraucana, Barred Rock, Black Star and Giant Cochin as hatchlings in early March...
One out of my 4 hens has been leaving its feathers all over the coop and run. At first I only saw a few but then there were quite a few feathers in the run, I matched the colours and decided it was this Chicken;(Its not the black hen)
The hen which is losing feathers has an illness where its...