I wanna know if I wanna keep him or if he can goto my friend Stephanie. I always try to put my friends first, but since my hens are so lonely... how mean of me not to wanna get them a new gentleman! hahaha
I wanna know if I wanna keep him or if he can goto my friend Stephanie. I always try to put my friends first, but since my hens are so lonely... how mean of me not to wanna get them a new gentleman! hahaha
Hi guys, I am looking for some Columbian Wyndotte hens. Anyone have any? Seen any at a swap or WCA? I have a beautiful rooster and would love to get hime some matching hens. Thanks so very much! I have loved seeing all the pictures of the so very cute babies!! Tomorrow, we are getting 18 Heritage RIR hatching eggs, and we have been collecting our own Cochin and Jersey Giant eggs, as well as some of our mixed guys that are great egg layers!!! We have a new incubator, and fingers crossed, in a few weeks, we will have lots and lots of babies. AND, about the same time they hatch, our "ordered" babies will arrive!!! This chicken math is Amazing!!!
Anyone else ever worried that all of your chicks are roos? I think I am just freaking out LOL. Gosh what will I do with 31 roos and no hens. Freezer camp would be crowded and no eggs.
This morning Mom came out first thing to help me dust and worm the last 3 houses. The rest are already done. I opened all of those and feed everyone breakfast.
JJ, my big cochin rooster, sleeps with the 4 standard cochin hens, but spends his days with the 10 layers in the 'newbie' house. All lots are open for freeranging so he can go with whatever flock he wants too. As soon as the Cochin coop is opened he heads out to the other end of the property. Everything was normal as far as that went. As we were treating the girls one at a time I saw JJ lose his balance and almost fall. He then spent a few seconds between sitting and standing. I walked over to him, but he got up and was fine and then went with the 5 hens that we had done. We finished up the last 5 and were moving to the big layer coop when Mom yelled. JJ was up in the yard flopping. I got to him and he was on his back. I turned him over, but he was completely out of it. Mom picked him up to see him closer. She could feel his heart. His heart would flop 2-3 times then stop a couple seconds then flop again. It wasn't the normal 'pop' of a heart beat you feel with a bird. It was a 'flop'. That is the best way I can describe it. His heart was giving out on him right there. We talked a minute about what to do and whether or not he could pull through this. There was no way. The time between the heart flops was growing. Mom took him over to put him down, but didn't make it. He died before she got him over to the wood shed.
The big cochin boys have a tendency to have heart problems. I have never had one more then 2 years. JJ would have been 2 this summer. His dad, Jerry, died at 2 as well. One of my hens will be 2 this summer, the Twin Hens will be 4, and Noel will be 6 come June. I hope to hatch a few eggs from them this summer, but I doupt Noel will lay much of anything and one of the twins has started laying softshelled eggs.
Because I am sentimental about my birds, I have very specific places to bury. The big cochins I have lost over the years are all together along the fence behind their coop. The problem is that there are trees there and the ground if full of roots. It took half an hour of digging with the posthole diggers to finally lay him to rest.
I am glad I held back his best son from last year. I still haven't named the big Boy, but he is magnificent. If I could get motivated to start showing again I know he would be a champion.
This morning Mom came out first thing to help me dust and worm the last 3 houses. The rest are already done. I opened all of those and feed everyone breakfast.
JJ, my big cochin rooster, sleeps with the 4 standard cochin hens, but spends his days with the 10 layers in the 'newbie' house. All lots are open for freeranging so he can go with whatever flock he wants too. As soon as the Cochin coop is opened he heads out to the other end of the property. Everything was normal as far as that went. As we were treating the girls one at a time I saw JJ lose his balance and almost fall. He then spent a few seconds between sitting and standing. I walked over to him, but he got up and was fine and then went with the 5 hens that we had done. We finished up the last 5 and were moving to the big layer coop when Mom yelled. JJ was up in the yard flopping. I got to him and he was on his back. I turned him over, but he was completely out of it. Mom picked him up to see him closer. She could feel his heart. His heart would flop 2-3 times then stop a couple seconds then flop again. It wasn't the normal 'pop' of a heart beat you feel with a bird. It was a 'flop'. That is the best way I can describe it. His heart was giving out on him right there. We talked a minute about what to do and whether or not he could pull through this. There was no way. The time between the heart flops was growing. Mom took him over to put him down, but didn't make it. He died before she got him over to the wood shed.
The big cochin boys have a tendency to have heart problems. I have never had one more then 2 years. JJ would have been 2 this summer. His dad, Jerry, died at 2 as well. One of my hens will be 2 this summer, the Twin Hens will be 4, and Noel will be 6 come June. I hope to hatch a few eggs from them this summer, but I doupt Noel will lay much of anything and one of the twins has started laying softshelled eggs.
Because I am sentimental about my birds, I have very specific places to bury. The big cochins I have lost over the years are all together along the fence behind their coop. The problem is that there are trees there and the ground if full of roots. It took half an hour of digging with the posthole diggers to finally lay him to rest.
I am glad I held back his best son from last year. I still haven't named the big Boy, but he is magnificent. If I could get motivated to start showing again I know he would be a champion.
Been trying for days to post pics of my newest chicks mama hatched on Thurs. still haven't gotten the hang of all the new stuff, but these are Bantam cochins..
Been trying for days to post pics of my newest chicks mama hatched on Thurs. still haven't gotten the hang of all the new stuff, but these are Bantam cochins..
