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[Kyzmette]

I'm pretty sure I'm in even more trouble. I adopted two Easter chicks (right after Easter, of course), and both turned out to be Cochins! They also appear to have turned out to be boys. And they also seem to be too adorable to be true. Sigh.

So..are they girls? Or.do I attempt to find homes for them until I give up, caponize them, and talk in a squeaky voice to them every time they do something cute?

 

[subhanalah]

I have a one month old mille fleur bantam cochin cockerel, if anyone wants him before he's catfood.
There's also a buff barred, same age.

 

[Kassaundra]

I'm pretty sure I'm in even more trouble. I adopted two Easter chicks (right after Easter, of course), and both turned out to be Cochins! They also appear to have turned out to be boys. And they also seem to be too adorable to be true. Sigh.

So..are they girls? Or.do I attempt to find homes for them until I give up, caponize them, and talk in a squeaky voice to them every time they do something cute?

I've never had cochins, but can't imagine those two not being boys.

 

[ashtree]

I'm pretty sure I'm in even more trouble. I adopted two Easter chicks (right after Easter, of course), and both turned out to be Cochins! They also appear to have turned out to be boys. And they also seem to be too adorable to be true. Sigh.

So..are they girls? Or.do I attempt to find homes for them until I give up, caponize them, and talk in a squeaky voice to them every time they do something cute?

Very cute boys indeed!

 

[artsyrobin]

NPR had an interesting story today on the way home. They were reporting about this old shut down copper mine, I forget which state it was in but somewhere north by Canada. This mine was abandoned, and over 10ish years or so back filled w/ ground water. A combo of the water and latent minerals and chemicals basically turned the water to sulfuric acid. It is toxic beyond measure. Several years ago a flock of geese tried to use it as a rest point and all 380 or so in the fl...ock died pretty close to immediately upon exposure to the water, autopsies showed massive internal and external chemical burns. Fast forward a few years and they (local scientist) discover microorg. growing in the water, something they thought totally impossible. One of these was a slime that when tested was able to remove over 80% of the heavy metals from the water, the best that any prior to this discovery was just at 15%. Anyway they got to looking for where this microorg. came from, where else it was found in nature, you are never going to guess where else it was found ................................... are you ready? ................................................. the anal swabs of geese!!!! lol

Thought it was interesting and that you geese guys and gals would find it interesting.

That is intriguing! Love researching stuff like that-


@Kyzmette how old are they?

this is hannah- she's pretty red



MJ or Nana
could clue you in

 

[Ksane]

Kyz, they do look like boys, sorry.

Here's the batch of Blues. 11 altogether. There's still 3 eggs left that I'll wait awhile on but I don't think they'll hatch. Betsy, the scalped baby died. It was pretty bad, his scalp was gone from his eyes all the way back down his neck. She probably did some sort of brain damage to him by pecking him in addition to the physical trauma.

And this is one of the Brahma/Fav/Orloff mixes. The others are all black but this little one looks exactly like an Orloff chick. Can't wait to see how he colors out.

And my Fav capon (thanks, Coral!) and one of my Dark Brahma boys. Such wonderful personalities.

 

[Ksane]

Robin, I've not forgotten about the geriatric boys! I'm trying to get stuff cleaned up and situated here. I still want them.

 

[artsyrobin]

Robin, I've not forgotten about the geriatric boys! I'm trying to get stuff cleaned up and situated here. I still want them.

i figured you had things to catch up on- keep me posted


i think i figured out why the girls i still have aren't laying well, they are molting again...poor donna is leaving a trail of feathers everywhere she walks

 

[bardies]

I'm pretty sure I'm in even more trouble. I adopted two Easter chicks (right after Easter, of course), and both turned out to be Cochins! They also appear to have turned out to be boys. And they also seem to be too adorable to be true. Sigh.

So..are they girls? Or.do I attempt to find homes for them until I give up, caponize them, and talk in a squeaky voice to them every time they do something cute?

squeaky voice...

 

[Kyzmette]

Robin, they have to be around five or six weeks old, since they couldn't have been very old at Easter. They're pretty tiny, so I'm thinking maybe they're bantam. If that's the case, at least they won't eat much and maybe they'll stay sweet and snuggly if I caponize them.