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[TammyTX]

I seriously love these chicks!!! They look like they're walking around on stilts! I need to stop ordering hatchery surprises/mixed assortments of chickens because I keep falling in love with more breeds than I have room for...

Are they Cochins?? I have a few cochins coming next month...the hubs LOVES them! They are so cute, but terrible egg layers.

 

[harley1975]

Here is a few more pics of the chicks the wife came holding asking can she have them. What man can tell his wife no. If anyone can take a guess as to what bantams these are feel free to guess I don't know.

 

[dstinett]

My standard cochins have always laid well

 

[TammyTX]

My standard cochins have always laid well

Mine never has (LF Buff)....she will sit in the nest and pretend, though! It's funny, because after a while she'll do her little egg song and nuttin', but she sure is proud of it!

 

[SlipsWife]

Here is a few more pics of the chicks the wife came holding asking can she have them. What man can tell his wife no. If anyone can take a guess as to what bantams these are feel free to guess I don't know.

The grey/blue might be self blue old English. That's the theory I'm going with on ours.

When we brought them home


Now


One has a lot less of a comb, I'm trying to find a good picture.

ETA:
I knew I had a picture of the other one. Since they were also part of the assorted bantams, I'm not 100% sure what they are. With the comb difference I'm leaning towards a cockerel and pullet but we had turkens fool us last year and both were pullets. Of course, they could be different breeds even...

 

[SlipsWife]

Are they Cochins?? I have a few cochins coming next month...the hubs LOVES them! They are so cute, but terrible egg layers.

I believe they are.

We have a bantam cochin from last year and she took and entire year to lay her first egg...she is laying 4 or so a week now though. I'm so torn on if I want to keep them or not...well, I know I WANT to...its more should I.

 

[dstinett]

I wish I had ordered standard pullets instead of straight run bantams

 

[Chictastic]

Welcome

Where abouts are you in McKinney? I live there too.

Do you have chickens yet?

I want some cows!!!!

 

[Chictastic]

BYC had been so helpful and now that I have got the chicken thing figured out I need a Backyard cows website I KNOW NOTHING about cows or horses!!!

 

[Heidisgran]

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you know what I did in my new breeding pens...I used cheap laminate self stick squares...that was such a great idea!! but I've decided that on a perch if it gets to the point of no return just replace it