She looks like a cochin to me too! I love cochins, they are so sweet! She is very pretty. Welcome to the group! Tammy ... From: x_fightconformity_x To:...
Vanessa has four eggs in a nest, but she's not broody yet. I actually saw her lay the fourth today! I've marked them all, but...how long can the eggs stay...
Just leave them there-they will last quite a long time-at least two weeks before it starts affecting embryo development, and even then some will still develop....
... From: Suzanne Barnett-Scott . . . she may very well decide to go broody. Of course, if you really, really want her to, she won't. On the other hand, if ...
Figures. I was also thinking about putting one or two under poor Wanda. I took the last of her original five eggs from her last night. All were clear...or...
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Thank you for the extra pictures although I am sure that the entire list would love to see them. She is too cute. It looks like you have a nice set up there....
Robin, We had been on mare watch for about 2 weeks meaning that someone stayed up during the night. We had a camera and tape going too, but not in the middle ...
Welcome, chickens will put a smile on your face when ever you need one that is for sure! I think it is against the law to have just one chicken, so make sure...
Uno is now broody. I don't know whose egg she has under her but I don't have the heart to take it away from her. Emma got in the box the other day and Uno...
Hi all, How old are silkies when they start to lay? All this talk of chickies is making me jealous. My roo has been crowing; I assume the hen is around the...
... depends on time of year. If they're approaching laying time but it's the dead of winter, they'll wait till spring. they seem to be a late maturing breed....
Men fall under chicken's spells also, they just are more silent about it... My husband, Stormy's husband and Annette's husband, just to name a few that will...
Maggie and Little k are both 9 months, and they haven't laid any eggs yet. However, Wanda and Charade are the same age, and they've laid several, and are both...
... AMelia gave us her first egg of the season yesterday, after pathetically crying and pacing all weekend. She kept on pecking our legs begging to be picked...
Last night at bed time we couldn't find Rosemary. He wasn't on his usual chair. We kept hearing him, and couldn't see him. My coat had fallen off the chair...
1 year old, Cochin Bantam rooster needs home. Black and white, with green tail and red head, "Spirit" was born on Haloween Day, 2003 and hand raised by...
It's been a bad week for me. Lessee...last week we hatched 24 chicks, and there's a new baby araucana in the hatchabator who hatched this morning. Nothing...
Wonder if it feels like menstrual cramps...Poor babies. I thought it was the neatest thing, so actually see an egg being laid, as Vanessa popped one out....
So this morning I go in to candle eggs to check for fertile ones and also to move the next batch into the hatchabator, right? I opened the door on the...
http://media.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/2461/flyin_egg_fight.swf Lily -- "If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens." - Grandma Moses ...
Well, there were 16 chicks in the incubator, one that hatched yesterday, and one of the five or six eggs I took out of the incubator and put in the hatchabator...
I'm probably just over excited. It's still cold here. We had a hard freeze last night. But Queen Gladys has started to lay already. She's such a good bird! ...
My girls knock on the door to come inside and lay. They have outdoor nests, but I keep some nest spots fixed inside as well. Afterwards, I join in the...
OMG...I can't imagine what it's like around there right now! LOL. With all the brooding, hatching, incubating, cleaning, feeding, etc. etc. I imagine it is...
You did good Barb your not an idiot.. Do you like the sound of the little peeping chicks? When we went in Tractor Supply Friday the first thing I heard was...