Awhile ago, I posted about my guesses on sexing Bantam Cochin chicks based on my visual observations as they grew. With bantams, it is the only way to sex them, that or spending $25 a chick to get them DNA tested like Silkie breeders sometimes do before selling chicks. I raised, well Penguin raised a clutch of chicks recently. They turned 8 weeks old on Monday. Penguin had 6 chicks, but one is an Easter Egger. 4 cochins (white, partridge,…
Below are the latest picture of our five bantam Cochins. The pullets turned 16 weeks on Monday. The kids have managed to name them all, even though my husband explicitly told them not to: Penguin, Lady Cluck, Daisy, Harly-quin, and Greasy Chicken. My daughter wants to change Greasy Chicken to Bockachelli, but my son is standing his ground with Greasy Chicken because of her odd looking feathers. In general, they are very gentle, outgoing, pretty quiet (unless they see me…
I always enjoy seeing media articles about city chickens, especially from sources that usually have nothing to do with chickens. Some of them are pleasant stories about living with backyard chickens, but a lot of times they are about disputes between chicken owners and their neighbors or city officials. Here are a few I have collected and hyperlinked. Keep checking back. I am always updating and adding to this post. Man of the House: As with all poultry, just follow…
I have to admit that it was NOT easy at first gardening with chickens in small yard, but it is definitely doable. My garden has changed a lot of over the last year having had chickens, however, most areas of my garden have never looked better. Despite the hassles, I now will ALWAYS have a few chickens in my garden to help me. The benefits far outweigh the problems. If you are willing to take a few extra steps to…
We ordered our first baby chicks (only pullets) from a hatchery. However, my 8 year old daughter wanted to see them hatch from eggs. We live in the city and no one that keeps hens has fertile eggs around here. We had to come up with an alternative, so we turned to the natural grocery stores that carried ” Fertile ” eggs for eating.She loves to create all sorts of stuff so she built an incubator with my help on…