Browsed by
Tag: chicks

Cochin Pullets at 16 weeks

Cochin Pullets at 16 weeks

Comments 1 comment

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…

Read More Read More

Cochins at 4 weeks

Cochins at 4 weeks

Comments 4 comments

The chicks are growing very quickly.  I still only can tell that there are two cockerels for sure due to their very slow feathering and slightly larger and pinker combs.  Statistically there should be more males.  There are two others that just this week got a tiny bit of pink in their combs, but the combs are still mostly yellow.  We have 13 chicks, and I doubt we could be so lucky as to get 11 pullets. Even though they…

Read More Read More

Expensive Eggs

Expensive Eggs

Comments 1 comment

Raising a few chickens in the city sure isn’t about saving money.  The organic eggs our chickens gave us cost A LOT!  Since June of last year when they started laying, we had approximately 950 eggs or about 80 dozen.   After looking back at all our expenses, it worked out to about $2.83 a dozen.  It is still cheaper than organic eggs in the stores around here, but I also invested a lot of my time, hard work, and love…

Read More Read More