Housing Poultry

Oooooooooooooo, that's not nice!

why would anyone only have 5?? Everyone knows more chickens more chickens

Hey Steve, the second day we had triple digit temps, I lost my little cochin rooster and a hen to the heat. I think the little guys were too fat to take the heat. I was really upset over it. I had a few eggs, so I cranked up the incubator. I pulled 6 little cochins out of the incubator yesterday.
The rooster that died was a brother to the pullets and rooster Sarah brought you. I have four that are the pretty blue like their daddy the other two are black like your rooster.

Okie wrote:Hey Steve, the second day we had triple digit temps, I lost my little cochin rooster and a hen to the heat. I think the little guys were too fat to take the heat. I was really upset over it. I had a few eggs, so I cranked up the incubator. I pulled 6 little cochins out of the incubator yesterday.
The rooster that died was a brother to the pullets and rooster Sarah brought you. I have four that are the pretty blue like their daddy the other two are black like your rooster.

Well these cochins are doing good i had one of my oegh disappear. Don't know what happened to her or how she got out. I think she slipped past me when i opened the door. She was so tiny that i missed her going by me several times before.

Those girls aren't much bigger than pigeons. LOL
She may turn back up with a clutch of chicks. Those little game hens can hide better than any other kind of chicken.

I have watched several friends go through the missing hen episode, only to have them turn up in about a month with a trail of little cheepers behind them. Hopefully you will have the same outcome.

Congrats on the new little baby cochins! Can we get pics? I have never seen a cochin chick before (I don't think).

Well, they say the pathway to Hell is paved with good intentions. I guess I have been paving where my camera is concerned.
It has been really hectic around here the past couple of days. I had planned on puppy and chick pictures yesterday, but it just didn't happen.
I hope to get some today.

Oh i hope she does return. She would come up and sit on my arm. Sweet hen.

I had a little banty, all black, that would sit on my right shoulder while I worked in my flower beds. She never pooed on me, ever. But, she watched like a hawk for any worms to be unearthed. Her name was tinkerbell. I miss her.

I had 10 mil Fleur d'Uccles that were running loose until a few days ago. The little things were all over us when we milked the goats. I only had the one little rooster. These bigger rooster had started chasing the pullets and mistreating the little rooster, so I put them in a tractor where they are safe. I visit them several times a day, but I miss them running loose.