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So we decided the old unused peacock enclosure needed some new life and got a dozen chicks, 6 bantam cochins and 6 splash orp's. In hindsight I got to thinking about the size difference and am wondering if a standard orp roo might squash a bantam cochin hen if he tries to breed her? should I try...

At what age should a male have a full train? Are there any foods that help/hurt them growing a full train? I have a 2 year old cock that has no eyes at all. His hatchmates have many eyes but not a full train.

The cameo hen is named "Duck" (never let your teenager name your livestock), the black shoulder is GiGi, and the two BG are named Blue & Green cause we can't tell em apart This is the enclosure we made for them. It's 10x22 attached to a 8x8 house.

Got this guy as a baby, was supposed to be a cameo but obviously theres BG in there. Whatever he is we like him and can't wait for him to breed with the cameo hen we have!

Hello all, wife and I live 45 minutes north of Columbia on a cattle/goat farm that has somehow evolved to include guineas, Cochins, wyandottes and recently a pair of pekins. Wife is really loving her pekins, they follow her around the yard like little lost puppies. I would like to suprise her...

Also the gentleman we bought from says he uses Cochin chickens to hatch. We have 2 good hens that go broody at the drop of a hat. When should we take the eggs to give to the Cochins? When do we give baby peas back to mom?

Next spring my peas should start laying. What do nesting boxes look like? Are they on the ground or elevated? What are the dimensions? Does each hen need their own box or will they community clutch like guinea fowl?

Yes we left them in overnight. The put the ducks in near dusk thinking everyone would be settling down for the night. Once we saw the rooster go up to his throne (a perch he won't share) and the ducks laying down in a separate corner we thought it safe to go to bed. The automatic door opens 30...

We have cameras in the henhouse so last night we put the ducks in for a trial run. The rooster flapped and strutted about for a long while but never attacked. One of the ducks even bit his butt when he had his back turned and still no bloodshed! The ducks ended up sleeping in a corner to...

I guess I didn't express my question correctly. I'm not concerned about warmth. I was questioning their needs to bathe and how much drinking water they needed. If they needed drinking water available 24/7 they HAVE to room with someone. If rooming with chickens can they eat layer...

I don't have room/electricity for a heated waterer for them. Will they drink enough water from a small bowl before it freezes? The other 3 bird areas have heated 5 gallon metal waterers that I only have to fill every 2-3 days

We we're gifted two pekin chicks this spring who have been living in our backyard in a 3'x4' house with kiddie pool .They seem pretty happy with it and greet us every time we walk out the back door. This will be our first winter with them. currently we have 4 Cochin hens, 1 Cochin rooster, 2...