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I ended up with a Frazzle. I did not know at the time. I was told it was a Frizzled Cochin, included in with 9 regular ones. Fast forward - His feathers are brittle. Molts are very hard on him. He now has signs of congestive heart failure at 1 yr 4 months. I do not use him for breeding. He has...

Ok, so the chicks are fussy tonight. No change in the food or water. The older chicks were taken out last night, so maybe they were a little upset. The chicks are still on the lamp roughly 2 weeks old. They are in the house in a portable brooder. I lost one already, so I have been watching the...

That is your keeper. I have a gangly juvenile that protects any chicks that get near him. He even saved the lives of my chicks when they got lost in the run. We found him huddled on the ground, shivering from the cold with the chicks tucked underneath him. If that is a roo, you have rooster gold...

I was surprised to see one of my Golden Comets sitting on a nest. There's an 8 foot long nesting box and all the hens have decided that they want her spot. I guess all that chick watching in the Bantam pen got to her a little...lol.

My juveniles follow my doxie around like he's momma when they are out. He does not like it when they crawl in one his bed...🤣

I have Frizzle Cochin Bantams that lack proper insulation against cold or heat, so have a heated coop that I leave open. They will go in the coop when they get cold and return to the roost when they are warm enough with the rest of the flock. I do not lock the coop as they are in a secured run...

To many hours to count...lol. I have chicks in the house from an early hatch that are fragile so they get a lot of attention from everybody. I have a rooster outside in a hospital pen recovering an animal attack. He protected the juveniles but lost most of his feathers in the process so he gets...

This time of year we pot sheep sorrel, wild lettuce, crab grasses, wild clover, romaine, arugula, spinach, collard greens (they love the young tender ones)...

I have mosquito issues...so I plant - varieties of thyme, oregano, basil, lemon balm, marigolds, etc around the coop to control the mosquitoes and flies...in other pot, i plant greens in stages that get moved into the runs to be destroyed and replanted.

We fashioned a temp coop with roost and nesting box out of an old wooden computer desk while we get the coop finished. The coop is free material - a shipping crate that we have dismantled. The only out of pocket will be the vinyl for the floor and metal for the roof. My niece will of course want...

Best case scenario is that it have a companion. When my hen abandoned her nest, my doxie and chihuahuas took over mothering the chicks. One chick still wants to follow them around and has to be put in with its flock mates ever time it escapes. A feather duster in the brooder, proper heat for...

I just picked up 2 Mosaic hens. 1 is Mosaic and the other looks like a Mosaic but has red earlobes - so I know she is crossed somewhere. Thank you sharing I was curious what the outcome would be if I were to breed to AC Rooster.

They are not maintaining temperature. We are having that issue in SC. The chicks are dying in the brooders.

Our Doxies kill possums, rabbits, etc, but watch over the flock and mother the chicks.

I have Frizzles, so I have a heat lamp in there on the cold nights. My ladies roost outside in a covered run regardless. They stop laying during their molt and start up later. We keep up all the fresh fruits and veggies we can through the winter to keep their diets normal and healthy...