6 weeks! They're all so big and friendly (the cochins are, anyway)
definitely 3 pullets and 1 cockerel of the cochins, and 3 of the japanese ones are girls as well. cornish x are out of the picture finally
I have seen Betty disciplining the male chicks. It's hilarious, she's so patient about...
I am sad about it as well, but luckily the remaining four are exceptionally friendly and it's still looking like 1 cockerel and 3 pullets. I crouch down and they come running to me!
2 Weeks update: Betty and her many babies are doing pretty great! 2 cochins failed to thrive no matter what I did within the first couple of days, and one Japanese bantam had neurological issues so he got put down after a week. So that leaves 15 total, and they're absolutely thriving.
I...
I ordered chicks a couple days ago, they arrived a few hours ago. I stuck them all under my Cochin bantam (Betty) who has been sitting for a while and she took them all immediately. Somehow she has fit 18 chicks under her! 6 bantam Cochin, 6 Japanese bantam, and 6 Cornish x. I tend to have luck...