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The oegb is going to lose at least half of his comb. 😢 But, he's doing well otherwise. The others had tips affected, so nothing major. Next year or even the next round, I think I will put to the two oegbs in the heated garage. I'm just nervous due to the differences in temps. The garage is at 60...

How's it going? Looks like a few of mine have frostbite - different coops also. :( My muscovy drake usually gets it on his caruncles, but not this time. So who knows what is going on. It's so weird. Also, I just peeked at my camera and my OEGB rooster is snuggled up with the bantam cochin...

Awe. Anytime I do anything out of order, I double check. Especially these days at my age now. 😆 I had a wyandotte rooster that was new to me and one night he didn't make it into the coop before the door shut. I didn't notice. He spent the night out under the coop perched on the base. It was a...

I'm keeping an eye on my 2 oegbs as well. The oegb rooster is the one with issues. The cochin bantam has a few spots on his comb, but it's not bothering him. They have lots of straw in their pen and all the birds have been grouped together in an area that gets the most sun when they aren't in...

He's acting fine. But, he is shaking his head. The shed has some ventilation. Just not adequate if I moved a whole flock in there. 2 bantams would probably do ok. I think. :idunnoI will check on them shortly. It's where I brooded my chicks after they got too big for the 1st brooder. But, we had...

They seem to be doing ok. Though a few have some frostbite on tips. My bantam rooster might have a bad case though as his comb has a line through it and his wattles are swollen. I'm debating on bringing him in, but I'm not sure if that would be best for him since it will be a drastic change. I...

Sorry to hear about your losses. :hugs

We don't have that much mud so not sure how they keep finding it. :D Cheddar does his best to avoid me - so I have to pluck him off the roost at night to check. He looked to have a dirty bum and so when I clipped the feathers there, I noticed his feet were dirty again. Love the cochins, but they...

Oh man, it sounds like you've had quite the time lately. I was just chipping tiny mud balls off my bantam cochins and realized it had been awhile since I've been on BYC. So, stopped by to see how you're doing. :hugs

Yeah, I've got a trip coming up and if I let her hatch it would be bad timing. So I will be working on breaking her. Maybe I need to rethink getting cochins if they go broody. Are they as bad as silkies? My muscovy go broody, but usually they choose an enclosure that I can close off during the...

She was still in there this morning and when I took her out, she just laid flat on the ground. 🤣 Poor thing.

The next day she wasn't on at all, but last night back at it. So sounds like option 3. 🤣 I definitely don't want more cockerels, but also want a few bantam girls, but this probably isn't the best option for that. 🤔 I've tried that experiment before (with broody ducks). However, it's so fun...

I think Lemon is going broody. 😬 Last night she was in the nest box which concerned me because she is always roosting when i come to check. But, she let me pull eggs out from under her. However, when the other chickens started to go in to roost, she screamed at them! Then, I went to check to...

That is the sweetest. 🥰

I didn't have the guy take my bantam cockerel - so he's still here. I had the same worry about what to do with him if he didn't sell and came back to my flock.

What do you treat your birds with? Cockerels are definitely hard to find homes for. I thought yours would find homes quicker since they are more unique. I see people with silkies pair up all the time and even they have a hard time finding homes for pairs (I know that is not what you have). If I...

As far as the cockerel necropsy, it was my understanding the guy that came out to check our property for over spray was going to send him. But, once I got home, the cockerel was still here and my husband said the guy decided not to take him. So, I just buried him. We haven't heard back about the...

Just him. He had a purple comb and a squishy crop. It could have just been a coincidence. He went pretty fast. None of the others are having issues though. It makes me wonder if he found something in the dirt because they have been digging pretty deep.

Sad news. My barred oegb just passed. I'm not exactly sure why either. He was hanging around the waterer yesterday afternoon when I let the birds out to free range - he didn't go out. His crop was squishy and his comb was purple. I isolated him and gave him nutri-drench. He just kept going down...

Vegas looks like a sweetie. 😍