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Today when i was feeding my flock of 5 I noticed our bantam japanese was having some problems eating the layena pellets. She would try to eat the pellets but about 5 minutes later would violently shake her head and whatever she ate would fly out. Then I noticed she would shake her head and a...

Hello, My 5 bird's feeder always seems to be running out of food and we cant find a single egg. A while ago it whould last 2 or more weeks now, under 48 hours! We caught a rat before in a (chicken proof) trap but there seems to be another one. is their any way to more "rat proof" out...

hi all! so in the process of integrating some new banties some fighting broke out. when this happens should you try and pull the chickens apart of just grit your teeth and wait it out?? Two of the hens really went at it the other day and my sister started freaking out and managed to pull her...

Hi everyone, so yesterday we got two more chickens. both are plymouth rock bantams and one is frizzled. Today i had the smaller of the two (not frizzled, born in october) on our lawn and as she was walking around i noticed her tail seemed to tilt to the left. Is this just because her feathers...

Hi everyone, so yesterday we got two more chickens. both are plymouth rock bantams and one is frizzled. Today i had the smaller of the two (not frizzled, born in october) on our lawn and as she was walking around i noticed her tail seemed to tilt to the left. Is this just because her feathers...

Hi BYCers, so tomorrow my family and i are heading down to stockton for a poultry show. We will also be getting more chickens so we are looking at some good breeds. While searching the internet I found some pictures of chickens called Frizzles. However, when looking for the breed in a few books...

Hi everyone! so a few weeks ago i posted about mysterious holes in my chicken run. Well today i was out refilling the water and i lifted up the cinderblock i had previously covered the holes with. And surprise!! i saw a little furry backside scurry down a tunnel. So now i at least know its not a...

Hi everyone! so i was just outside checking on the girls when i noticed these really strange holes in the ground. They are not like gopher holes (where they dirt is in a mound on top) its just a hole and it does make a trail. I immediatly though of a rat or a mouse but there isnt a hole on the...

Hi everyone, so this morning i went into the coop to find my black silkie just sitting in the nest. she has been doing this for a few days now and is starting to worry me. So i picked he up, found an egg in the nest, and put her down near some scratch i had just put out to see if she would get...

We have been raising two bantum chicks in a 2ftx3ft cardboard box in the garage. They are making such a mess with their food and water that we have to change the papers every other day to keep things from growing in it. How do you deal with chicks this size? Should we make a separate screened...

Hi today i realized that some peanuts i bought a while ago have gone stale and i don't like to eat them anymore. The container is still pretty much full and i would hate to just throw all of them away. I was wondering if i could feed them to my chickens. They are "roasted and salted" and are...

Hi everyone, so a few weeks ago we bought two new chicks. Unfortunately the feed store only had 'assorted bantams' so we had to guess on breed and gender. Yesterday when i looked at them i could see an almost bald spot in the middle of their heads and it looks like a comb is growing. Does this...

Hi everyone! We just got back from our local feed store and just purchased two brand new chicks! (triumphant music!) Anyway, they are both bantams and apparantly the store doesn't sex or determine the breed of bantams. We had heard that the more jumpy chicks are male and the calmer are female...

Hi everyone! We just got back from our local feed store and just purchased two brand new chicks! (triumphant music!) Anyway, they are both bantams and apparantly the store doesn't sex or determine the breed of bantams. We had heard that the more jumpy chicks are male and the calmer are female...

Hi everyone, we got 2 brand new chickens a couple of weeks ago and they live in a small coop with total access to a large run. The problem is that they dont seem to really move around, scratch or peck very much. We dont think they are sick. What could be wrong with them????????????????? Any...

After three months of building a run and still months left to go for the coop, we are proud to announce that we are now the owners of two beautiful bantam pullets! We bought them at a poultry show last weekend are love them a lot! Here are some pictures and hopefully there will be more in the...

After three months of building a run and still months left to go for the coop, we are proud to announce that we are now the owners of two beautiful bantam pullets! We bought them at a poultry show last weekend are love them a lot! Here are some pictures and hopefully there will be more in the...

Hi everyone! After a lot of splitting, painting, bolting, digging, burying and asking help from all you BYCers, we have finally finished our chicken run! What do you all think??? MORE PICTURES TO COME! (HOPEFULLY) THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK!

Hi everyone! Well, the coop/run is almost complete and its time to start thinking about where to get our chickens. We are planning to go to a few shows to look at some bantam hens and have a few questions: 1. Can we buy hens at shows? 2. Around how much do breeded bantams cost at shows? 3. Would...

Hi everyone! Well, the coop/run is almost complete and its time to start thinking about where to get our chickens. We are planning to go to a few shows to look at some bantam hens and have a few questions: 1. Can we buy hens at shows? 2. Around how much do breeded bantams cost at shows? 3. Would...