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Am i right in saying that domestic cats are very rarely considered predators for Bantams. Its just, a few months ago i asked a similar question on here and i was told cats should pose no threat especially since i have 2 ducks and a cockerel but i've got a very playfull kitten that insists on...

Hello, i have a Silver Laced Wyandotte Bantam cockerel with 2 silkie bantams and a brown cross breed. He's coming to the age now where he's crowing, strutting about and chasing the girls about. I was wondering if it was a silly idea to let them breed? and what the chicks would turn out like if...

I live in quite a rural location and i've had quails and chickens in the garden for the last year or so without any being picked off by anything. The only really dangerous predator in our area is the fox and unfortunatly in the last 2 months the vixens had a few cubs and they've started causing...

I've got 4 Bantams running free range around my garden and the field surrounding and other than the odd fox and a neighbours cat they havent really had any problems. ones a young silver laced bantam cockerel (about 10 weeks) and he's already starting to toughen up and take charge of the others...

I've got a hen bird and 7 chicks in together. i think 3 are pullets and 4 are cockerels.. i just went outside cus u heard alot of noise and 2 of the cocks are fighting and theres blood on one of them.. they're only 8 weeks old and i was told they wouldent fight for a few weeks yet.. anyway, i...

All my chicks seem to be squring up to each other and theres only 2 that seem to be showing physical signs of being cockerals. is this normal? or does this mean they're all bloody cockerals?

Hello, I have a quick question about integrating my 6 week old chick with the adult chickens. basically since the chick was a week old its been in a small broody ark within the chickens run. so they've seen him every day and grown accept him as part of the flock.. or so i thought.. I released...

Is 8 weeks old enough to release the chick with the other birds with its mother or should i hang on a little while longer? Its fully feathered and in good health.

Because i keep getting differing views.. I only have one so i cant compare and theres a very small red comb appearing very slowly.. No spurs on his/her leg either.. or loud or unusual chirping. any experianced brains out there?

I've got 4 bantams which will soon be 8 or so when i release my chicks with them in their run... they've lived within it for a year. My chickens run is 20 meters by 10 and my garden is significantly bigger. it isent really fenced off very well but is surrounded 80% by thick bushes and beyond...

hello, i have 2 3 day old chicks which seem to have a build up of mess on their bottoms that i think is pastey butt.. they're with thier mum and i've heard its rare for they to develop this when with thier mum... is this true? Anyway, i wiped off as much as i could on the chick but its not...

At what age do you normally start swapping the chick crumb to adult food? I started mixing small amounts or grit in with my chick at 2 weeks old and started feeding some mealworms and greens.. shes now 3 1/2 weeks old and the mother seems more and more concerned wth getting food out of me...

hello.. i have a 2 and a half week old silver laced wyandotte chick and i'm desporate to find out whether its a he or a she.. is there anyway i can tell? is there anything physically i should look out for? or do i need to wait until he/she's matured a little bit more?

I have 6 day old chick who is currently being brought up by his very protective mum! I started mixing tiny amounts of grit in with the chick crumbs yesterday sort of preparing them for the outside world. the question i have is can i let the mother and the chicks out into the run of the arc onto...

I've been given what i've been told are 8 random bantam eggs from this nice fella who's got bantam hens in with not so bantam cockerals... they are truely huge! from what i could see they were all in good condition and alot of them were cross bred. some of the eggs were big and some really...

I have some eggs under a hen and shes been brilliant and done a really good job so far. I let her stay incubating with the other 3 chickens because when i moved her on day 10 she freaked out a bit so i put her back and until now the other girls have left her alone.. However, i've now got a...

Hello!! My hen is sitting on 6 eggs 9 days into incubation but she keeps either accidently or purposly knocking eggs out of ther nest box. I've come home from work on 2 occasions and the same egg has been kicked out twice.. and the 2nd time i put it back under her at the back.. its all ver...

I've had a bit of a rat infestation recently so i put some block bait poison in the holes i'd found around the outside of the coop... I let the chickens out this morning and just went back after 2 hours or so and theres one of the poison baits in the coop thats obviously been pulled into it by...

Hello! After being told by the very knowlegable people of this site to candle on day 8 i've just had my 2nd attempt. the problem is.. i'm not sure what i should be seeing.. every person i speak to seems to have their own opinion of what is healthy on day 8 and every picture i see is...

I'm very new and possibly pretty nieve when it comes to incubating and candleing eggs and wondered whether anyobne could help me out a bit. i recently found myself with a really broody light sussex hen and thought i'd try to make the most of it and put some possibly fertile silver laced...