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So today my little silver sebright bantam was attacked and died. She was 7 years old, and I assume it was a fox who waited when I was on the school run with the children, and killed her. Apparently they are that cunning and will watch movements of humans. It took me two hours to find her little...

My bantam hen (Puff) has seemingly been moulting for an absolute age - it must be almost three months now. Weather is getting colder here now after a ridiculously warm September/October and she is still rather bald. Her appetite is completely normal, crop full at night, no signs of distress...

One of my bantams has laid an egg with curious markings. Almost looks like a map of The UK and Ireland! I am assuming this is some sort of strange calcium wizardry going on?

Hello Ladies and Gents. My silver sebright cockerel (rooster) has developed a gaping motion whilst extending his next. I know this is a classic example of gapeworm, but can also be due to other things also. I have some Flubenvet arriving this evening, just in case. Anyway, I brought the...

Hi folks. My Dutch bantams are in the process of hatching and wanted to get myself prepared with chick crumbs. I have just noticed on the label that firstly it says "this feed does not contain a coccidiostat drug and secondly, says "from hatching to 4-8 weeks old". Do I have the wrong chick...

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am so very excited. It is almost 2300 hrs here in the UK, and I live in the darkest depths of Wiltshire. I put 7 Dutch bantam eggs under my broody cross-bred bantam, and having just checked inside the coop, I can hear small chirps and I clocked a little beak coming...

Hi folks, I have a broody bantam hen (lost the rest of my flock unfortunately) that I am using to hatch some eggs. On 20th June I put six fertile mixed bantam eggs underneath her and all seem to be good having done some candling. Today (28th June) my friend down the road gave me (after much...

One of my Dutch Bantams has developed a slight prolapsed vent and has thick, sticky white coming out of her behind. From what I understand this is urates? I have taken her to where I got her from for a diagnosis to see if she is egg-bound and doesn't seem to be. She seems to be wanting to...

I had to kill one of my beloved bantams at 3 a.m. this morning. I put rat poison into some holes and the rats got out and sprayed the poison all over the place from digging. I noticed one of my Dutch bantams was not her normal spritely self and checked in the evening to find a rather bloody...

Hello all, I have a bit of a problem with one of my Dutch Bantams. I have 4 in all, plus one 'mongrel' bantam! One decided not to join the rest of the girls in the coop a couple of nights ago. I searched everywhere until it was really dark and couldn't find her. Rather upset I retired to the...