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Does anyone do this? I have two fully grown pekin bantams (miniature cochins) and was considering getting two Orpington growers (about 10 weeks old so still quite small). I thought if I mixed them (carefully, separating them with wire to begin with) they would probably accept each other just...

I have owned 7 hens over the last 4 years but only 1-3 hens at a time. Due to sickness I have lost 4 (2 had maerks disease and 2 had egg peritonitis) despite spending an awful lot of money at the avian vet. One of my current 3 had a really bad respiratory problem the other day (I think...

After several years of keeping pekin bantams (cochin bantams) free range in my tiny garden I have for the first time started having problems with the neighbourhood cats. In the past I have known my girls to chase all cats from the garden but we have some new cats in the area and they are...

Hi I got two chickens at 10 weeks from a reputable breeder. One is definately a hen as is laying now, the other is not sure! This is quite a mature bird now 25 weeks. Up to about 4 weeks ago (just before a 2 week holiday) definately looked and behaved like a girl but started squawking loudly...

My pekin bantam has a reproductive tract infection. The vet saw her and gave her a long acting antibiotic injection on Thursday. Saturday and Sunday she was much better,no blood loss, but today she looks rotten again and is bleeding again. Unfortunately I can't see the vet again until tomorrow...

The wheaten hen on the left is supposed to be a pekin bantam (cochin bantam to my American friends). However she has a comb which very obviously does not conform to the breed standard (see below). Also she has less feathers on her feet and is significantly larger than her friends weighing over...

I have had a thin hen recently who is now gaining weight but without special dietary help I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have made it. I tried lots of foods but these are the ones I found most effective/popular with this chicken: Suet pellets with insects - designed for wild birds these are...

My hen has been broody since 21st December. I have tried every practical way of discouraging her, she has even seen a vet as she stopped eating for a while and lost a lot of weight. Since supplementing her food 3 times a day she has started to gain back some of the weight she lost initially and...

I have a pekin (cochin) bantam hen who used to weight 750g. She suffered a long period of extreme broodiness,stopped eating almost completely and went down to 600g. She saw the avian vet who crop fed her for a day which started her eating again and helped improve the broodiness. She seems...

My first two chickens died of mareks disease. After the first one died we got a friend for her who we still have (who was mareks vaccinated). It was only when the second of the original chickens died that we knew we were definately dealing with marek's disease. I bought two more mareks...

Hi all I have 3 pekin bantams around 9 months old, they are very cute.