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Can the crested breeds eat from my feeder? The "Chutes/openings" are 3" PVC plumbing street elbows. The opening of the PVC chutes are 1" from the floor of the bucket. All of my present chix, Black Marans, Welsummers, and D'Anver tiny bantams eat O.K. from the openings (bantams have a "boost...

I have been having a lot of fun with my Belgian d'Anvers, the hens are total sweetie pies (roos,...err, generally the opposite). But I would like to add some quality Cochins to my/our "herd". Have only had experience with standard Cochins decades ago, but they were not quality birds by...

My present herd of 7 Dutch Welsummers and 10 Black French Marans are only reliably putting out a grand total of 5 and 6 eggs per day. The hens are a 2016 hatch, and molting only a small amount. After dark tonight, Hubby and I, tagged ten hens that still appear to be laying(??). All of the...

My pullets: 7 Welsummers & 10 Black Marans are approaching 4 months in age. They thrive, along with the wonderful tiny bantams that share their World. I need to figure out some way of "marking" the young "big hens" during daylight hours. I HAVE to cull some of these 17 pullets, but...

I have never had any experience with any of the Marans. In various forums, the BCM appears the most popular? Why Black Copper, over Black? Are there honest-to-goodness pure Black Maran in the US? Sounds like very dark Black Copper Marans might be labelled as "Black Marans" even though...

I/we have a flock of Belgian d'Anver bantams that are wonderful tiny chickens, but I would like to add a few Australorp hens to produce large brown eggs, to supplement the tiny bantam eggs. My coop/run/nest boxes is/are large enough to support both large & small hens. My chickens are spoiled...

My d' Anver kids are nearing two months of age, and I am still struggling with what their final colors will be, as I have previously never owned any d'Anvers other than the "standard Quail". Can anyone recommend a good source for reading the precise descriptions of each color? Buy the...

We are finally in the closing throws of finishing off the inside of our coop. I plan to have at least one poop board, but can I put TWO roosts over the top of the board? Would the poop board have to be excessively wide, to prevent "misses"? Any ideas for depth of board? And spacing for the...

Progress slowly marches on,... for my chicken coop,... but lighting choices must be made soon. The coop is 7 x 14 feet by outside dimensions. But, there will be an interior "feed room" at the north end, cutting down the actual Chix Condo area to about 7 x 10.5 feet. There will be a "half...

My coop/run is still grossly behind "schedule", and I may have to move young Chix from a brooder area to the very hot "outside". I have wanted to order chicks mail-order, but I am totally resigned to NOT buying any babies until the coop is well underway. I plan to set up a brooder in our...

I have always been pretty much a bantam lover. I appreciate that the smaller breeds eat less, and poo more conservatively. But are any of the Bantams good at egg production too? Have had Golden Seabrights, Old English Games, and Japanese in the past. None were very productive layers. Cuter...

We are still trying to get our totally-varmint-proof coop+run built before the end of April in an arid desert clime. But we continue to struggle with the project. I do not want to take the risk of ordering mail-order chicks prior to the final completion of the Chicken Hacienda. Too risky...

I am designing a new chicken coop in southern NM. Much of my previous "chicken experience" has been with bantams. I have always loved the d'Anvers but have only tried them twice: Once in WA state, and in coastal GA. The many Old English Game bantams that I had in WA, and Golden Seabrights in...

I have had chickens over many years in several states, and wish to begin anew, with a few fancy bantams and "external..pop-out nest boxes" on the east side of the coop. I have never had any experience with fancy-dancy external nest boxes. I see that some nest boxes open from the TOP, such as...

As a new member to BYC, I would like to highly praise the "Predator and Pests" thread. The original post in this thread was extremely well done. And ageless. Well done! As long as there are chickens, there will be "opportunists"? I am currently designing a "chicken pen" that will please...