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Bantam Sultans?

She came with my order of Salmon Favorolles...but is clearly not a Salmon Favorolle...any ideas????? (Her leg isn't really twisted...just a funny shot)

I've had very good luck with Efowl.com. My next order from them is due the week of April 9th

Think 100 years ago, I bet chickens age slugs and snails by the pound. Funny story about my dog. Long before I had chickens, I used to put shallow containers filled with beer in my garden and yard as a way to control slugs. As you may know, slugs are attracted to beer, crawl into the...

My flock is feasting on a rotisserie chicken carcass as I type this....and loving every bite! I've also given them lamb, beef and fish, yum!

Vinegar in the soapy water works on slugs too, fries 'em right up

Have you by chance fed them red cabbage? I do, and it turns their poop this wild florescent green.

I also use dish soap & water in a spray bottle, works great. I use this method on all garden pests, it's especially effective on japanese beetles

I don't know about ivermectin, I have only used Ivomec

My local feed store sells chicken scratch in the poly bags, the bags are a translucent white and I've saved enough to recover my greenhouse .....they have worked perfectly!

My bantam cochin roo took to the babies immediately, clucked and fussed over them....the girls however were not very hospitable. Pretty much wanted them dead....

I am reading through my Story's Illustrated Guide to chickens. The info on Jersey Giants also lists a bantam variety. Anybody out there have these? Also, I ordered standard speckled sussex chicks, but this guide shows a bantam variety also, anybody out there have bantam sussex?