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    Poultry Couture's flock- Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries And Cures~

    Hi I have a bantam who has a lump on the top of her head, I don't know how she did it, it has not broken the skin but its stretched her skin so that her eye looks pulled up. What could it be and is there anyone who can suggest anything. She is eating and drinking normally, it really looks like...
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    My Bantam has gone Broody?

    thanks drumstick diva, will make sure and turf her out to eat, i do not have enough room to have more bantams. Nicki from England where are you from?
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    My Bantam has gone Broody?

    Thank you for your advice, I have taken her out of the nest and shut the door of the nest box area so that she will eat and drink. I will do it each day for some of the time but cant shut the coop up all the time as the other bantams may need to lay. Is there anything else I should be doing?
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    My Bantam has gone Broody?

    Please can anyone tell me, will a broody hen get off the nest to go a feed or do I need to lift her off. I only have hens so there will be no chicks. Each time she has laid I have taken the egg away. she also sits on other hens eggs. Is there anything I should be doing? Any advice would be...
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    I gave my chickens some porridge oats this morning as it was a bit chilly.

    I gave my chickens some porridge oats this morning as it was a bit chilly.
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    feeding in autumn and winter

    Hi thanks for advice, I live in England, U.K. and will probably up the corn over the colder months, someone said porridge oats warmed up is good also. Thank you again Nicki
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    feeding in autumn and winter

    What foods do you give chickens to keep them full in the winter?
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    Hi, I have 6 Bantams and live in England, I have 1 Australorp, I orpingdon, 1 white sussex, 1...

    Hi, I have 6 Bantams and live in England, I have 1 Australorp, I orpingdon, 1 white sussex, 1 white Plymouth rock and 2 pekins. Can you tell me how often you should give treats. They have layers pellets , a little corn in the morning, then I hang up some cabbage for them to peck at. Can giving...
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    How do you clean your coop/run?

    Hi I have 6 bantams which live in a static coop and run connected, their run is earth, underneath the coop its dry and I have a roof to put on the extension runs when it rains, when its wet I put chippings on the floor to stop their feet getting to muddy, Each day I pick up any poop in the runs...
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    Bantams

    Hi will look on game bird threads. Thanks
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    Bantams

    Hi Cynthia, Thank you for your advice, I have found BYC really helpful and enjoy talking to like minded people, I have a different breeds of bantams as large fowl would have been too big for my garden,. I have 2 pekin, I light sussex, I plymouth rock, I Orpington blue and an australorp, 3...
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    Bantams

    Hi is there anyone out there who keeps bantams from England, I have 6, do you have advice about how often do you get eggs and what do you feed them apart from layers pellets, somebody told me that game bird pellets can increase egg production is this true? Nicki from Devon, South West England.
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    How much layers pellets should you allow per day per chicken ?

    Hi, Nicki from England wants to know, do you measure out how much layers pellets each chicken should have each day to prevent overfeeding or do you just make sure that its full each day so they eat what they want? My bantams are in a static run and coop, I have 6 bantams altogether. Any advice...
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    Nicki Payne

    Hi Michael, After looking over the light sussex bantam I have found that she doesn't have mites but lice which may be the cause of her not laying so I have dusted her with total mite powder which also kills lice aswell. the other bantams do not seem to be scratching but I will dust them tomorrow...
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    what bantam breed is white with yellow feet

    Her breed may be more apparent when she is a bit older as she is only about 15weeks. Thank you for your advice, it is very wet here at the moment so as soon as it becomes dryer I will post a picture. spk soon Nicki
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