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All three of my Sumatra's are very friendly. They all come when called and jump up on a roost when I tell them to. I can pick up each of them with out a fuss, lay then on their backs, and spread their wings and play with their feet. I don't find them to be an aggressive or flighty breed. However...

I was wondering if Sumatra's are one of the breeds that carry a lethal gene. My breeding stalk is healthy I only incubate good quality eggs, never wait long then 7 days before the eggs go in the incubator. So far I have had 98% fertility rate, Every egg that is fertile full develops then the...

Hello Everyone, I hope I am posting this in the right spot. I have a few Bantam hens I am thinking of selling, as well as raising some chicks and selling them as pullets and putting the cockerels in my stew pot. My question is what is the going price for Barnyard Mix Bantam Hens who are under a...

This is my little rooster Lightfoot. He is almost 6 months old now. I was wondering what colour you would call him. He has some gold penciling on his chest and had some on his flight feathers before I clipped. them, I am not a fan of clipping wings as all my runs are covered, but he is new, and...

I am just wondering what colour to call them so I have it on file with the rest of her information. I also have this little Serama Rooster. Any idea on his colouring? I want to call him a red duckwing but I do not thing that is correct. He was passing in the run as he is scared. He came from a...

I purchased these three Bantam hens on April, 17th. One of them had Scaly leg mites really bad, but they are all in quarantine for a minimum of a month and I am treating all three just to be safe. I know the white one is a red breasted white, mind you the red is light and hard to get a good...

I have three very broody bantams hens. They are bantam mix. I am not sure what bantam breeds they are crossed with though. I am looking for a little bantam rooster for them. I want to stick with a broody breed. I know Chochins, and Silkies are both broody breeds. I was wondering what other...

I am bringing home three bantam hens on April 17th. I don't currently have a quarantine coop so I am working on building one. This is what I have so far. I just have to put the fencing on it. The quarantine will be a minimum of 3 weeks. I would like to keep them quarantined for a month though...

My nest broody nest boxes are sitting at floor level in my coop, and are only ever open to the hens when one of them goes broody. My regular nest boxes are up off the ground. I don't want to increase the lip size as my hens are a bantam breed and like Aust1227 I don't want to have a chick fall...

I have a 3" lip on all my nest boxes to help keep the bedding in the nest boxes. I have a piece of foam in the bottom of each nest box. It is the kind of click lock flooring you get for children's play rooms. This helps to prevent the eggs from braking or cracking when a hen lays them. I have...

What size leg bands do you use for your Sumatra's?

I have a some Sumatra's I would like to put leg bands on. I was wondering how you size a chicken leg to find the perfect size leg bands for them

I am new to showing birds and I wish to show my Sumatra's. I was told that to prepare them for show I should place them in 2ftx2ftx2ft cage to get them use to show. Because of my rooster long tail and the fact they are active birds will I need a bigger cage or will the 2ft one be enough room?

Yes I am very lucky she survived. She is the sweetest little bird. She is definitely smaller then her siblings. They live in a covered run that several people told me looks a bit like an aviary. She is hand tamed, but still timid compaired to her sister.

I am looking to add one or two hens to my Sumatra flock. I am not looking to add more Sumatra's to the flock just yet. I simply want one or two hens to help me hatch out eggs, so I wont have to use the incubator all the time. I am look for breed that is really friendly and extremely broody. I...