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    A step into the unknown... heat lamps and chicks!!

    Hi, I'm from scotland, uk so I guess the weather is a little colder over here, around 25 at night. I'm also getting bantams so they take longer to feather out. Thank you for all the replies, you have all been super helpful! Also, what bedding do I use for them?
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    A step into the unknown... heat lamps and chicks!!

    Hi BYC I getting three, 4-week old chicks soon. I have built a large brooder area in the shed but I'm unsure of how to heat it. I'm a little confused about dull emitters and the different types of heat lamps and how to hang them ect. so if anyone could help, that would be amazing!! Any extra...
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    Help with 10 week Chicks!

    Thank you for your help. When you say same flooring, do you mean put new wood chips in their run or not?
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    Help with 10 week Chicks!

    Hi BYC! At Easter i'm getting 3/4 bantams to add to my flock of 4 bantams The run is 14m squared / 150 square foot and the house it quite large and could fit up to 10 bantams. Due to other animals and lack of space I can't let my chickens free range so do you think I have enough room to have...
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    Mystery disease, Need your help!

    Hi, I thought I would give you an update on how my chickens are! I tried the prebiotic yogurt and that worked a treat! Also, I did a worm and cocci test which showed that that was a count of 20 cocci ooysts but there needed to be >20000 for even cause for concern. With regards to the feather...
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    Mystery disease, Need your help!

    Ok I will try the yoghurt. I only have 4 chickens left now :( and the coop was built for 10. The food says it contains 17% protein but feather pecking has been a problem in the past. Thank for your help
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    Mystery disease, Need your help!

    Thank you!
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    Mystery disease, Need your help!

    Hi, Last autumn, one of my bantams died from weight loss and was very lethargic. In the summer I lost a 1 year old bantam, she had lost feathers around the vent, lost weight and eventually died. Last week I lost another hen, who lost weight extremely quickly and died within a few days. Now I...
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    Tips and handy tricks!

    Please post any tips you have about keeping chickens and poultry. My tip: If your chicken isn't eating but is drinking, try putting sugar in warm water so that the chicken will gain energy. I have just used sugar water to save my bantam orpington who was close to death! I look forward to...
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    Newbie in UK waves hello!

    Laurendoc, for my chickens I worm with flubenvet and verm-x, it seems to work as i have never had any problems with worms.
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    ⠀ Chicken feed

    I have been feeding her scrambled eggs with banana, smells disgusting but she seems to like it! She also loves mealworms but in the UK they are so expensive! Might try feeding her some meat later. Thank you!
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    Anyone from the UK?

    Hi, They are all bantams so don't take that much room! I leave them out all the time, they have only just turned a year old and where fine in the winter, as long as you have a good house for them, they will be fine. Although in the winter i did get the hair dryer to defrost some icicles in the...
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    ⠀ Chicken feed

    Thank you! Also I have a underweight chicken who is just starting to recover from illness, what can I feed to increase her weight quickly?
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    Anyone from the UK?

    Hi! I'm from Shropshire! I have 2 bantam orpingtons, 1 light sussex bantam, 1 bard d'anver and 2 pekins
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    The BANTAM ORPINGTON Thread

    What weight should bantam orpingtons be? Loving this thread!
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    2 Pekin bantams, 1 barb d'anver, 2 bantam orpingtons, 1 light sussex bantam = 6 Total of: 19,332 chickens!!
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    The last letter Game

    egg
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    Anyone from the UK?

    Hi, Is anyone else from the UK?
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    ⠀ Chicken feed

    Apart from layers pellets what else should I feed my chickens? They have no grass (all eaten!!) so I thought about giving them vegetables/fruit?
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    What should I be feeding my chickens? And chicken underweight.

    Hi BYC! I feed my chickens layers pellets, oyster shell, mixed corn but they also love bread, porridge too! How often should I feed them bread/porridge and should I feed them any vegetables as they haven't got any grass. One of my ladies had mites which caused her to lose weight, now she has...
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