She is an Old English Game Bantam :)
Thanks everyone on the comp.iments on the babies! They are doing fab as well as Mumma! The only thing I am struggling with is when I leave for work I leave them in their brooder and with it being Winter here it gets dark at 4:30-5 o clock so when I get...
Sooo many awesome pics!!! These baby fuzzy butts AND Mamas are all beatious! So glad everyone is doing well and for the near death experiences of our feathered friends remaining just that Near death! Yikes so glad whatever it was didn't have success.
My babies are doing great as well, had...
No the marks weren't from him... I watched his whole interaction. He was pecking more at their bodies.... literally picking them up in his beak and droppoing them... thanks for your feedback :)
Batlow Biddy- any update??
Liz- soo cute! And how lucky would you be with 2 out of 2 pullets... fingers crossed!
Teila- So glad they are all doing great!
I am still not comfy letting mine play together so she is in with the bubs until this weekend as well. I feel so awful making her stay...
Hello All!
Been a BUSY BUSY weekend! Just caught up on all your posts and love all the good news I am reading!!
Liz and Teila- glad to see babies are doing super!
Welcome to all the new posters!
My little family is doing ok.... I say only ok because I let them out on Saturday to get some...
So sorry Teila :( I have had to have my husband do the "Unthinkable" and I sat there and cried on the couch while he did it. I am so sorry for yur impending loss, I know it is a chicken but to me, you and a lot of other people they are pets first and foremost so again HUGS!!
Thanks...
So now here comes the questions about integration into the flock.... my babies are a few days old now but still INCREDIBLY SMALL. I have them in a seperate coop in the garage with a lamp a few feet above to take the chill outta the air just a tad as it is getting into the 20's at night right...
No she is an Old English Bantam :) She is a pretty gray color with some silver pinning and some reddish orange breast feathers. The blue egg is a bit of a mystery baby. It def came from one of my stadard size Americaunas that borrowed her nest one day but not sure which and was covered by the...
Hello All! I have had a busy weekend!!!! Sorry to leave you hanging! :) SO as a recap, my little pullet 7 mo old laid a clutch of 16 with one LF imposter laying an egg in ther clutch as well for a total of 17. After candling on day 10 to get rid of some cause my lil peanut couldn't handle all...
I know! I wish I could show you the pics! When she sat you couldn't see one of them bad boys, so you can imagine my surprise when I shooed her off the nest to take a peek! I didn;t choose right away cause it was a bit warmer. I decided to let Mother Nature do the picking for me. I let 10 days...
Thank you so much for your response! I will slap my wrist if I think about touching again :) Just so excited to see some fuzzy butts! My 3 daughters are beyond excited as well. I am so proud of my little Mama, she literally just started laying at about 7 months old and I didn't even know it...
Hi All! I have been following your posts for a while and wanted to say congrats on all the new sweet babies!! I have a Old English bantam sitting on 6 bantam eggs and 1 large fowl egg. I think they were due yesterday but at inspection last night saw no pipping nor did I hear any peeping. I...
Thanks Coop chick! Since my last post I did put her nest into a cat carrier.... much to her dismay.. but she came around. I didn't move it into the coop as she was pretty hesitant to even get in the carrier and I was afraid she would abandon it all together. So now I lock her in at night only...
Thank you all soo much! So I think after your advice I will find a small dog/cat crate and make her a little nest and then move that into the coop safe and sound. She is an OEGB so she needs little space. Last few questions, I use shavings for the coop... is that ok for nest as well? Also...