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    Sablepoot/Booted Bantam?

    I'm thinking that some sablepoots would be nice variation to add to my small Pekin flock. Does anyone have some who can advise, temprement, eggs and size compared to other bantams like the Pekin? I especially love the lemon millefleur, porcelain and buff mottled.
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    Good chicken to go with Pekins (Cochin Bantams)

    I am upgrading my 5 pekin gals to a 8x8 shed and 8x8 outside run. I'm thinking of eventually adding a couple of larger chickens that lay a few more eggs or slightly larger eggs. I like the fluffy chicken look so I was thinking Orpington bantams or Brahma bantams. Are these much bigger than Pekin...
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    My Pekin "bubbies"

    I have introduced my new Pekin ladies to my current two and now have a flock of 5 lovely Pekins. They were loving the sun we had today. I had to put the black one in a cage for a while cos she kept getting too feisty but shes now settled into the pecking order, just took her a little longer than...
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    Snugglesafe?

    Hi, I have a flock of pekin bantams and we've been having dreadful weather, snow, rain, damp and chilly! My hens have been trying to snuggle together in the nest boxes to get warm rather than in the main coop. They've even resorted to sitting on top of each other, three in one box if they can do...
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    Needy chooks?

    Hiya, every morning I let my girls out and give them their breakfast. I also sprinkle some grain and seed around in the hopes they'll forage for food throughout the day. I also visit them at tea time and chuck them a treat as well as saying good night and locking them up at nightfall. This has...
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    How to ensure chicks don't have MG?

    Hiya, I possibly have MG in my flock. I'm trying to manage it but in the event I have to take the awful decision to start over how do I ensure any hatching eggs I buy or small chicks are MG free? Thanks
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    Anyone managing a closed flock?

    Hi, I suspect my hens have MG. They all came from the same poultry farm but different flocks within the farm. The Sussex hens started with symptoms on day two, the following days the Pekins joined them. They looked like they were going to die, crusted eyes, not moving, wheezing and mucus, they...
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    Heard a few sneezes! Is it coming back?

    Hiya all my chooks came with a very bad respitory infection which I cleared up with amoxicillin. It's been a week or more since they've been back to full health and off the medicine however this morning I heard the odd sneeze from one of my smaller chooks. Is it coming back so soon and should I...
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    Pekin egg size?

    Hi guys, does anyone have any pics of a pekin bantam egg size compared to normal size or store bought standard size egg? I know they will be small but just wondering what to expect. I have two POL pekins right now that I am waiting to start laying and two maybe three coming in a weeks time. Even...
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    Bullied chook?

    Hi I have a relatively new flock (2 weeks) and they've been ill for 1 week. Now they're feeling better they have quickly established a pecking order. The small pekins are top of the food chain, the black one Pop is boss lady then Pip. Next is a large Sussex bantam (Pepper) and last is a small...
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    My chooks on the mend!

    Hiya, my new chooks came with a terrible respitory infection that has finally started to subside, they are out in the fresh air eating and running around. It's so nice to see them get their energy back after being hunched over and deathly for over a week. There's still some odd sneezing from the...
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    Amoxicillin?

    Hi. I've had little success with Tylan for chickens swollen eyes and sneezing. In desperation I made some scrambled egg and crumpets, added a little water and sprinkled a dose of amoxicillin on top of it. This morning they seem alot perkier, actually moving around instead of sat in a corner...
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    Apple cider vinegar? Any good?

    Hi, my local store has a poultry drink you add to water that contains phosphorous potassium manganese and copper, said to perk hens up and help their immune system. Alternatively I hear a lot of good things about apple cider vinegar. Which of these sounds more effective in helping hens all round...
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    Collodial Active Silver 15ml?

    I've heard colloidal silver is good to use in water to help combat hens under the weather with sniffles. A 15ml spray is available on eBay but how much would you add to 5 litre water feeder?
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    Open air run?

    Hi I have an open air run, half soil/mud and half concrete slabs. I have been putting straw down to catch the majority of poop, then after two weeks shovelling it out, washing concrete down and adding sand to the soil and turning it over and then laying new straw down over soil and concrete...
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    At risk of rats?

    I have a wooden coop house in an open run area. The coop hen house sits on a concrete base. The coop is raised a few cm off the concrete floor on small legs. I lock the chooks in the coop house at night and let them out in the morning. Their run is open air, half concrete half soil with trees...
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    New chicken has gunky swollen eye - help!

    I brought home 4 new bantam chickens on Saturday. This morning I noticed one of the light Sussex bantams had a gunky, squinty eye. The other eye is fine and bright. She never had this when we picked her up.She seems less active than the others but not sickly so, she just doesn't run as fast and...
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    Fiesty little un ...

    Hi I got 4 bantams today. I had to pick them up at night fall to put them in their coop cos they'd all huddled in a corner on the ground. Three of them let me pick them up chirping away peacefully but my little brown Pekin called 'Pip' started trying to bite me. It didnt wound me cos shes just a...
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    Are all my new Chooks little ladies?

    Hi. I have got 4 bantam hens today. At least I'm hoping they're hens. Can someone tell me if they look like ladies? I have two pekins called Pip (brown) and Pop (black) and two light Sussex my husband has called Salt & Pepper. They all seem quite friendly and get on well. Salt: Pepper:
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    Run for 6 bantams?

    Hi I am soon intending to buy 6 pekin (cochin) bantams. I intend for them to have a 17ft x10ft run, attached will be a large coop. Now and again in summer when we are sat in the garden I may let them free range but generally they will be confined to their run. Will this be big enough for them...
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