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My young 3 month old Pekin Bantam has suddenly attracted some caviar looking black insects. I tried to wipe them off with a cotton bud but not much came off. Does anyone know what they are and how to treat them? Thank you.

Hi, I recently obtained a couple of unsexed young quail. They have now shown their gender with one male and one female - hopefully not brother and sister. They have an 8m2 run under the tomato plants and seem happy. However I am wondering if my thinking matches what other (more...

I have an (what I think is) Orpington Pekin Bantam cross that I have raised since the egg. Her bottom has looked like this for a while, and I am wondering if it is a concern. Does anyone have an opinion? She lays well and seems happy enough. However, sometimes her poo gets stuck around her...

Hello wonderful backyard chicken people. I have a young pekin bantam rooster. He has been crowing for about 3 weeks now. About two weeks ago he got a little too enthusiastic for the girls so I put him in another yard by himself. It was a veggie patch until recently so he had plenty of great...

Hi my favourite chook site. In the chicken mix that I buy to go along with free range foraging, the black sunflower seeds are eaten first. For a few years I've grown sunflowers that produce black sunflower seeds. However, the chooks don't like my homegrown seeds. Does anyone know why...

Today we bought two 1 day old Pekin Bantams to put under a longtime broody Bantam. She was in the 'egg room' where all the others sleep. Since they were out in the yard and we can close that yard off we thought we will put them under her a few hours before dark (Australian Summer here now)...

Hi wonderful forum members. I have an apricot pekin bantam. We got her at an auction so I am not sure how old she is but we have had her for about two and half years. I am wondering - what are the characteristics of a chicken that is about to die of old age compared to one that is unwell...

Hi, We had some chicks hatch today. I thought they'd look after themselves but I now realize that's not the case. I can't get any chick crumble for at least 12 hours (its been 6 already) and I dont have them in a special room with a special water feeder. I put fertilized eggs under a...

One of our beloved bantams, 'Apricot' is losing feathers rapidly. Every time she flaps her wings half a dozen or so feathers come out. She has not seemed as happy the last couple of weeks and a little withdrawn from her friends. She is eating but not enthusiastically. The other chickens are...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I had chickens as a child/teenager but it was recently when I bought my first home that I decided I wanted a few for the back yard. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? Only four. (3) What breeds do you have? Two...