I’m getting a female bantam to add to my others, she’s about 10 weeks same as mine. How long do I need to keep her separated/Quarantined? My coop is in my garage, so would putting her in a large dog cage in my garage be ok?
I have 2 Mille Fleur D’uccle cockerels and have to re-home 1. I would like to show one at a local fair next summer but don’t know what features judges look for. So I could use some help deciding which one to keep. Right now they’re only 10 weeks, don’t plan on re-homing either until they’re a...
I purchased 6 bantam chicks 3 are 10 weeks & 3 are 6 weeks. 4 have turned out to be cockerels which clearly leaves me with only 2 pullets. Am I going to have a problem? I also have 1 cockerel & 8 pullets that are 6 months and 1 cockerel along with 6 pullets 10 weeks. The babies have all been...
Questioning my frizzle bantams gender. It’s 5 weeks old. Thought it was a hen, now I’m not so sure. Including a pic of my 9 week old frizzle bantam hen as well.
my one pullet is pacing the coop in a frantic, going in and out of the nesting boxes scratching all the bedding out. Some of the other chickens are now pecking at her. She is 25 weeks and also seeing impaired. She has never acted like this before and I’m very worried. I felt her abdomen and it...
Just noticed my 9 week old lavender Orpington pullet has a crooked toe. Is there anything I can do? Or do I just name her trigger? She seems to be fine.
I have 7 nine week old chicks (6pullets & 1 roo) starting the integration with my 9 25week olds (8 hens & 1 roo). I have had the littles in a fenced in area next to the large coop so they can see each other for for a few days now. Opened a small spot in the fencing so only the babies could come...
Wondering what breed of bantams these could be. My friend got them from TSC a couple weeks ago and it was out of a random bantam chick bin. First 2 pics are the same black chick.