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Hi I've been missing the forum for quite a while as I've been very ill but my 4 silkies and my schnauzer have kept me going. It's nice to be back reading all the threads. I would like some advice please. I built a big run around my chicken coop about 12 months ago (sawed all the hard wood by...

Hi I have 4 xx3 day old silkie bantam chicks I purchased to replace my 2 pekin bantams that were killed by a fox. I have them in a special box inside the house with heat and shavings on the floor and mash and am changing the water twice a day. One of them had some hard poo hanging from her...

HI I apologise in advance if I have put this in the wrong section - I wasn't sure where it should go. We are in Brisbane, Australia and have just entered Autumn. The nights are getting chillier and in WINTER our days are sometimes a minimum of 17 C (63F) and nights between 8 & 10 C (47 - 50...

HI We are in Brisbane, Australia and have just entered Autumn. The nights are getting chillier and in winter our days are a minimum of 17 C (63F) and nights between 8 & 10 C (47 - 50 F). I have 2 bantams - the bottom of the coop is open but they have a ramp that leads to an upstairs fully...

Hi I am in Brisbane Aust and the weather has just cooled slightly - we are at the end of summer. Lolly is 16 months old and I thought she moulted about 5 weeks ago but now the coop and yard is covered in feathers. She has stopped laying. She doesn't appear to be having any problems with her...

I have an 18 week old pekin bantam I got when she was 6 weeks old. The other one is 12 months old. The younger one had been going to roost on the car (the carport is just a couple of meters from the coop) so I locked them both in the coop for a few days. I let them out to free range again and...

Hi We live in Aust and had a large tree (60 ft) fall on our house in a bad storm 2 nights ago. The tree was beside the chicken coop and while it didn't fall on it, there would have been a loud cracking as the trunk split and the roots lifted the pavers on one side of the coop. We moved the...

Hi all Lolly my adopted bantam is 12 months old. For the last 2 days she has been staying in the nesting box. I suspected she may be broody so each day I pick her up and put her outside as usual to free range. The younger one who is 16 weeks stays inside and sits outside the nesting box while...

Hi all I have added some pictures on photobucket. It is sort of a journey from my purchase of what I thought was a wonderful coop on ebay Australia to realising that it wasn't really well designed and my attempts to fix it. I loved it because it had a second storey room with a ramp leading up...

Hi I have perches in my coop that I made from wood - about 2.5 - 3 inches wide. My neighbour has told me I should only use perches that are tree branches as they are round and the chickens can hold on - I didn't think chickens "held" onto a perch like other birds do. I've read a lot of your...

Hi Sorry but I have another question. How quickly should pekin bantams grow. Mine has probably a bit more than doubled in size between when we got her at 6 weeks and now at 12 weeks. She doesn't have a comb yet. Is she ok? What age do they reach full size and when should her comb appear...

Hi My 12 month old Lolly and 12 week old Olivia seem to be getting on ok with just a few squables. They are now sharing the same coop. Olivia still runs away if she gets a look from Lolly but manages to run in and steal treats away. My question is, as they are sharing the same coop, they have...

Hi My 11 month old and my 12 week old peking bantams seemed to be getting on ok. The older one had lunged a few times at the little one and the little one just ran (she is really fast). For the last 2 days I have been leaving the little one then both of them in the coop so the little one...

Hi My 11 month old and my 12 week old peking bantams seemed to be getting on ok. The older one had lunged a few times at the little one and the little one just ran (she is really fast). For the last 2 days I have been leaving the little one then both of them in the coop so the little one...

Hi I have had my 11 week old pekin bantam in the coop with my 12 month old for the last few weeks. For the last week she has been out of the separate cage and has the full run of the coop with the older one. My question is, when will she learn that this is her home and this is where she should...

Hi all I've posted previously about the living arrangements for my pekin bantams - one 12 months and one 10 weeks. I took your advice and made perches out of nice tree brances for the baby because she was perching on the top of the ramp that leads to the nesting box where the older one sleeps...

Lolly my 11 month old pekin bantam and Olivia the 10 week old pekin bantam seem to be getting on ok. Sometimes Lolly just gives her a look and she runs away but then other times like today I put down 2 bowls of apple sauce and yoghurt and Lolly let Olivia eat out of hers. Olivia keeps going...

Hi I have an 11 month old pekin (cochin) bantam and an 11 week old baby. I have been letting them out in the yard together for the last week and all is fine so I took the little one's cage out of the coop so they are both now just in the coop - all ok so far. I'm concerned about the feeding...

Hi My 9 week old bantam and my 11 month old seem to be getting on ok - no fighting but it seems the older one is just ignoring her a bit - is this ok? I went to try them sleeping together tonight - the older one had already gone to bed and I put the little one in the the upper level (they get to...

Hi all from Australia I love this forum - it has helped me so much. For the last 5 days I have been letting my 9 week old pekin bantam out with my 11 month old. The first and second days there was a bit of sqwarking and some attempted pecks but the baby is really fast and has just been running...