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Hi Kellog, sorry about your loss. These little bantams are such characters. I have 3 Pékin bantams left from my original 4. One was attacked by a dog that broke into my yard! 😢 My other girls will be 10 years old in April. They are very spoiled "ladies of the manor" and very very tame. I thought...

Hi appps, Thanks for the advice. I have been taking her out in the morning and shutting the coop door so that they all have access to the run with food and water. They roam my garden during the day. I have blocked the nest boxes with a football placed in each but my broody girl just squashed...

Hi, one of my girls has been laying consistently now for a few weeks but has recently stopped laying and become broody. The other 3 haven't started laying yet. My broody girl lays in the nest-box all day and night if I let her even though there are no eggs in there. I have been lifting her out...

Thanks all, I took my baby to the vet and she dropped a dose of Ivermectin on the skin behind her head so not sure of the dose. The dry scales started to come off and she let me pick the loose bits off for her. I started to rub olive oil all over her face and neck to loosen and moisturise her...

Kelsie, I've just read through these sites and it was really useful thanks. My little lavender Pekin Bantam also had a toe missing when I got her and her toes are very black on one foot which seems in line with necrosis of the toes after long exposure. She has also always had a white, dry face...

Thanks Kelsie, Just feeling a bit guilty in case it was my fault. This particular girl is my baby, she thinks she's a parrot and rides around on my shoulder and looks so sore and itchy. I think it is Ivermectin that the vet gave her but didn't suggest treating the others. Should I insist they...

Hi All, I'm quite new to chicken keeping but so far I'm loving every minute and I don't know why I left it for so long!! I have 4 Pekin Bantams who are approx 24 weeks old, only one of which is laying so far. However, the smallest, a lovely lavender, has had a swollen scaly face for almost 2...