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  1. Coye16

    Cockerel or hen Pekin Bantam Chicken?

    Thankyou so much for your help! I hope I can return him & he’ll be ok!
  2. Coye16

    Cockerel or hen Pekin Bantam Chicken?

    PS is it very obvious he’s cockerel (apologies for my ignorance), how can you tell (so I don’t get caught out again)!
  3. Coye16

    Cockerel or hen Pekin Bantam Chicken?

    PS Is it very obvious he’s a cockerel then (sorry for my ignorance)? Could you tell me how to tell he’s a boy (I don’t want to get caught out again)!
  4. Coye16

    Cockerel or hen Pekin Bantam Chicken?

    Oh blimey! Thankyou so much. I’m so sad I’ve been mis-sold a he instead of she as already s/he is so sweet but I’ll have to see if I can return him 😕.
  5. Coye16

    Cockerel or hen Pekin Bantam Chicken?

    Hello I hope someone can help! I bought two 5 month old pekin bantam hens today from a garden centre. I even asked the person selling them if they are both definitely hens & was told yes. However at bedtime I was stunned to see the grey bantam fully mount the gold bantam. I have never seen a...
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    Lone older chicken - could 2 younger chickens bully her?

    Apologies for taking so long to reply! Thank you so much for your answer - I really appreciate it!
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    Lone older chicken - could 2 younger chickens bully her?

    Hello I had two pekin bantam chickens, one was just over 2 years old & the other 4.5 years old. Sadly two weeks ago totally out of the blue I found the 2 year old dead in the nest box. That has left my 4.5 year old on her own. She seems to have been coping very well for 2 weeks foraging, dust...
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    2.5yr Pekin Bantam: Advice Please: Sick, Grieving or Lonely?

    Thankyou again for taking the time to write such a supportive & helpful reply! I decided against direct dosing & force feeding as I know my Pekin would find it truly stressful so would probably do more harm than good. She is managing to eat a bit if I go & hold it in front of her throughout...
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    2.5yr Pekin Bantam: Advice Please: Sick, Grieving or Lonely?

    Hi Barbara Thankyou so much for your kind & helpful reply. I will see if I can find anything out about testing for Mareks in France as you suggest. In the mean time you mentioned you had had some success in dealing with cases of Mareks & I wondered what you did? Can you recommend anything I...
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    2.5yr Pekin Bantam: Advice Please: Sick, Grieving or Lonely?

    Hi Everyone Abit of background: Afew weeks ago I posted a thread about my Pekin Bantam - she had a swollen eye/ earlobe with a tick on which we removed. She was lethargic & not eating much & after 2.5 days the swelling did not go down. We took her to the vet who gave her an antibiotic injection...
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    Pekin Bantam: removed tick but face swollen & remains lethargic

    Just a little update to say my little Peking bantam past away yesterday. She was getting much worse (eye completely swollen shut, diahrea, swollen earlobes & wattle, swellings turning black, lethargic, hardly eating or drinking). The cream we were using was not helping & the antibiotic injection...
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    Pekin Bantam: removed tick but face swollen & remains lethargic

    Thank you Eggcessive for your kind words. Yes we’ll carry on with the cream the vet gave us. When I checked on her mid-morning today her other eye was pretty much swollen shut (not the side of the swelling). She did eat abit of wet layers pellets though. I don’t know what else we can do except...
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    Pekin Bantam: removed tick but face swollen & remains lethargic

    Hi Anna-Newhampshire Thank you for taking the time to reply. I’ve not really thought to look in a pharmacy - what I should be looking for to treat a tick bite in particular? We have a cream prescribed by the vet we have to use for 8 days so hopefully that will do the trick but I’ll keep in...
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    Pekin Bantam: removed tick but face swollen & remains lethargic

    Hi Eggcessive We took her to the vet yesterday. She was quite surprised that a tick bite had caused so much swelling. She gave her a thorough exam checking her breathing, inside her beak, that her vent was clear & had no obstructions or anything on it & she checked under her wings for anything...
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    Pekin Bantam: removed tick but face swollen & remains lethargic

    Hi Eggcessive - I took your advice & gave her some pellets with a little water & plain yogurt & she ate abit this morning. She still isn’t drinking much water & it is hot here today in France so she is panting but doesn’t look too heat exhausted (wings not outstretched etc). Her face swelling...
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    Pekin Bantam: removed tick but face swollen & remains lethargic

    Thank you so much for replying Eggcessive. Here are some photos I took today - 2 days after tick removal. It was definitely a tick as it was firmly holding onto her face & it was still alive when I managed to get it off her. The main swelling is on the right of her face in the photo though I...
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    Pekin Bantam: removed tick but face swollen & remains lethargic

    Hello I’m looking for some advice please! I have a 2.5yr old pekin bantam who is unwell. Her Symptoms: Lethargic - noticed her sitting & closing her eyes afew days ago. Swollen on one side of face & around eye - noticed this yesterday. Small black tick on swollen side of her face which I...
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    Black patches on bantams beak

    Thankyou for taking the time to reply TwoCrows very kind of you. That's very useful info. I've not managed to touch her beak yet (new to chicken keeping so getting used to handling my two Pekins still) but does look smooth rather than rough so as I believe beaks are always growing I'm hoping...
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    Black patches on bantams beak

    Hi My Pekin bantam who is 8 months and recently started laying has developed two black patches on her beak which seem to be getting bigger. She has had them for about a month. She doesn't seem to have any other symptoms and is eating and drinking and is her usual active self. I am concerned the...
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