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Thank you folks! Those are some really helpful thoughts! :D

I’m aware of the general guidelines, yes. I’m interested in more personal experiences. I’ve spent quite some time searching already, but the overwhelming majority of what I‘ve found on here doesn’t answer my question due to focusing on US issues, setups where they’re primarily confined to a...

Hey folks! Interested in opinions re: the Eglu Cube for bantams. We’re in the UK, so no worries about raccoons or similar, and the climate’s not especially harsh. We have a wooden coop right now, but we’re considering a switch to plastic because we’re having real problems with persistent red...

Curses, I suspected as much. Already got two roos, not sure we'll manage three! He is a pretty boy though. Thank you!

Heya folks! Are we right in thinking we've got a cockerel on our hands? This is Pepys, who is very flighty still at 6.5 weeks old - a single chick, so unfortunately no comparisons available. He's also not a pure breed, so we're not absolutely certain. Pictures of the parents included below -...

I did wonder whether she was trying to go broody, but I'm not convinced she is. Mostly because sometimes Blackwell will accompany her into the coop, and rather than immediately turning up her nose (beak?) at it, she'll stay put as long as he's there... and then come out again when left alone for...

Hey folks, I'm hoping some more experienced heads can shed some light. I'm starting to wonder whether our pekin bantam Miss Ives is having trouble laying, or whether something else is going on. She's about a year old, has been laying regularly for a few months now with no issues. This last...

Just sort of scoop up carefully then? 😄

Any advice on how to move them to their own enclosure? It’s set up further down the run, I’m just a little worried about how best to manage the transfer. Not keen on leaving them where they are, because it’s a fair height off the ground. Also we’ve got two roos in there, and Miss Ives does...

We got a surprise not long after I posted this! 😄 Seems to be going okay so far. They're both hunkered down together this morning jealously guarding it from all comers, so fingers crossed! Thanks folks!

Has anyone got advice for what to do when two hens are brooding a single egg?? I’ll spare you the details, but basically, Ulrika also went broody very shortly after Lindy started brooding on a small clutch. We couldn’t dissuade her. Unfortunately the others either broke or weren’t viable, and...

Thanks for all the good advice, folks! I've progressed from sitting outside lecturing them about history (never had such inattentive students) to sitting in the workshop with the door open, and now I'm up to sitting in the run with no aggy behaviour so far (touch wood!) Steadfastly ignoring...

Fab, thanks!

Thanks for the input - I think you’re right. I’ll reckon I’ll see if we can chill things out a bit with quiet acclimatisation, and not progress things til we have more space to work with. The clothes thing is so true. They super hate it when I wear a particular coat, probably because it bulks me...

Thanks for the insights, this is super helpful. They’re not aggressive through the fencing unless they’re already stirred up because I’ve just been inside. Generally it seems to be linked to me being up in their cramped space - but I might start out outside the fence anyway just to start gentle...

Hey folks, could do with some advice on re-establishing the human/cockerel pecking order. We ended up with two bantam roos in our small flock who were misidentified as pullets, but they were all raised together and seem to be getting on reasonably okay still. Blackwell has always been pretty...

Injury is a distinct possibility, though not sure about the paler crusty bits - he and our other roo had a proper set-to this week, had to wrangle the other party in the bathtub to get the blood off him! The fact that Ulrika (hen pictured) has dark patches too gives me pause though. Although...

Hi folks - new to this, could use some help. We’ve had a really cold snap this week, and we noticed one of our bantam boys has some scabby-looking black patches on his comb. One of the hens also has some dark patches. My first thought is frostbite given the weather, but somewhat worried it might...

We're building on an extension to their current run, but happily we only have five, and they're bantams at that. I've seen examples of people erecting things like marquees for larger numbers of birds - is this an option for you, Hellfire, if you're not in a position to construct something...

As far as I know, it just needs to be a small enough mesh that it’ll keep wild birds out?