bantam

  1. T

    CT 2 roos 4 mo japanese silkies

    I have 2 boys that are 4 months old. They are Japanese silkies about 4 months old. Clumsy and goofy like babies, but crows like an old ford truck and is starting to mature. I took them in from a farm where its illegal to have roosters. I thought theyd be ok with me in the meantime but they went...
  2. P

    New Bantam Owner

    My name is Nolan, I’m definitely a novice chicken owner. When the price of eggs got up to $12 a dozen in my area my wife and I decided to raise our own chickens. We started with three bantams and a dozen fertilized eggs. Sadly the three live chickens were taken by coyotes the second night in...
  3. WimberlyRoost

    new to bantams

    HI! I'm new to bantams. I've been raised around laying hens and radioland reds my husband got me three bantams. a male and two females, my females just started laying but not sure if they're sitting yet. i want chicks (they are pets) I'm not breeding to sale....does it take a minute for bantams...
  4. Lavender and CJ

    Bantam Chick Questions

    Hey y’all! This will be my second batch of chicks, and my first ever bantam flock. I’m getting 4 D’uccles and 2 Silkies, all sexed females from Meyer Hatchery. They will hatch tomorrow. -Does anyone have any tips about bantams specifically? -Our feed store sells chick grit, but will that be...
  5. harvestmoonica

    Hen or Rooster? Easter Egger vs Starlight Green Egger? This Week's Updated Pics!

    Some more pics of our flock incoming! We seem to be a bit confused about our most recent few that we got at Tractor Supply a couple weeks ago if you guys could lend a hand as to your thoughts! There was a bin that had Easter Egger and Starlight Green Egger pullets in it at Tractor Supply. Kyle...
  6. GodLovesU

    Bantam Rooster Contest!! (Ends September 30)

    Rules: Welcome to my bantam rooster contest! Feel free to post pictures of bantam hens but only roosters will be judged! All ages and breeds welcome! Please only enter pictures of your own birds. Multiple entries per person allowed. Try to take a well lit, good quality picture. Entry...
  7. Omelette-in-progress

    Stubborn broody hen is shaking

    Hello, My 8 month frizzle Pekin bantam has been broody for around 2 and a half weeks now (Possibly more as we were on holiday) and although I have so far tried... Removing all bedding from nest box Putting ice bricks (covered) in the nest box Both of the above simultaniously Repeatedly...
  8. Omelette-in-progress

    What is my hen trying to say?

    Hello, my 8 month old Sablepoot (booted bantam) hen makes loud, scratchy, almost raspy (Not in an ill way) squawking noise, when she sees anyone in the garden, or even just at random times 😂 She is at the top of the pecking order ( apart from me...I hope😂 ) and none of the others come close to...
  9. Apolinne

    What breed is he ? (11 years old rooster)

    Hello friends, I was hoping someone might help me identify the breed. This is my mom's rooster. He is 11 years old, maybe more. That's why he looks ... the way he looks :D His name is Gargamel. Mom can't remember what breed he is other than he is a liliputy chicken. I love him, he's so...
  10. T

    ISO bantam french black copper maran

    it's not really an official breed, but if anyone's managed to breed a small and/or bantam french black copper maran, i'd be interested in hatching eggs. especially if they lay on the 8-9 scale. would also be interested in any bantams that lay pink, green, or blue eggs. looking for a rainbow...
  11. M

    Possible rooster?

    Thanks to all your help yesterday, seems like we have an olive/easter egger rooster in our bunch. One of our other small bantams (sebright) looks like it’s comb is developing a lot quicker than the other two the same breed. Could that also mean it’s a rooster as well? It is too quick for me to...
  12. C

    Silkie with bad sour crop

    My 1.5 y/o silkie hen has really bad sourcrop. I have her inside and the smell coming from her pen area and near her is just completely foul. Her crop is so big and squishy. She’s having diarrhea that also smells horrid. She is just sitting and not really moving. I have only water with some ACV...
  13. F

    What breed are these bantam babies? They’re about 10 weeks old, and they also have 5 toes. Maybe Sultans?

  14. Linzie381

    Bantam help!

    We have 6 chicks that are about 6 weeks old and 4 that are a couple days younger. We've kept them separate for now just in case but we're wanting to move them all into one coop. The problem is that one of the 4 younger chicks is a bantam and is still tiny, we've named her Nugget. We didn't know...
  15. BrahmaBaby

    Starting Breeding Flock

    Hello! I am thinking about starting a bantam breeding flock to breed for the standard of perfection and hopefully show stock eventually. If anyone has tips, articles to help me learn, or a breed I should start with that would be greatly appreciated! Feel free to bombard me with info!! I might...
  16. V

    Sick chick or just personality

    Hello I’m new to this community and i’m not sure if this is how you post on here, but I just wanted to come on here and share a concern I have for one of my chicks. I’m raising bantam chicks for the first time and all of them seem to be doing fine except one of them is concerning me. He’s always...
  17. A

    Miniature Serama Trio for Sale – 12 Weeks Old

    📍 Located in Montebello, CA Rehoming a trio of miniature Serama bantams – 2 roosters and 1 hen – all born on April 4th (12 weeks old). These birds are healthy, active, and stunning with beautiful feather patterns and upright tails. They’ve been raised with care in a clean environment and are...
  18. Swiftchicks_13

    Frizzled Cochin sexing

    I bred my Millie to a calico roo and it may be too soon to tell sex but a Cochin person said I had a few Roos and I’m looking to get opinions! (Also have this copper maran and he is the only one in that pen who has a bright red comb so I’m assuming he is a roo since the other 11 marans hatched...
  19. AMURPHY227

    Magnolia Acres Farm

    If this ain’t the cutest thing ever!!! So our mama mallard still had eggs in her nest on Thursday when the rest had hatched and she got off of her nest. I candled the rest and saw one had piped through and was still moving a lot. Long story short- the baby was left in the nest the mama wasn’t...
  20. TiaM993

    Hen or roo? Our favorite chick.

    This is Bam Bam. BB was hatched a week before Easter and is just a little bantam mix. BB is staying no matter what gender. We are just curious as first time chicken owners. So hen or roo? Thank you!
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