bantum

  1. dmvelez

    Did I get a Banty?

    Hey everyone, I got 4 new "Easter Egger" chicks on April 30th from the feed store. They were SUPPOSED to all be a day or two old. I'm wondering if I got a Banty, because his comb was red at 4 weeks and he's grabbing the girls by the backs of their necks and an obvious born leader. I have no...
  2. RunnerDuckMama

    Hello

    My nan and grandad used to have chickens on their dairy farm and I have loved them since then. I work as a kitchen gardener in a large public gardener in the South West of the UK and I look after 15 Rhode Island Red chickens, 6 bantams and 2 Indian runner ducks who have just had ducklings!!! I...
  3. henryhen

    What kind of bird is this?

    Hi everyone, we bought these two birds yesterday but don’t really know what they are. They are fairly small. They were described as Bantums but I don’t think so. I’m thinking more English game bird or Cornish game bird. Can someone confirm please? I’m also assuming they are hens and...
  4. jrazz1

    Blue Wheaton Bantum hen jumped the fence...

    Our lawn care guy brought his boys to help and they saw the rooster "attacking" the hen so they went over to aid the hen. They both got scared and the boys chased them. The hen flew the fence and met her fate in the jaws of the neighbors dog. So, our 1 year old bantum Blue Wheaton hen is no...
  5. virgooftheearth

    Please Help! Infection? Mites?

    My Rudy is my Dwarf Bantum Red Cochin.. He, as a youngin, was spooked off his perch and lost his beak in the fall. Now, he has since healed up, completely, has been for a good year and a half now, needless to say he can eat but has a difficult time keeping his otherwise beautiful feathers in...
  6. virgooftheearth

    Please Help! Infection? Mites?

    My Rudy has a bad I fection I saw him limping the other day and when I checked closer his feet were swollen. I took him into the house and immediately soaked him, cleaned his feet and legs, and what I thought was mites and has been treated for them, (poultry spray), seems to be an I fection of...
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