theuglychick
Crowing
My neighbors are really sweet. He walked over today with not one, or two, but FOUR bantam chickens.
I do not know bantam anything.
I can clearly see that there are 2 roosters and 2 hens.
They seem really mature. Red faces and combs. There're in a terrible state of molt. I immediately poultry dusted them. It was a reflex.
I'm going to move them to a quarantine pen tomorrow. Tonight I have them in a small animal cage in the climate controlled garage and I'll deworm them. I need to construct the quarantine pen by tomorrow.
So who cares that I already have dozens of chickens and and am struggling to tweak the almighty Chicken Math to accommodate them, and I'm working on trying to get NPIP certified, They're SUPER cute. And Im keeping them.
Here are my questions:
What kind of bantams are they?
What color are these considered?
What do I do with them?
Looks like they've been passed around a bit and had a rough go at it. When I looked in the box I instantly fell in love... miniature versions of the things that I love!!
They are super duper small.
Any advice specific to bantams that us owners of the big dumb giant birds don't realize?
Do y'all see anything that I need to watch for? One hen isn't eating food I provided and was apparently eating and then hacking up the shavings :/. They're molting pretty badly. Bald patches, bald patches and broken feathers everywhere!
I don't just want to care for them, I want to make them awesome, like the best that they can be in their little lives and environments!
Awaiting suggestions.... annnd go!
I know these are terrible pics and I'll get more tomorrow after I get back from work.
I do not know bantam anything.
I can clearly see that there are 2 roosters and 2 hens.
They seem really mature. Red faces and combs. There're in a terrible state of molt. I immediately poultry dusted them. It was a reflex.
I'm going to move them to a quarantine pen tomorrow. Tonight I have them in a small animal cage in the climate controlled garage and I'll deworm them. I need to construct the quarantine pen by tomorrow.
So who cares that I already have dozens of chickens and and am struggling to tweak the almighty Chicken Math to accommodate them, and I'm working on trying to get NPIP certified, They're SUPER cute. And Im keeping them.
Here are my questions:
What kind of bantams are they?
What color are these considered?
What do I do with them?
Looks like they've been passed around a bit and had a rough go at it. When I looked in the box I instantly fell in love... miniature versions of the things that I love!!
They are super duper small.
Any advice specific to bantams that us owners of the big dumb giant birds don't realize?
Do y'all see anything that I need to watch for? One hen isn't eating food I provided and was apparently eating and then hacking up the shavings :/. They're molting pretty badly. Bald patches, bald patches and broken feathers everywhere!
I don't just want to care for them, I want to make them awesome, like the best that they can be in their little lives and environments!
Awaiting suggestions.... annnd go!
I know these are terrible pics and I'll get more tomorrow after I get back from work.