Japanese Bantam Thread!

[sunket77]

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USPS TRACKING INFORMATION:
Detailed Results:

Processed through Sort Facility, August 27, 2010, 7:38 am, RALEIGH, NC 27676
Processed through Sort Facility, August 26, 2010, 8:45 pm, DAYTON, OH 45401
Processed through Sort Facility, August 26, 2010, 6:40 pm, LIMA, OH 45804
Acceptance, August 26, 2010, 1:20 pm, MARIA STEIN, OH 45860


WOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!! My birds are only a few hrs away from seeing their new home!!!!

congrats! so cool! we just hatched another little cutie today! I am hoping for a pullet since it's the only Jap that made it this hatch, it's doing well with it's surrogate silkie mom and two silkie siblings! We could really use another pullet without defects!

 

[sunket77]

here is our new little one, it hatched this morning and she was not wanting to stand up for photos, guess we will have to wait and see on those little legs (note I said "she" in high hopes!)

IMG_0156 by Evans Photografix [Bev], on Flickr
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IMG_0155 by Evans Photografix [Bev], on Flickr
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IMG_0153 by Evans Photografix [Bev], on Flickr
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I love how the black chicks look like little penguins!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Awe -

 

[danielle82]

Mrs. Fluffy Puffy :

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Japanese Bantams Lay - Light Brown Eggs.

Thank you!​

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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[jenjscott]

Well thank heavens my favorite little hen finally got over her broody spell and has gone back to laying. I don't care what time of year it is, I'm going to hatch some more of her eggs!

 

[danielle82]

do they need any "special" accomodations in coop designh due to their short legs? do they just fly around to reach things like nest boxes and roosts?

 

[jenjscott]

Their coops are better with low roosts. While they can fly, mine seem to prefer hopping up from a lower one to a higher one. I've always had low nest boxes, so I'm not sure if they will fly up to nest. They also drop their wings, so with those short legs, they are dragging the ground. So if you are going to show them, you have to keep up with clean bedding. Roosts should be far enough from the top of the coop to allow for the rooster's tail

 

[Jx2inNC]

 

[danielle82]

jenjscott~ thank you for the reply! I am planning on getting maybe 2, but possibly up to 4, so I think I will have dh build a tiny coop on the ground, with a low roost, and use something small like a childs shoe box lol fo a nest box

Jx2inNC ~ love the pics