My bantams and others

[tiki244]

I like the look of the Helmets. Do you let the rollers out?

 

[L&Schickens]

not yet. I need to make them a door to go in and out of so the peas don't try and get out too.

 

[tiki244]

Yeah Me too. I need a 'trap'. Thats what they call it! Then I let them out only an hour or so before dark and when they come back into the coop they cannot go back out till I let them. I dont know how it works, but you can build them. They are kinda pricey if you buy them.

I had rollers before but they didnt roll so I got rid of them. Now I just have Homers and a couple of Chinese Owls that keep trying to have babys. The chickens have killed most of th babies.

 

[L&Schickens]

I worry about my peas killing the babies, so I don't have any nests up. I will let them breed after I get a safe breeding cage for them.

 

[conroy]

Beautiful pics...

 

[Year of the Rooster]

I love those sebrights! I have some golden ones from Ideal but they don't look nearly as beautiful!.... Yet!.... I hope.... By the way, does one of the sebrights have a single comb?

 

[L&Schickens]

Yes, the better laced sebright has a single comb. Ho well.

 

[tiki244]

those sebrights are really nice. I dont care what kind of comb they have.

I have nests but those darn Owls insist upon laying their eggs in a corner on the floor. After they had their young I put them in a cage with the nest and babies and they totally ignored them. Once I even just moved the nest a few inches and put more protection around it and they still didn't take care of their young. :| And they are good parents, just need the nest exactly where they layed it!!

 

[L&Schickens]

You need a pigeon flight cage too then!!

I was going to take the sebrights to a show in December, but with one not looking as good as the other and the good looking one having a single comb I don't know why I should bother. I don't think Sebrights are supposed to come in single come, are they?

 

[Msbear]

My dad has homers. We don't have them in with the chickens but you could customize it easily so the chickens can't get out.

All the way in the rafters, cut a small hole large enough for one pigeon to get out and have a landing area for them to take off and land. And have a sliding door or a door that props up then comes down when you want it closed.

something like this. I don't think the chickies will escape if it's high enough