Serious Newbie Info Needed

[Bedard's Bantams]

So pretty much anything you can tell me/advice bout raising bantams (primarily sebrights) would be a great help... diet, (think i got the housing under control), breeding, laying, incubation periods...etc. Dont over exert yourself, just one or two things from a few peps will help! THANKS GUYS!

 

[IN-farmgirl]

Don't let them get a chill. Sebrights need to be kept warm on cold days.

 

[Mahonri]

Old English Games! Hardy stock that can fly. Gotta love em.

 

[Bedard's Bantams]

the whole... cant fly thing is why i got em! They live amungst (sp?) our rabbitry so i dont want them pooping all over the place!

 

[moduckman]

The most important thing with sebrights is size. They should only be as big as an old english game. Cull the one's bigger than that. I don't keep sebrights anymore because it was too hard to keep the small size and the show sebrights fetch a pretty penny.

 

[SportTees]

Can sebrights and silkies fly or not?? I heard that bantams can fly really well.

 

[Bedard's Bantams]

mine never flew and all the ones i have seen never fly

 

[ghulst]

They can have fertility problems. They are a nice breed.

 

[JennsPeeps]

Silkies can't fly due to their feather structure.

It depends upon what kind of bantam it is whether it can fly. Game birds mostly likely can. Silkies can't, cochins don't bother (at least mine doesn't).

 

[IN-farmgirl]

Oh yes...they can FLY!! They are GOOD FLYERS!