One of the reasons I really like bantams is that they can fly and it is so fun to watch them fly (unless you are trying to catch them). I like to watch them...
Mark, you might clip the wings of any birds you are going to loan. That way they will not be able to fly until the next molt, and would be easy to catch. You...
Michael, Good idea. Clipping wings is so foreign to me because I like them to fly that it never even crossed my mind. And like you say it is not a permanent...
I just finished a new chicken tractor for my daughter's family (she wants a laying flock of bantam green egg layers, mostly bantam mutt Easter Eggers). I will...
I, for one, can hardly wait to see it! hopefully, it will give my dh a good idea of what I want for my flock! <mailto:patchworkparrot@...> Leigh Anne...
Hello, everyone! I just joined your group because I'm just now getting into raising bantam chickens. The New Hampshire Reds, to be exact. For now, anyway. Ü...
Beckie, I have never seen a bantam New Hampshire Red. I am assuming you are talking about the bantam version of the standard breed of New Hampshire Red (a...
Thanks for all the info, Mark! I don't have any pictures of them yet, I've just seen them in person. I'll go pick them up tomorrow tho, so I'll send pictures...
Beckie, A "true bantam" means that there is no standard variety of that breed, that it was started and bred as a bantam, not downsized from a standard. A...
Leigh Anne, Generally recipes are flexible since one egg could mean anything from a jumbo down to a large egg and a large egg might weigh over 50% less than a...
hey, that's how I cook anyway! recipes, who needs a recipe? just mix it up till it looks right. lol! thanks so much! I love the idea of tiny deviled eggs...
Works for us (well my wife mostly). Plus if you want a little more egg benefit to a recipe that calls for one standard egg, doubling it to two could mess it...
we also have hawks so I've been afraid to let my little guys free range. I really would like to see them running around the yard. think they would be safe...
Leigh Anne, Mine have always been safe and I am not always out there, but I try not to leave them for too long. I think that if a hawk sees them it does not...
good to know. thanks, Mark. I think I'll start giving them some time out in the yard while I'm out making aviary feeding rounds, now to teach the cocker pup...
Yikes! I think your chickens are in much more danger from your dog than any hawks. Be careful and don't let it out when they are out without some leash! I...
rofl! I can just visualize that poor rat terrier in the trashcan! I know that Clancy would run the chickens. he has run one before when she managed to get...
My Julianna has not forgotten (or quite forgiven me) for that one. I free range them just before dark so they would more likely go in on their own, but when I...
I think I will also allow them to free range later in the day. I have one renegade hen, an OE bantam, that I still haven't caught. she is free ranging the...
One thing we have discovered the grocery stor locally has lots of bad cantelope and watermellons so we cut them up at pu tup time and feed them, they all race...
mine love tomatoes! we have been giving them the split tomatoes off the vines! they love them <mailto:patchworkparrot@...> Leigh Anne Haygood, C.A.S....
I give them most anything as a treat, but there are a couple of hens that if they see me holding bread, they will hold out and not eat any treats/leftovers...
I just added the pictures of the Ark type chicken tractor. It is a combination of lots I have seen. It is pretty well predator proof (except for bears) with...
oh, love it! just showed it to dh and asked him to please use his new table saw and build me at least one Ark-chicken tractor! I'll have to be a very good...
I just browsed through our photos section. I love the silver bantam polish chickens in lily's album! I have some black white-crested polish chickens but...
Leigh Anne, You be a very good girl then. LOL I had to build my 2 when my wife was out of town as she sees my chicken addiction as a waste of my efforts when...
Yes they are nice. I too have some bantam Polish, but not these type. If you like the feather pattern and can't find any Polish, maybe you would like Silver...
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