How many of you out there belong to the ABA (not the American Bar Association, but the American Bantam Association - I belong to both)? The ABA is a good...
hello! I am new to post, but have learned so much from this messageboard...thank you! We have numerous holes going under our fence around our chicken coop. We...
Melissa, We probably need a few more details to be sure what is going on. However, it could be that your hens stopped laying because it is getting close to...
I have stopped my hatching projects for the winter and am consolidating some of my birds (moving and getting rid of some). Next spring, in addition to getting...
My name is Lisa and I am from Vermont. I will tell you a little bit about myself. As a child my father always had laying hens and I decided to get back into...
Lisa, Wow, that is tragic! I have heard of several folks that have lost coops, usually from electrical fires. Yikes! One woman Luann in SC lost a whole barn...
hi, Lisa! Welcome to Bantam Chickens! so sorry about your flock. I ordered from Ideal last year (silkies). I'm pleased with my silkies from there. they are...
I have a pair of d'Uccles, but she is not laying right now. Barbu d'Uccles (bearded and booted Belgian bantams WITH rumps) are usually just referred to as...
Serama Mama, Thanks for providing this information. I have seen you on some other boards, welcome to this one. I like this breed, particularly the feather...
Hi S.M. I hope nobody took offense at my posting on the proper names of the various Belgian bantam breeds. I know a lot of purebred people who show their birds...
Dean, As always, very good information and I learn a lot. In addition to the other bantam breeds you have that I want, I still would like some of your "home...
The below was a PM note reply to Lisa Lisa, I too like Cackle Hatchery and have good results from them. However, the Ameracaunas you get from them are...
mark, keep us posted on how your birds do in the show! I love showing my parrots but have never shown my chickens. I think that would be loads of fun. I...
Leigh Anne, I don't know why, but I am getting nervous as this is the first time I have ever shown anything and I am only showing 5 bantams. I keep thinking...
Well I showed at my first show today and I only brought things that I plan on working on to get accepted by the ABA and only 5 to start with (1 Bantam Marans...
Are there any available golden seabrights for sale in upstate NY? **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. ...
Sheila, I don't know of any, but I have a friend here in NC that ships fertile Golden Sebright eggs (if they are still laying eggs). I got my Sebrights from...
No Mark, I have not looked for a NY chicken board but I will now:) I don't have an incubator so if I'm unsuccessful now I guess I'll wait till spring. ...
Lisa, You sent me some comments and asked some questions, so I will answer you here. I have some Seramas and have read a lot, but don't know as much as I...
Happy New Year to all you Bantam Chicken Lovers. _________________ Part of my update with Lisa My "bantam" Wyandotte was raised by my smallest hen, "Twixie" a ...
Hi Mark, I see you are learning the ins and outs of raising poultry real fast. I can remember when we had a discussion on the size of eggs versus a critical...
Dean, As always, very good information, if I just knew 10% of what you know, I would be a chicken expert. I don't care about true bantams or not, but for the...
Marc and Dean, your discussion of creation of bantam breeds and their size made me start thinking. I have finally been able to start my quiet rooster project,...
Michael, Works for me, they would be smaller than some of the "bantams" I now have, but Dean has better ideas than I do. You should also post your plans on the...
Hi Mark, Actually if you knew everything that I knew you would still have a whole lot more left to learn. I am still learning myself. This is one hobby that...
... Marc, Squeaky Bantams has been inactive for a long time, so I posted here. You received some hatching eggs from Patrick, correct? How well did they...
Michael, None of the two batches of Serama eggs from quiet roosters hatched that I got from Patrick and in fact most of them became rotten and several exploded...
Dean, Well I do have a ton to learn, I just wished that most of it came from folks like you in stead of me making very stupid mistakes on my own that I should...
Hi Michael, For many years now I have been observing a natural phenemenon taking place in many of the preservation fancier flocks. In nature the size of a...
... that ... Marc, I am so sorry to hear that. The last time I shipped any eggs was last summer when I sent some golden pheasant eggs from Texas to Missouri....
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