I moved some Seramas from outdoor pens to indoor wire ones off of the ground and they do not seem to know what to do. The food and water is low and they have...
Pulling the roosts out might not be a bad idea. It sounds like maybe they are unsure about the floor...since they can see through it they may think there is...
Nicole, I may pull the roosts out tonight if I get no better ideas and they are still not eating. Part of my problem is that I may have solved the wasted food...
I would love to see pictures of your design if you can send them. What I have tried in the past is the type of hanging feeder designed for rabbits. The...
Nicole, I will get some pics posted to see if this might work for you. For the very reason you want them in a pen is why I only have clean legged bantams...
Mark you could put an old towel on the bottom of the cage over the mesh. It will give them something solid-looking to walk on until they get used to the new...
Hi Mark, Sounds like you have built a fine hotel but the guests won't walk across the glass floor to the free buffet for fear of falling to their deaths in the...
Michael, Good idea. I was thinking of putting some cardboard under it if I did not take out roost, but this sounds much easier. Thanks, I will do that....
Dean, Wow, that is a good idea too, but since I don't think I have wood the perfect size I will have to cut it. I will do the towels first and then put in...
Hi! Huh... I have used all wire cages to house chickens before and had it work out really, really well. Perhaps it's because I approached chicken housing from...
Hi Mark, Michael had an excellent idea with placing towels under baby chicks to prevent spraddle legs. I have done the exact same thing for many years now....
Dean & Charlotte, Dean' I have wood scraps, I just do not have time to cut them to fit until maybe Saturday. Thus, there are towels in there now and I will...
Joanie, Nice pictures of your bantam Cochins. I hear that they are very calm and nice birds. Are they? I also hear that bantam Orpingtons are like that as...
"Mark" <mmontgomery@...> wrote: Dean' I have wood scraps, I just do not have time to cut them to fit until maybe Saturday. Thus, there are towels in there now...
Dean, So do you agree with Charlotte? That it is best not to have bare wire as a cage bottom, that I should have something there? On part or the entire...
Hi Mark, It is not about agreeing or disagreeing, but about what works best in a particualr situation. There are several criteria that people should consider...
Dean, Thanks for the good information. I have had my share of wire scrapes and deep wire punctures. I have seen those plastic covers for openings on other...
Hi! Well, I have always believed that what ever the system, keeping the animals dry is really very important. Yeah... you are right, Mark. Putting paper on top...
Charlotte, Wow, that does sound efficient. Partly why I went to wire is that I have just a couple of solid small cages and those were a real pain to clean and...
Hello, i just joined. I'm Lisa from Ohio. I have had standard size chickens before and they all were killed by raccoons and i would now we'd like to coon proof...
hiya, Lisa! welcome to our bantam group! I have cochins, silkies, and polish, but love the look of the araucanas and the phoenix. I'm adding a couple of new ...
Is it safe for chickens to eat birdseed? When I let my hens out to forage, the first place they seem to flock to is my bird feeders and indulge in eating the...
Lisa, Are you looking for advice on how to coon proof your pen? If so, here is some advice, (maybe too much LOL). Lot's of people make their pens predator...
Reb, As far as I know it is safe since they are birds too. It's just that, like with scratch grains they probably should not eat it exclusively (we don't let...
totally agree. my free range bantams do eat the thrown down seed and pellets from my parrots but I do give them crumbles and pellets every day too. the seed...
Mark, I was thinking about making some sort of pen that looks similar to a rabbit cage only 2 stories tall, Up off the ground, wood floor(i'd clean it off...
Lisa, But there are some really good ways to make a secure coop that are not a lot of clean up work for you. Some coops use a deep liter method (6 inches of...
Hey Mark Had to check out what was happening on the bantams list. My feather legged bantams hatched 3 weeks ago, and I got 12 gray silkies out of it. They are...
Butter, Good to hear all went well. I love watching chicks play chicken football; when you toss one treat in and one chick picks it up and realizes that they...
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