Dean, Yes, it sounds like you have had you share of stuff happen, but I could not believe how stupid I was. I am sure we have all had our fair share of stupid...
I am building a stealth coop for a friend so that he can keep a few bantam chickens in his yard without any of his neighbors knowing about them. It looks...
Hi Mark, By "popping the caps" I am referring to the pipped area where the chicks will or should eventually break all the way around the shell and use this as...
Dean, So, if you know the humidity was high, and you see that the membrane has turned gray (from drying out or what), then you just pop off the top? Do you...
Hi Mark, As I have said many times I "normally" do not help anything out of it's shell. However when the humidity becomes deadly to a hatch I often set that...
Dean, But when you have rare bantam eggs shipped to you (like what I got from you) and don't have that many, helping one out could make the difference of being...
Try to resist the temptation. Some chicks hatch quickly after pipping; others take longer. The most pipped egg may well not be the first to hatch. If you do...
I do not help many, but will continue to do so as I have gotten pretty good at figuring out which ones and when. Since I have so many different sized and...
Hi all, Just making my rounds and saying Hello. Summer is soon approaching. I hope you are ready for it. I don't think I am. The weather here in Missouri has...
Hi Patrick, I had a few thoughts to share and thought I would use your posting as a spring board. They are having a similar conversation on one of the Serama...
Hi - my name is Jennifer and I am just getting re-acquatited with chickens. I raised them for a time while growing up and in 4-H. I am looking at getting a...
David, An interesting read. I got some bantam Araucana eggs from Bobbie, but none hatched. At some point I might be interested in some, but I have stopped...
Jennifer, Welcome to our bantam board. The Brabanter is new to me too, so I went to Feathersite and looked at them. They are crested birds like Polish. The...
Thanks for the info Mark. I've seen the stealth coop. It is interesting. I think all of my neighbors will be fine with me having chickens. Heck - I'll give...
Jennifer, I am building a stealth coop for a friend (appears as a garbage can/compost pile combo). I will have to post pictures of it when I am done (I am...
I have 4 banty Americanus hens and an roo. They will be 5 months in July. The roo is already um, being a roo. He did try to get one of my pullets today who...
Dawn, One reason why I like bantams so much (and normal feathered ones) is that they are good flyers. I have both low and high nest boxes for my hens and the...
I have a 1 year old Mama hen who is taking care if all the peeps we let hatch. (we had them indoor under heat lamp up until a few weeks ago - b/c every peep...
Jennifer, For standards I have been told that it is 4 square feet per bird, but with bantams you can get away with less square foot per bird. So with this...
Melissa, Yes. A hen that is broody on eggs or taking care of new chicks will not lay eggs until she is done brooding the chicks. If a hens starts laying when...
It has been so wet here in North Carolina and my Tractor Supply does not have medicated feed (or medicine), that one of my outdoor pens with month old chicks...
Hi Jennifer, There is a minimum of space required by any bantam. However there are so many breeds that it is difficult if not impossible to recommend an exact...
Hi Melissa, They can't eat what isn't there. When a hen goes broody they "usually" stop laying and when the chicks hatch and/or they are brooding chicks they...
Dean, On Sunday morning I had three Bantam Welsummer eggs that had pipped and turned color as you had said, so I knew that they were getting swollen and stuck...
Thanks for all that information. The hen that is with the peeps, Penny, was sitting on eggs for almost 2 months. We tried to get all the peeps as they...
Melissa, The normal rat poison makes the rats leave and find water (away from the coop) as they die and it is not supposed to hurt other animals (but check)....
Thanks for the info. I am actually going today to look at an outdoor cage that is 5'L x 3'W x 3'W. It does not have a bottom so I can move it around if it is...
