Recent content by BantamMama

Hi! We’re doing fine here. We’ve added some big chickens to our bantams in the past few years and it’s been working out great. We have 13 total chickens right now. We also got a little B&B Old English Game Bantam roo who’s super adorable. He immediately became besties with our OEGB hen. They’re...

Hello, so nice to meet you! I used the "look don't touch" method integrating younger chickens in with my older flock last summer and it worked perfectly. By the time I let the younger girls out of their separated pen (it was set up in the middle of the run, I would take them from the brooder...

Hello Jo, it's very nice to meet you! I'm new here too, but I've been a "lurker" since I started my bantam flock last spring. This is a great resource for chicken keeping! Best of luck finding your girls!

Nice to meet you as well, and thanks for the suggestion! I think Lauren Bacaw (profile photo) could probably use a trim around the face. :)

Wow, what a beautiful coop and run! I wish I would have seen this article before we built our run (we bought our coop and added a large run). Yours seems so sturdy. The colors and landscaping are beautiful too! I'm already thinking of spring coop projects!

Thank you for the links. These are great! I've been slowly adding things to my kit (usually as an issue crops up), so I will definitely check that out first. :)

Yes, mine can be noisy at times and my biggest White Crested (Madame Bouffant) can get a little opinionated and pushy with the other chickens sometimes. I really do love the Polish breed, so far though. They are such fun to look at and are generally friendly enough. Unfortunately the other...

Hello Everyone, I'm new to the Backyard Chickens site/forum but I've been on here before looking for information as a first time chicken keeper. What a great resource this site as been over this past year! As I go into my second spring, I figured it was a good time to register for this site...