for all of you new backyard chicken keepers (or even experienced ones who want a new breed) it is all ways hard choosing a good breed.
today i am going to go over the thing you need to ask your self before getting chickens.
#1 why do you want chickens?
.do you want them for eggs?
.do you...
Can a Jersey Giant hatch bantam eggs or will they crush them because the eggs are too small? If anyone has tried it before, how many bantam eggs do you think a Jersey Giant could hatch if possible at all?
I have a mixed breed flock with a wide variety of breeds including orpingtons, wyandottes, easter eggers, leghorns, light sussex, marans etc and I have some pekin and polish bantams and soon to have sebrights too…
Whats your opinion on having a full size fowl with bantams in one flock or a...
i need help with what breeds are these two bantams
i got them from an auction so i have no clue and it doesn't help that I'm new to bantams all together
Hi! I have recently bought some bantam chicks (3 silkies, 2 D'uccles, and 3 bantam Brahmas) I was wondering how to house them when they are older if my standard size chickens were free roaming and we only have one big coop and the bossy rooster hen (our hen that is a lot more like a rooster)...
I bought a trio of bantam cochin chickens. And the hens are laying eggs, and I have hatched a few of their eggs in the past (6), but the fertility is extremely low. Their age is about 3 years, and I feel like the problem isn't with the age, I think they face difficulty in mating. The male does...
Are you interested in owning chickens? Are you trying to find the best breed for your chicken owning needs? If so, you found the right article!
Craving Omlets: Best Laying Breeds
If you have dreams of going out to your coop and collecting farm fresh eggs, and then taking those farm fresh eggs...
Hi everyone,
I just received a bantam mix from Meyer Hatchery on Tuesday 11/2 and this little cutie (I’m pretty sure she’s a mottled Cochin) was doing great the first day but yesterday she was barely walking around and never ate on her own. In the afternoon I got her to drink some...
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I have a few random threads I update time to time, but thought it'd be nice to have a catch-all thread with no specific focus. I find myself checking BYC at work each morning.. so Good Morning BYC and welcome to my cup of joe ☕☕☕
I have a week long horse show starting sept 9th and need to place a group of my pretty Lemon Blues My handicapped sister can’t get easily to the pen where they’re kept and I’m afraid she’ll fall if she tries. One LB rooster and 4 or 5 hens all need to find a new home immediately. They’re...
Hi! I put three bantams on hold at the feed store to add to my flock, and these are what they set aside for me. What breeds do I have here? And if any of them are sexable by color, let me know that too! Thanks!
So I have a gold sebright, a silver sebright, porcelain d'uccle and mille fleur d'uccle that need names! All are female, lucky me! Lol Here are some of the names of my other bantams if it helps!
Loco Rico - gold sebright roo
Reagan - cochin roo
Lady - mille fleur d'uccle (Reagans girlfriend)...
I have two Golden Laced Sebright Bantams but Im not sure what the white ones are, Sebright standard colors are golden and silver. Any ideas on the breed?
Hi there! I have 4 bantam chickens in need of a forever home. They were raised by a hen, so they are hardy outdoor and ranging birds. One is a bantam barred rock or Plymouth (rooster), and the other three appear to be Japanese bantams. I am in Clovis ca but happy to bring them to a surrounding...
I have 2 silkies, and i love them! I will be moving my chickens to more land in June, and will be getting more chicks from McMurray Hatchery. All of their silkies are always sold out, and i was wonder what other good hatcheries sell silkies. I'm interested in possibly starting a bantam flock...