Category Archives: Chickens

I have a flock of eight bantams in pairs of four breeds. I will give some information of each breed in the order that I got them. Bantam vorwerks I got my two bantam vorweks, Amber and Honey, in April … Continue reading →

Amber has been improving day by day. Her swollen face was returning back to normal and her feathers were growing back in. Her face and comb were red again. I know that pin feathers are very tempting to the girls … Continue reading →

The chicks have now slept with the main flock for the last three nights as well as spending their days with them so I think we can safely say integration is complete. There have been no problems and they are … Continue reading →

Emerald has a lovely character. She is people friendly and isn’t bothered by us getting close to her. She is the only one of the girls that I can pick up easily. She is inquisitive and will follow me around … Continue reading →

It has been three weeks since Amber’s face swelled up. We think she was pecked on the face and it became infected. It was one of the many times we thought we were going to lose her. Her face and … Continue reading →

Last night I checked the girls before bedtime and was surprised to find that both chicks were with the big girls. The main flock were all in their usual positions.  Barley was on the new, narrower, more favoured perch. Peaches … Continue reading →

I went out at five o’clock this morning to make sure the chicks were okay with the main flock. Everything was fine with no bother at all. I put lots of dishes of mash around the run at mid morning … Continue reading →

Yesterday we got back from our deliveries at lunch time and found that one of the chicks had dug under the gate and was in with the main flock. There didn’t seem to be any problem and she was sat … Continue reading →

Both yesterday morning and this morning I opened the coop to find an explosion of feathers. As they were dark I thought at first they were from Emerald who has been moulting for a while now but once I started … Continue reading →

First thing this morning I gave the coop its final spray with red mite spray. This is it’s third spray at three days intervals. At lunch time we felt it was dry enough to put the coop back together again. … Continue reading →