A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Im building my bantam house and wondered how wide a bantam is. Has anyone got a spare bantam and tape measure?! I want to get my perches the right width! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Anyone? Does no-one measure their bantams of a long winter evening?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheik Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Depends on the breed! I'm building a fence at the moment and have quite a small sablepoot bantam - I roughly measured her and decided a fence post gap of 9cm would stop her getting through - so she's probably about 10cm wide. Our silkie bantam is about twize the size of her in mass though, not sure about width . /\dam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Anyone? Does no-one measure their bantams of a long winter evening?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Mine are squashy - amazing how they can sqeeeeeze into tiny places - when they want to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I think the rule is you need 1 square foot for medium to heavy breeds and 3/4 square foot for bantams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 It's the perch width Ubereglu. I'm doing some Heath Robinson woodwork. There's a lot of room in the house, but the perches need to go on a thingy to fit in the wotsit. Me and saws are turning into a bad combination! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Wing to wing or head to tail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 About an inch wide should be ok-the replacement bars I made my chickens are about 1 and a half inches wide-and they're really good for them as they perch properly on them-rather than the original omlet bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 OK in the interests of science I went ot in to the rain, retrieved a tape measure from the shed and measured my widest Pekin Slightly crouching as if she was roosting she is just over 6 inches wide I had to bribe her with mealworms for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 GENIUS, Redwing! Bless you! Thank you! It was wing to wing. I think of head to tail as length. Oh the surreality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 To be honest I didnt tell OH and FIL where I was going in case they thought I was insane If someone had told me a year ago what I would be doing today I would not have believed them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 I love you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
