chestnutmare Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Those of you who have bantams, could you post a picture here and give some information? I'd love a couple of cuties and space is limited now that we've moved... I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like to nose at pictures of chickens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 You only have to ask once Budgie-buff orp bantam, Crow -lavender Pekin, Coot and Hen - Wyandottes ES defends himself against the dangerous Crow Little Budgie Little Coot Are you expanding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 Oo Plum, I love them all. What are their temperaments like? Egg laying/broodiness? I'm not expanding just yet... seeing as we had the WIR for the chickens put up before we even got furniture for the new house, OH would say NO! But give me time... Also have to think if the shed really is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 plum theyre lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Budgie is very cute and shy and always in the background. Coot is fun and friendly, Crow is a character always mumbling, friendly but likes things to happen on her terms. Hen has been broody 4 times and very hormonal with it. She's a scream strutting round grumbling at everyone. When not broody she is a calm lovely girl but not as approachable as Coot. Not expanding yeh right. Sorry forgot egg laying. Wyandottes lay 4 or 5 times a week and the other two when they feel like it but really can't be bothered too busy chasing flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) PEKINSSSS! Plum, your little Pekin looks more Blue than Lavender, very nice! Here are two of the chicks i hatched from my girls, no idea what colour throws blue, had lots of Blue chicks this year but i haven't got a Blue hen! Maybe the Lavender? Little Blue Chick Little Lavender Chick A few of my lot, (RIP Lavender, Genie, Barbie ) Wyandotte bantam cockerel, unfortunately had to go last year because he was fighting with the others. Gold Partridge Frizzle Pekin, named ''Fizz'' My boy and one of his girlfriends. Two of my girls last year! They've changed lots. Two of my big girls and Blanche, one of my first hens Silkies, not really my cup of tea after having bad experiences, but they do have weird personalities! Colombian (ish) Pekin, Bella. A very broody Ruby Onyx Millie my little Milliefleur Effy and her chicks, yes, they make good mummies! Sorry for photo overload Edited September 4, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 They are all so lovely I am I happened to mention to OH that omlet were selling cubes on ebay and he wondered why I should be interested as I have a lovely eglu and 2 super girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) my pekins and silkies! All useless for eggs and the pekins are stubbornly broody. I love them all! Edited September 4, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 (edited) thought I'd add my big girl cochins who are filling out nicely! Edited September 4, 2011 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Here are two of mine, Lucy and Bertha. Beware, you think big hens are addictive, wait till you get banties!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Ahhhh I want that Silkie and Lucy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Technically they are large fowl Silkies, but more the size of a typical large bantam rather than traditional large fowl Introducing Melody (Black Silkie) and River (Blue Silkie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Flat and frizzle Pekin youngsters, Pekins are good with people and a little feisty with other birds, if you are ever going to mix large fowl and bantams the pekin is a good choice Silkies, these are a little ditsy and live in a world of their own, they can be bullied by others but in an easygoing group they should be ok Wyandotte bantams, these are my favourite of all breeds, they are docile and friendly This is my lad Tarzan who can be left alone to rotate in front of the hairdryer after a bath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sootydog111 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 your bantams are so cool i cant wait untill we get ours ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 Thanks for posting! I do like pekins, and the frizzles! I also think the wyandotte bantams are beautiful too. I admire the silkies but are they meant to be kept super dry due to their fluffy feathers? I don't think the bantams that I might (uh-hem) get will be mixed with my three hybrids anyway. They'd have to go in a new WIR or Eglu and run. The annoying thing is - my garden gently slopes! How annoying when you have an and run! I'm going to admire them all again now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Flat and frizzle Pekin youngsters, Pekins are good with people and a little feisty with other birds, if you are ever going to mix large fowl and bantams the pekin is a good choice Very true Bramble (the partridge pekin above) is top hen and that includes the 3 cochin. She has to jump up to sort them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Kitty Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 We have had our three lovely Sussex bantams (our first experience with chicken keeping!) since June.....We had our first egg today! They really are delightful! Clover....gentle and friendly Violet....inquisitive and top of the pecking order! Marigold....timid and nervous They all have different personalities, but are all completely lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Wow i love Marigold, so pretty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodinparts Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 You are ALL so good at photographing your girls...Any tips? All my attempts are absolutely rubbish- they move at the wrong second etc etc...so I can't show you my beautiful bantams...though I really want to. All advice gratefully received... A list won't have the same effect, but I'll tell you about them anyway... 2 Belgian d'Anvers, Prudence & Patience (who came from Reading Bantam Show, thanks to encouragement from Lewis & Debs) (these are the most sociable...clearly they were hand reared, as they love a good snuggle) 2 Pekins, Hope & Charity, from Mini Meadows (Hope is quite shy, but a darling all the same.. Charity a bit of a bully) 2 Frizzles, Joy & Serena from Debs....(very sweet & friendly...specially Serena, who is, I think, my favourite....but please dont tell the others...) I love them all....They are so pretty & endearing pootling about the garden...some of them even lay eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 You are ALL so good at photographing your girls...Any tips? All my attempts are absolutely rubbish- they move at the wrong second etc etc...so I can't show you my beautiful bantams...though I really want to. All advice gratefully received... A list won't have the same effect, but I'll tell you about them anyway... 2 Belgian d'Anvers, Prudence & Patience (who came from Reading Bantam Show, thanks to encouragement from Lewis & Debs) (these are the most sociable...clearly they were hand reared, as they love a good snuggle) 2 Pekins, Hope & Charity, from Mini Meadows (Hope is quite shy, but a darling all the same.. Charity a bit of a bully) 2 Frizzles, Joy & Serena from Debs....(very sweet & friendly...specially Serena, who is, I think, my favourite....but please dont tell the others...) I love them all....They are so pretty & endearing pootling about the garden...some of them even lay eggs I don't know if these guys are just master photographers- but I get all the same problems you describe. My trick is just to take an absolute ton of photos and then just pick out any good ones! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiffs Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Re: Silkies - they're fine getting wet, they just may sometimes prefer to be dry. You can bathe silkies, and if you felt really sorry for them after they got wet you could dry them off. Doris my littlest silkie has a weird head wobble tic, and when she eats things like orange it means the juice flies everywhere and makes her pom pom clump together, so I usually sit her on my lap with some tissue and warm water giving the pom pom a wash to unstick it all I too was worried about them getting wet, so I have a shower curtain over their run, but they largely stay in the drier spots if it rains, don't mind a little bit of rain, and I think a google image search of 'wet silkie' throws up a cute and amusing picture of a sodden silkie who obviously enjoys the rain Doris after her wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Thanks for that squiffs - good to know I don't have to rule out silkies. As for photographing, I too take lots and lots of pictures and use the odd couple that happen to be decent ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Don't know if it helps but my photos improved after I turned off the red eye function Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Ooo I've looked through this once, then again, and had to go back yet again. I feel I absolutely MUST HAVE Space Chick's 'River' but might also pocket Doris the gold Silkie and Bella the Columbiann Pekin together with Millie the millfleur Pekin. Here are two opposites of mine. Banty Frizzle - Dandelion Banty Silkie - Doodle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 And your Doodle is gorgeous This would appear to be the Silkie appreciation corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
