FAQs

What is a Bantam?

"Bantam" means little chicken. It's not a breed of chicken, but a smaller version of. There are few true bantams around - birds that exist only in miniature, but the Barbu D'Uccle, Barbu D'Anver and Sablepoots are 3 of them (also my favs, hence them being here). Typically the bantam lays small eggs, and they tend to lay less than large fowl or Big chickens.

You can keep bantams with large fowl birds without any problem (exceptions - polish bantams can't see very well and tend to get picked on)

Can I keep vaccinated birds with non vaccinated birds?

I'm not 100% where this question started, but I kee being asked it.

I keep all of my birds - vaccinated, ex bats, non vaccinated, ducks, geese, guinnea fowl and quail all together - and have never had a problem!

Why have my birds stopped laying?

The answer could be so varied! But some of the more common causes we've come accross are:

**Weather - very cold or wet weather puts the birds off laying.

**Food - the birds aren;t getting enough protein in their diet to make an egg

**Moulting - the birds will moult several times in the year, and will slow down or stop egg production whilst this happens

**Health - if a chicken is injurred or sick it may well stop - this includes lice, mites and worms