Posts Tagged pekin bantams
The curse of broody Bruno
Posted by Beth in Beth's Blog on October 2nd, 2009
They tell me chickens are low maintenance. Hmmmm… not our broody Bruno!
For the past three weeks overall egg production has dropped our coup and the dreaded broodiness has set in. Our once inquisitive, loving Pekin Bantum has been transformed into an agoraphobic, angry recluse.
No matter how fast we remove eggs, as soon as they’re replaced, Bruno is back at her post, guarding her spoils.
Experienced poultry keepers have suggested a variety of tricks and witchcraft to snap her out of her spell but to date her motherly instincts have overpowered our efforts.
A dunk in a bucket of water just left her a little damp, a night in the garden may have made her shiver but did nothing to deter her and a run around the garden simply heightened her aggravation.
Any attempt to lower her body temperature has been met with blunt refusal. So, where do we go from here?
I’m tempted to wait it out but I miss my daft ball of fun that is Bruno!
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Pekin Bantams Forum
Posted by admin in Tim's Blog on May 6th, 2009
The end of Pekin Bantams Forum… so it seems
Recently, I heard that the Pekin Bantams Forum has finished. The owner of the site has done a fantastic job at running this poultry forum for (I think) 9 or 10 years. The site was a gold mine of information and it is sad that Pekin Bantams Forum is no more.
As a result of this, I have brought the ‘launch’ of the new poultrykeeper.com forum forward – since there are no doubt many people looking for a new forum to go to and now seems like a good time to kick things off.
