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    Soft Shell Eggs

    I have 4 hens - they are Wyandotte bantams. The mother is 18 months old. The three daughters are exactly 12 months old tomorrow! One of my girls has laid 3 soft shell eggs in a row in the last three days ... one each day. She is the runt, smaller than the rest, and has laid funny shaped eggs...
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    Feathers lost their waterproofing

    Hi all I have 4 hens - they are Wyandotte Bantams. Three of them are our own babies hatched this year on Easter Sunday. The 4th hen is their mummy. Mummy hen moulted this summer after she raised her first brood so she is only about 15 months old. Since then, her feathers seem to have lost their...
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    Wyandotte Bantams - Sexing

    Hi All Hoping one of the Wyandotte Bantam experts might kindly help with sexing these chicks .. all six of which are doing well so farl ... touch wood! They hatched on the 11th / 12th of April (Easter Eggs!) so they are 10 weeks old. Here is a reference picture of the dad. A good blue lace...
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    Newbie ... 3 days from Hatching!

    Hi All Newbie here so please go easy! We acquired a pair of Wyandotte Bantams a couple of months ago. The hen then went into her first lay and proceeded to deliver .... wait for it! 17 eggs !!! By any stretch, she was too small to cover all of them so I acquired a basic incubator and put 7...
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