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pskipper Member Offline I Love Practical Poultry Posts: 5	Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Jan 31^st, 2010 at 9:43pm Hi, We're going to get bantams and want to make sure we have everything in place. What sized feeder and waterer should we get if we are looking to get between 3-4 bantams? Thanks, Philip & Lynda
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Andy Bufforp Member Sinbinner Offline I Love Buff Orpingtons Posts: 1561 Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #1 - Feb 1^st, 2010 at 9:23pm For 3-4 bantams I would think even a small 3kg feeder will be more than adequate and for water upto 3L especially as I would recommend emptying and refilling daily so if you fill it right up you will be emptying lots out!. Hope this helps
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pskipper Member Offline I Love Practical Poultry Posts: 5	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #2 - Feb 1^st, 2010 at 9:41pm Thanks, Lynda's poultry experience is with her Nan's 40 odd large foul which makes scaling down a little complicated
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Annie9 Member Sinbinner Online Posts: 1205 N Lincs Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #3 - Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 1:11pm It starts with 3 or 4 and ends up with 30+
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Durhamchance Member Sinbinner Online I Love Chickens and Reptiles Posts: 1389 Ilkeston, Derbyshire Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #4 - Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 1:24pm Agreed.. you'll be scaling it up before you know it! I stipulated only 3 when i was convincing my landlord to let me keep chickens.. I now have 21 (though I am blaming another forum member for that... )
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ChickenStreet Admin Offline Are we there yet? Posts: 7398 North Shrops Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #5 - Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 1:43pm Annie9 wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 1:11pm: houses It starts with 3 or 4 and ends up with 30+ ^ You've missed a word out there Annie, so I've added it
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BigBird Member Sinbinner Offline The Hens before the wife !!! Posts: 465 lancashire Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #6 - Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 1:48pm dito I started with 3 now i have more than 15 good look
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Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice
Reply #7 - Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 3:53pm

ChickenStreet wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 1:43pm:

Annie9 wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 1:11pm:

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It starts with 3 or 4 and ends up with 30+ Grin

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You've missed a word out there Annie, so I've added it Wink

Ha ha, yes you are right. 1 house has become 7 here (but they're not all in use..........at the moment) Grin

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Tom123 Member Online Obsessed about Wyandotte Bantams! Posts: 272 Gloucestershire Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #8 - Feb 3^rd, 2010 at 5:36pm We decided to get 2 hens. That was 2 years ago. Now I have roughly 60
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dee_williams Member Sinbinner Offline Poultry mad in Cumbria! Posts: 334 Carlisle, Cumbria Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #9 - Feb 7^th, 2010 at 6:43pm yep started with 2 here and now have about 200 birds. Lol.
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GOOSEGIRLY Member Sinbinner Offline S**t Happens Posts: 2470 leyland lancs Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #10 - Feb 7^th, 2010 at 7:41pm yep i started 7 goslings 4 hybrids now have approx 400 plus geese n ducks ( 120 ish) being a conservative guestimate very moorish hobby !!!
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Dappy_chick Member Offline I Love Practical Poultry Posts: 254 Bucks/Northants Gender:	Re: Preparing for bantams and need feed/drink advice Reply #11 - Feb 22^nd, 2010 at 12:16pm Yep, I started with 7 and now have far too many I blame it on the neighbours! Well how else was I supposed to keep up with their egg demands over the winter period? Well that is what I am going to say if they ever complain about the amount I have
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