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My Chooks are off the lay at the moment. One of them is laying every now again. My Ancona is definitely not laying as she has a very pale comb and molting. DH thinks she is going grey as the feather's coming back are whiter
One of the Australorps is doing all the laying.
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Our neighbour's hen (that has now been officially given to us for good) Daisy is laying half a dozen a week, but nothing I've found from Gemma yet. She's almost done with growing back her feathers and has a bit of a limp still, but apart from looking bedraggled she's pretty good. Lucky chicken, is all I can say!
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casper did have ticks, a drop of something starting with I on her neck and she's good. i gotta get some for the rest of the girls as its "off lable" use but she vet uses it her self.
last remaining fuzzbutts have been called cheech and chong. neather are that bright heh.
im wondering if dusty is a rooster 0.o this could be interesting
I've also gotta make up some roosting boxes and set them up and buy some more straw for the chooks too....after a re-roof the chook shed!
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Today is International Respect for Chickens Day! - Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary
Today is International Respect for Chickens Day
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Bought some wormer stuff for the chickens today, instructions aren't 100% clear... hmmm have to read it properly later on.... ohh HotI
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Today is International Respect for Chickens Day! - Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary
Today is International Respect for Chickens Day
Our girls celebrated with seed and leftovers.
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Ok, just having a play with the attach file thingo for the first time, so don't shoot me if I mess it up....here are my girls enjoying some boiled egg today - still puzzled as to the breed of the four legged one though
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Awww gorgeous.
We caught betsy laying an egg the other day, she sat in her nesting box and let the girls watch, she lifted a bit and the girls saw the egg land, they were so excited... Guess our older girls are laying.
Their combs & wattles all look so much better than when we got them, will have to take pics to compare.
Bought some wormer liquid but might need your help to work our how much to use, will get the label details tomorrow.
Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!
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We still haven't restocked here (want to improve our fox protection first), however one of our neighbour s chooks likes to come play in out yard. it is lovely to look out the window and see a chook wandering in the garden again.
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Hot1, we saw coops from a crowd called Chook Mowers at the show. He has a very simple fox protection system that you could put on any coop. He's had no reports of failure. It basically involves placing wire around the outside of the coop, about 15 cm deep, as a perimeter. The wire needs to be stiff and wide enough for a fox to start digging but not get through. He says if they can get their paws in and feel the dirt they don't just try further out. His hooks up around the coop so it can be moved, but a stationary coop wouldn't need to do that.
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Yay for the neigbors chook coming to visit
We haven't had any issues with foxes yet *touch wood* but i've no doubt they are out there stalking.
There are a few holes i can see where mice have dug in and i have no doubt a fox could get under the shed if it wanted to, so might have to look at digging some wire in around the perimeter when the weather is nice enough.
I really need to work out a better place for the perches as the girls are all sleeping on top of the nesting boxes stil and there is crap everywhere, they don't seem to be pooing in the nesting boxes as much now though.
Am thinking of using some tin and blocking off the back room so it's a bit darker & warmer and hoping they go in there, need to build a ramp up to the perches though i think.
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Yay for the neigbors chook coming to visit
We haven't had any issues with foxes yet *touch wood* but i've no doubt they are out there stalking.
There are a few holes i can see where mice have dug in and i have no doubt a fox could get under the shed if it wanted to, so might have to look at digging some wire in around the perimeter when the weather is nice enough.
I really need to work out a better place for the perches as the girls are all sleeping on top of the nesting boxes stil and there is crap everywhere, they don't seem to be pooing in the nesting boxes as much now though.
Am thinking of using some tin and blocking off the back room so it's a bit darker & warmer and hoping they go in there, need to build a ramp up to the perches though i think.
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we havent had fox issues yet eather - but they are around. with wire - we have a chook run thats never used (lol) and the wire over it top is really slack - foxes wont climb slack wire (so i've been told)
I'm really thinking dusty is a roosterwhich kinda sucks. but oh well. the two fuzzbutts left are doing good. chong runs up to me and at around 5 at night they sit on the back stept cherping for "bed time " (a box a neighbour lent us) and they are going well in the cold - in a month or so i'll be taking them down into the shed - when theyr'e bigger and can roost up on the perches.
I'm also starting to make some propper roosting boxes for the girls too - we have some but i need more so i'm useing some pine FIL :eyeroll: gave us to burn...they'll end up funky as its all off cut stuff!
no eggs though. not that im worried. i will be locking the girls up for a few days to see if they'll lay in the shed again.
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New thread time! https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ml#post3108144
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