Recent content by kmart60

I would have been the same about letting them take their time, but we needed to integrate them quickly before we went away for the holidays, and this seemed the best solution to have them meet on neutral ground. Our first hatch integrated with their mumma at about 12 weeks and it was seamless -...

Ours have a day run of about a quarter acre, but when we let them into our one acre house yard - only when we are outside to supervise, as neighbourhood dogs sometimes come to visit - they take a slow stroll around the perimeter, stopping to scratch and dig in a few favourite spots, then after...

We got some fertilised eggs from a neighbour to set under our eternally broody Light Sussex, and got 5 chicks. The hubs said from the start "we cull any roosters, right?" and I agreed, having suffered childhood trauma from them in childhood. He identified 2 as roosters early on, bt I made him...

I have no judgement to make on people culling their chooks - l'm a country girl, well used to helping out with the chicken "harvest" as a child, but we chose to start our own flock a couple of years ago because we wanted to see if they'd make an impact on our fruit fly problem, so eggs were...

Oh me too! I read my first Victoria Holt at about 11 or 12 - Readers Digest condensed books - Mistress of Mellyn. And my eldest son is named after the hero of another one of her novels. And my daughter after a minor character in an Agatha Christie mystery. And my youngest after the pastor...

Yeah, you can. Our auto door cost $300 and has a 3 year warranty. Assuming it only lasts as long as its warranty, that's 30 cents/day to sleep in or stay out late. Cheap as... :D

Time for an update, I'm thinking... Pleeease 🙏

When playing the game "What 10 books would you like if stranded on a desert island?" my first 6 are Miss Austen's. :D (My son says he'd have "Raft construction for beginners" and "How to navigate by the stars", haha)

The new coop is coming along well. Can't wait for the article on the completed project! :D

Lots of useful, practical information, well organised. Very handy for the Down Under chicken wranglers!😊

This is a stylish, well-constructed coop. The video is excellent, but it would be good to have more details on the coop page. Coop and run are a little small, although Isa are not big chickens, and they may get a lot of free-range time, which would mitigate the confines of the run, but if you...

Our setup - automatic door, two large-capacity treadle feeders, nipple waterers, means it's easy for the neighbours to just pop over and collect the eggs when we're away. We do the same for them, and also the neighbours on the other side. We live in a cul-de-sac of 7 25-acre properties, everyone...

I know this is an old thread, and nobody asked, but... You just left it there??? What was the freaking error??? Do I have to read the book all over again? Am I even going to find it, if I invest the time, in this increasingly time-poor world with so many other great books out there? Please...

I'm taking one star off for ventilation (I'm just a newbie, but I'm pretty confident the experts would advise more), but I'm giving it back for creativity. This. Is. Exquisite. Unique. Creative. Artistic. I think I'll become a Buddhist so I can maybe return as one of your chickens in my next...