Howdy folks .. once again I can't help myself, I had to share bedtime pictures. 7 weeks old tomorrow; surely she will be teaching them to roost soon? lol
Yep, yep Happy Flock .... I love Bunnings! lol
We moved to Brisbane from Bundaberg 3 (or is it 4? Time flies) years ago and the joke at work is that I still only know how to get to 4 places, Work, Woolworths, Northside Produce and Bunnings. I like being at home, I only need those 4!
Oh dear MyHaven, Fraidy does sound like she has an interesting chickenality I am chuckling at the image of her pinning down the Barnie. Eggs? What are they? lol. With Cilla being a mum and losing Britney, I am down to 1 bantam egg every day or two from Dusty which invariably gets cooked up...
Hello again Happy Flock
It is nothing flash Happy Flock but it works for the bantams .. the maximum I have ever had is 3 and as I said, I now have 2 adults and 5 babies (sadly, they won't all be keepers).
This is the 'Chateau' end; where Dusty hangs out (the little darling in the picture...
Hi there Happy Flock :)
Fingers crossed for some feathered bubbies at your place next week .. I still cannot get over how emotional and exciting the whole experience is. I'm gunna have to do that again! lol
Cilla and the bubs are in a hutch at one end of a 2.5 metre covered run and Dusty...
Welcome Hatched2 :)
I am a first timer at raising chicks of any description and when my bantam Black Cochin became broody I decided to buy her 5 fertile eggs .. she hatched 5 from 5; very exciting and so beautiful to be a part of! I did not interfere at all, to the point that I didn't even...
Thank you qldchook, very helpful
It is a lovely experience and I adore my babies .. they are 4 weeks old now and with their mumma in a small covered run with a coop attached. Every Sunday I cook up a week's worth of breakfasts (separately bagged and freeze them) vegies, rice or pasta just in...
Howdy Kezabel and Beulah89
I am approximately 16kms North of Brisbane City and Mum to Britney (Bantam Leghorn); Dusty (Bantam Langshan) and Cilla (Bantam Black Cochin) who has 5 x 2.5 week old Bantam Silkie bubbies that she is very proud of!
Chicken-math dictates that 1 or 2 of them will...
Thank you so very much tillyita .. very helpful.
Quote: "The only thing that I will add is that the chicks can eat anything mum can eat provided they have some grit (or plain old dirt from the garden) in their diet so that they can break it down. If they are confined so they don't have access...
Cilla & Co are going well. One of them was in the chick-start today scratching with his/her tiny little feet .. so adorable! They also rub their tiny little beaks backwards and forwards after eating, just like Mum!
Hubby got home from work and asked "So, have you been chicken stalking?"...
Howdy MyHaven :-)
Gee, sorry to hear about your hospitalization, I hope you are OK now.
Well it has been a full-on weekend; at times stressful but far outweighed by wonderful, happy moments. 5 eggs, 5 hatches = 100% woo hooo! Even the one with the 'chip/crack' which I was not sure about on Day...