Recent content by Birdybooo

Wow super helpful thread, I'm preparing for my first natural hatching this year, you guys have been very helpful!

I completely agree, why would you use something that will harm you on your chicken? My chooks use just garden soil and sand. They free range and I check them for mites and fleas every couple of weeks... It's been over a year....nothing so far.

We have been having issues with sparrows coming into the chicken run and eating all the food, when I first got the chooks there was only one or two resident sparrows taking a bit of food here and there, it wasn't a problem then. Just after spring this year, practically over night we had a flock...

I made a mini raised garden bed about 8inches high, then I fill it with garden soil, keep the soil in and they seem to love it.

I would ask for the value of the chooks, plus money it would cost to feed them to the day they were attacked and any medical cost for the surviving chook. As for the dog (I love my dogs) that came to your yard, if the law says it ok to shoot them, do it the next time it come back, if the owner...

hcurrie 7 I am so sorry to hear of your lost :( I know exactly how you feel, I have also lost 2 chickens to predation. How did you lose her? I cried for a full day after mine died...and I only had them for like 3 months. Even my bestfriends thought it was weird that I could get so upset over a...

Thanks everyone, I am gonna start keeping the balls and will consider disposing of them if I collect more that a couple. I hate the whole..."but they are just kids" excuse, seriously I was never that annoying when I was young, my parents taught me to respect other people's property. I will give...

There isn't any law regarding how we keep the chooks other than to have less than 12 (we have 5), the chooks can't jump the fence separating us and the neighbours. Their run is open top and being heavier breed birds they don't ever jump their run's fencing...until the last two times the balls...

I m too thinking I should keep all their balls, we have 6 foot fencing so the chickens are contained in our yard, looks like the kids have climbed the fence and throw stuff at the chooks, it's stressing them out which stresses me out. We have dogs, maybe we can blame the loss of balls on the...

I have no issue with my neighbour before, they keep to themselves usually. But since we got the chooks I have noticed random stuff in my garden. We live in the suburb so we are located close to our neighbours. My backyard face their front yard. I have found random food, flowers and food wrappers...

I clipped my 10weeks old light Sussex and 9 weeks old australorps as well.

Your gold lace look amazing! Her lace is so defined, such a shame that you lost her :( The photo of your girls dirt bathing in the backyard is so adorable. Will you be replacing her with another gold lace Wyandotte?

Thank you! :) All my girls are Standard size so will be heavy ladies in a couple of months. I need them big to discourage my dogs from picking on them I got each one from a different breeder, I got the Australorps from a lady in Yea (she has some amazing looking Australorps!), the Silver Lace...

I wouldn't be surprised! Been lurking on this site since Jan. I used to have Isa Browns but after reading up on the different breeds I decided to have a little party in my backyard and purchased a few breeds. I got a Gold and a Silver Lace Wyandotte, a Light Sussex and 2 super cute Australorps...

Hello everyone :) just want to subscribe. I m from Melbourne, just started keeping hertiage chooks after having Isa browns for years.