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Hi everyone! I was wondering if any Australians have tips on catching foxes, particularly in Melbourne. We have used KFC chicken and charcoal chicken, the fox visits but doesn't go into the trap. FOXOFF1080 seems to be difficult to acquire here because of the regulations. We have a relative...

Hi all, We adopted two cayuga ducks recently. Their ages are unknown and we weren't expecting any eggs. The other day we found a black egg which we thought was pretty cool! It's our first egg that isn't either white or brown 😅 Would love to see your coloured eggs too ! 😊

Hi all 😊 Just wanted to introduce Maya, our Australorp x rooster. We live in suburbia and have had him for about 2 years. He is a very sweet boy and generally has no issues with anyone patting him or picking him up. Until recently he has never attacked anyone. I accidentally stepped on his...

Hello :) My partner and I went duck shopping over the weekend. We couldn't help ourselves and ended up getting these two cuties as well. The lady at the farm said that they are about 16 weeks old. Any idea of the breed and gender? I'm sure she told us the breed but I can't recall what she said...

Today we celebrated one year since our "hen" Maya started crowing and revealed himself as a rooster What better way to celebrate the day we officially became the worst suburban neighbours ever than with some unicorn gender reveal cupcakes? (He has since fathered two more little roosters so now...

Has anyone here ever adopted or rescued chickens or ducks? I would love to hear your story on how and why you adopted them :) The first bird we adopted is a white drake. My friend and her mother use to live on a large hobby farm. Unfortunately they had to move out after her mother and step...

Hi BYC community, Last year one of my brown hens was hospitalised for respiratory problems. We ordered a PCR test, she had a weak-positive for IB but she was also positive for mycoplasma and fungus infection. All of my brown hens are now ill and are sneezing every day (my silkies would also be...

Hi BYC! Back on the 1st of Dec we got professional portraits with our chickens done. It took so long to get the photos so I'm a little over excited and keen to share them with fellow chicken lovers :D

My mum found a pigeon last night getting terrorised by cats in her front yard. He kept trying to enter her house and she noticed that he had a ring on his foot and realised that he belonged to someone. She was a bit afraid of them though (she's not really a bird person) and asked me to collect...

A couple of months ago I adopted a drake (we were asked to take care of him for 1-2 weeks but the owner was unable to have him back). He is a very tall pekin and is kept in in separate enclosure from my chickens (1 australorp x rooster, 3 silkies and 3 sex links) but is allowed to free range...

Does anyone else's chicken do the egg song without an egg? I went to feed my chickens this morning, all were already out of the coop foraging except 1 silkie. I opened the coop and saw her sitting in the nest box deep in sleep. I lifted her up to check if there was an egg under her- nothing. I...

Very excited that one of our three silkies has finally started laying :love We got our silkies 2 months ago, we stopped by a pet store on the way home and the owner happened to own heaps of chickens. She said that getting your first egg is almost as exciting as giving birth so we have been...

Hi everyone, My isa brown Honey started sneezing yesterday, I gave her a warm bath today and I noticed she also has a runny nose and cough. Asides from this she is eating and drinking normally. Any ideas on what this might be?

Hi all, I came across this webpage that talks about using straw bales as coop insulation. The authors mention that straw bales are also a good way of sound proofing coops for roosters. Has anyone ever tried this and how effective is it for sound proofing...

Hi BYC Community, Has anyone ever seen this type of mushroom before? We moved into our place early this year and it came with a half filled compost bin. I started dumping chicken waste and dinner scraps in it then heaps of these mushrooms started appearing.

Hello everyone, It is with great sadness that we are looking to rehome our beloved cockerel Maya. He is a much loved pet, around 3-4 months old and is very friendly to humans but aggressive to bantams. We would prefer for him not to be eaten but we understand the reality of rooster rehoming...

Hi everyone, Yesterday my friend's mum dropped off her beloved drake at our place. We are only supposed to be fostering him for a week or so but I'm trying to learn as much as I can about duck care so that we might be able to keep him. He's had an unusual couple of months so I want to offer him...

Hello everyone, My name is Jona, I am 23 from Melbourne, Australia. I recently joined BYC and so glad that I did. What a wonderful and helpful community of chicken lovers :) Looking forward to learning more about chicken care and getting to know the BYC community. (1) Are you new to chickens...

Good morning everyone! My boyfriend and I are new to backyard chicken care, we got three silkies from a farmer 3 months ago and have been obsessed with them ever since. Last weekend we also got an Isa brown, Honey, and an Australorp, Maya, from a colleague's friend (in hindsight, we realise...