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Yes Agile wallaby -she comes by quite often. At the moment with Joey at her side.

MY ONLY EE- in line up L-R, Alice is obviously 4th. Alice was, is, my introduction to EEs. She lays light blue eggs, i have owned chooks for many years but have never introduced an adult hen that I was warned was "wild", as in no human contact. I purchased her out of desperation as I could not...

Being in Australia, it is so hard to imagine a bear attacking a coop! I have to deal with very large pythons but I can't imagine having a bear lurking around! The extent of the loss is also so much greater, a python will never usually eat more than one. Finding multiple gone would be so much...

RE CROSS OVER BEAKS I was just wondering what causes this? I can understand inbreeding in other"pure" breeds causing deformities but in EE's it seems strange? I have never heard of this in Australia but I am not heavily involved with breeders. It is midday of the 23rd in Australia so may I...

AN update on PRECIOUS- the "almost still an embryo chick" I saved and now have to raise on its own! I post on this site even tho I mainly have cochins, I also have an EE. RR & Plymouth Rock & mainly because it is BYCs FRIENDLIEST site!!! Precious is now only 3 wks old & I find Cochins VERY...

PRECIOUS UPDATE- so when raising just the one chick - it DEMANDS to be with you always! Helping me work & checking BYC Forum adding info to BYC website Reading a log Having my lunch break-relax OK-back to work

Gosh, I wish all others could be sexed like that. Just realised re the glove/rice idea that I have no idea of where to find any kind of warmth glove as we live in fairly constant summer in Qld, Australia.Just trying a GREEN (only colour I had) kitchen glove filled with warm water now. It is the...

Wow, excellent idea. I could use a woollen glove as she really identifies with a hand.

Precious update: Thank you all for wishing her the best. Day 4 & going well. Drives me crazy as she is so lonely & basically wants my hand next to her always. I am going to try a kitchen glove with warm water filling it as it is REALLY hard to work. Lucky I work from home! I made her pay...

Are you sure he is a roo? He is roo looking. I love him but long flight to Oz.

Re Bama1-MUTT HEN-she is very unique,I think you would need to clone her. "Precious" still doing ok, altho she is so lonely, I have to hold her for 5 minutes every 15 or she peeps continously.Excuse the names but my nephew had pre named both Bilbo & Precious from Lord of the Rings. I LOVE the...

AN UPDATE -I hope she will survive. Oh dear, an update to this story. 3 days before my EEs egg was due, I was out visiting my parents for a few hours. When I came home – Alice was on her nest but her egg had rolled out onto the ground & was badly cracked. I presume as she rushed out to protect...

A cute EE story: I had a cochin and an EE hen go broody at the same time. I did not want ANY more chicks but they sat on every newly laid egg & stole eggs from each other , drove me nuts. SO.. I let the cochin(Emily) have the one egg that they had fought over for 10 days & gave a newly laid egg...

Thats what I hoped-but every egg I took, they just sat on someone elses newly laid one & then both fought over the one egg. I need more hens but too many roos already & I am hopeless at culling!

My two broody girls needed a higher room divider. This works a charm & my sister says it is very appropriate?!!??!!?. As you can see from my "room divider",I am an Aussie. I only gave them one egg each as I really do not need anymore but they were driving me crazy... Emily's egg,one of my...

Thanks Aoxa-hope one of his son's comes close in looks and temprement.

She lays a very light blue egg, very popular with my neighbours grandson! Not many people seem to have EEs in my area so bit of a novelty. Re Oliver being 12 years old- I did not realise this was such a big deal until I joined this forum as I had an old hen reach 13 last year. Both are mixed...

Hi, my rooster is mainly cochin, mum was blue cochin, dad was cochin X so colour is a mixture, he is no particular colour. He is 12 years old & incredibly gentle. I did recently hatch an egg from him and the Aracauna? -I just rehomed the offspring as was a rooster but he was white, black...

Hi Guys, I am also in OZ & was sold this girl as an Aracauna but she is so smooth looking not like the nice fluffy ones you guys have been posting. She has muffs & beard (especially when cranky!) I was looking for a banty hen in a hurry so was not chasing a particular breed. The photos do not...

Sorry 3 posts at once but I am so grateful you guys are showing some cross EEs. I will be keeping Jacob ( AND all his brothers!) so if I rebreed him to a cochin I might get a girl that looks like Trixie . Wish i could get one of those beautful black & whites as well. Look forward to seeing more...