www.petcircle.com.au. i have been using them for 18 months with no problem. I would order and order would be delivered to my door within 3 days. They closed orders this week for a few days and when i emailed them they are having significant problems getting warehouse workers at present due to...
I use hemp and love it. Although i love to buy local when i can i have found the best place to get the hemp shavings is pet circle which is an online delivery service based in sydney. Their service has been brilliant and their hemp very reasonable although still expensive compared to pine...
Hi Poultry mum, just saw your message. I have done a bit of incubating over the last 12 months. I started with a cheap amazon one that had 1 hatch out of three attempts with 6 eggs set each time. I moved to the janoel 12 and had good success but needed to incubate a larger number. I bought the...
Thank you. That is really great information. I love ducks too and did have several lots of day old ducklings growing up as I grew up in north east Victoria. I know I can’t have ducks now being in the city but I would love it. You sound like you have a great set up. The quail sound perfect and I...
THANK YOU!! I asked my husband about quail and he thought we couldn’t have them with chickens!!! I love your enabling. Do most people keep them in with chickens or do you keep a separate aviary? Now I get to research and I love the research too
I am candling my latest lockdown incubation tonight - day 7. The interesting thing is that with lockdown restrictions easing slightly in Victoria I don’t want to stop incubating!!! I am enjoying it and the new arrivals so much!!! I think this activity will continue. Unfortunately being in the...
My fingers are crossed for you. Australia doesn’t appear to have a happy medium anymore. It is either drought or storms and floods. Really hoping you get a great load of grain in
Thanks Aussie-ChookMum, I love the blue mountains. What a lovely place to live.
Yes we do name them which might be a problem as we will have to rehome the 2 roosters we now have!! I am going to try and attach photos.
They are Schnitzel, Buddy, Princess Layer (thankfully a hen!!), Peanut, Stock...
It has been great for the whole family. I hope others have been able to slowly get back to a little bit more of ‘normality’. Your chickens are all beautiful.
Hi All,
I am in Melbourne and have returned to hatching chickens to keep sane during lockdown - didn’t know lockdown would last so long. On to my third incubation. I incubated and kept chickens when growing up but only just returning as an adult. Just hatched backyard mixes to start with but...