Australians - Where are you all????

[cluckcluckluke]

Why hello everybody.
Spring has sprung here as far as the chickens go. My first chick hatched about a week ago, a blue Australorp, and a mighty cute one at that.
I have another nine Australorp eggs in the incubator that are due to hatch in three or four days, problem is I want a little silkie hen to raise them and at the moment I don't have any spare coops available that are appropriate for that, so I have to build one. I've never built anything from scratch before so it should be interesting. Luckily I have acces to heaps of great pallets so apart from screws and hinges it should be free.
I'll give an update on my progress tomorrow night.

wonderful to here and ill keep checking up on your progress and spring has definantly sprung all my hens are popping out those eggs

 

[guinea fowl galore]

Well the chicks are now screaming at me through their egg to hurry up and get their home finished. And I am proud to say that it is almost done
Here's a pic of it so far. Excuse the messy shed.

It's going to have three doors; a tiny one for chooks to fit through, the top one that you can see, that's for me and then the wall thats missing is going to be hinged so it can be opened for easy cleaning. I've thought of everything It should be finished by tonight

and the first chick of the season

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

Well the chicks are now screaming at me through their egg to hurry up and get their home finished. And I am proud to say that it is almost done

Here's a pic of it so far. Excuse the messy shed.

It's going to have three doors; a tiny one for chooks to fit through, the top one that you can see, that's for me and then the wall thats missing is going to be hinged so it can be opened for easy cleaning. I've thought of everything

It should be finished by tonight

and the first chick of the season

Aww what a cutie

 

[redfeather13]

nice

 

[guinea fowl galore]

As of right now I have two chicks out, one zipping and two pips. I'm pretty sure both the chicks are black. I really hope I get at least one blue.

 

[guinea fowl galore]

Make that three black chicks.
Their brooder is pretty well finished, it just needs a latch/bolt thing on one door and some windows.
I have a photo of yesterday's progress but I can't post it from my phone so I'll do it later.

 

[Haloclimb]

wonderful to here and ill keep checking up on your progress and spring has definantly sprung all my hens are popping out those eggse

It most definetly has! Even our old grandma hens have decided to make an effort and have been laying a few eggs a week!

 

[cluckcluckluke]

It most definetly has! Even our old grandma hens have decided to make an effort and have been laying a few eggs a week!

how old are they? and what part of Aus are you in?

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

I've chose to go try and find some new birds having no luck at all...
If anyone knows anyone who is selling either Silkies, Jap bantams, sizzles and pekin hens or pullets please send me a PM
I live in Toowoomba QLD

 

[guinea fowl galore]

Well all nine eggs hatched and I think I got two to three blues. I gave the chicks to a broody silkie and she was pleased to be gifted them.
That is the first time I have gifted chicks to a hen so was happy it went well.
The coop got finished in time too.