Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

[Nanna34]

My search for Orpingtons continue.... I tried getting hold of Heritage chickens still had no reply

@Colin Fow I might have found some more Australorp hens will let you know

 

[Cracked SA]

@Gwyllm not too good at the moment , we have a few that have died , the others are still not fully developed , by the looks of it we have just had too much load shedding , 2 or 3 days late is ok but almost 7 days late it is doubtful that they will be strong enough to break thru the shell after such an extended incubation period but we will give the live ones a chance to see if they do.

I did investigation into running an incubator through loadshedding, and found the setup cost to be about R4500
Basically you will need a deep cycle car battery, an invertor, a charger, and a switch/mechanism to allow the battery to take over when the power is out.
I sourced it all in Durbs incase loadshedding proved too formidable a foe.
If you are planning to hatch-on-mass, then it will probably be worth looking at either way.
All the best

 

[Cracked SA]

My one hen keeps laying her eggs on the floor any advice?

I've had success removing eggs from the floor and placing them in the nest box/area.
The next day (or when she needs to lay again) she will probably lay where you want her to.
Hope it helps

 

[Nanna34]

I've had success removing eggs from the floor and placing them in the nest box/area.
The next day (or when she needs to lay again) she will probably lay where you want her to.
Hope it helps

Thanks found 3 eggs on the floor yesterday put it in a nest with some dummy eggs hoping it did the trick

 

[Colin Fow]

Hi, I'm also in SA (Stellenbosch Western Cape) and I plan on getting chickens soon!! 

Hi and welcome , you have deff found all the crazy chicken people haha

 

[Colin Fow]

@Cracked SA Thanks , I was also thinking about an inverter , think it will be the most economical, will look around for everything and see what I can find

 

[Colin Fow]

@Nanna34 thanks that would be awesome , Gwyllum has also found some so I will see what works best as far as getting them to the farm and when I will be going up again.

 

[Colin Fow]

Look what I found yesterday

 

[hedz82]

wow Colin, amazing!

 

[Colin Fow]

Thanks , now just to get a place sorted on the farm before I buy them lol