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    CONTEST SEQUEL to the "BEST KIDS & CHICKENS PHOTO"contst. See Post#108

    Thank you so much! Isla is very happy and excited!
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    WINNER ANNOUNCED! The Best Kids & Chickens Photo Contest! vp

    Thank you all so much for your votes and the lovely things you have said about my daughter. Isla is very happy! She wants 'crazy chicken girl' labels. lol
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    CONTEST SEQUEL to the "BEST KIDS & CHICKENS PHOTO"contst. See Post#108

    My 6 year old daughter (Isla) with our chickens. Excuse the wild hair, it's the school holidays and we're taking it easy!
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    I'll See Your "Chicken Whisperer" and Raise You a...

    awwww! Too cute! Our two would make quite the pair wouldn't they? Hmmmm i feel a arranged marriage coming on!
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    I call my daughter the 'chicken whisperer'

    Thanks for the lovely comments! When i first got the chickens i was could barely touch them, which seems really weird to me now!
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    Crop and laying

    ah, yes, i meant comb not crop. I will try and keep them locked up til 2pm then... They just look so keen to get out in the morning. They are not going to be pleased with me!
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    I call my daughter the 'chicken whisperer'

    She loves our chooks! Perhaps a little too much, bless her. I heard her say to a chook the other day "come to mummy for a cuddle" - lol I took these pics today (without her knowing) Singing to the chook in the first photo. here she is holding two at once; and this naughty chook...
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    Crop and laying

    Hello! I have 5 ISA browns and 4 are now laying. They free range in my backyard all day, and have made a little nest in the yard, totally giving the finger to my nesting boxes in the coop. For a week, one chook would jump up and lay her egg on my bbq, but now she (and the other 3) all lay in...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    We've had our chooks for 6 weeks and today our first 3 eggs! (from 5 girls) They layed them in the straw behind the coop! that's a store bought egg on the far right. where i found the eggs my daughter with the eggs
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    Australians - Where are you all????

    Adelaide (North East)
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    No eggs yet!

    Here's a pic of one of my girls
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    No eggs yet!

    How long generally does it take for them to settle in? They were super scared of me when i first brought them home, now they will come to within 30cms of me, and one even pecked a bit of strawberry out of my hand the other day. They approach me when i go outside, hoping for a tasty morsel i...
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    No eggs yet!

    I've had my chickens for 2 weeks as of tomorrow, and still no eggs! They were suppose to be point of lay when i bought them, but i guess they might have been *almost* at POL when i got them, and they just need a few weeks? I'm not sure exactly how old they are, i just hope they start laying...
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    My kids holding/touching a chicken for the first time.

    My husband caught one of the chooks to make me have a hold, i've been a bit 'chicken'. I didn't get any photos of that though. Then the kids had a go. My daughter was very game, my oldest boy was scared but agreed to pat, and the youngest was game until the last moment, then got abit scared...
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    My setup

    Quote: haha, bugs me too!
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