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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Hi there, just new toy his page, residing in Canberra, after a mishap with our first 2 we currently have a friendly little bit and an inquisitive fat Australian both about 16 weeks old. While living at home, I helped my dad raise chickens for 20 years and now after having my own family have...
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    New chickens died after less than 2 weeks

    Thanks Kyle, I think I just needed to vent as my son was so upset we would lose out new birds, I didn't realise how much it had affected him, funny thing is our new birds were less than half the price of our purebred and are actually so much friendlier and happier. Expensive lesson learnt though.
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    New chickens died after less than 2 weeks

    Flick, fatty food grabber, miss inquisitive. Pea, baby girl, she looks ratty at the moment as she is still getting her new feathers in
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    New chickens died after less than 2 weeks

    Thanks guys, I think I was just frustrated as I saw him advertising for spring fertilized and again charging huge prices, i think his chickens are not the best pets as they are just housed in large runs and only handled to be packed and sold. These are our new girls Flick the Aus and Pea the...
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    New chickens died after less than 2 weeks

    Thanks drumstick diva, how do I do that? totally new to this forum business, bit backwards here down under ;)
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    New chickens died after less than 2 weeks

    No it hasn't, i have bought new ones, my son was so upset as he was "in charge" of our flock, I disinfected and dug out the coop and run and bought 2 very cheap 12 w/o australorp, rir x, had them 2 weeks now and they are actually much friendlier and happier than the other 2, they are not as...
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    New chickens died after less than 2 weeks

    Just wanting some advice,maybe more of a rant than anything. After not having chickens for a few years, we decided that we wanted to start a backyard flock, after researching what would be best for us we settled with 2 Plymouth rock, After finding a breeder (who charged an absolute premium) we...
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