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    My backyard Vulture

    Speedy, who is just over one year old and is an Australorp/Wyandotte mix is experiencing her second autumn and first molt (I live in Australia). She's also doing a credible impression of a vulture.
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    Australorp with White??

    Speedy is an Australorp/Wyandotte cross. This is her as a chick. This is her as a pullet (six months on) I would suspect that your Australorp chick will lose her white feathers at first moult.
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    Need to de-Broody a young pullet

    I tried the dunking method, followed by an extended run in the garden - no luck. So I put some large icecubes in a snaplock bag and now she's sitting on those...
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    Need to de-Broody a young pullet

    Thanks, I'll try the ice-bag in the nesting box trick tomorrow (have to go to work soon) and see how that goes.
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    Need to de-Broody a young pullet

    In six months Speedy the Chick has grown into Speedy the Pullet. Then after three weeks of laying small eggs, Speedy has transformed into Speedy the Broody Pullet. Busy six months for Speedy. However the long and short of things is that we don't have room for more chicks/chickens, and we...
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    Speedy the Australorp/Wyandotte chicken

    Update - after three weeks of laying small eggs, Speedy has now decided she wants to be 'Broody Hen'. Sadly we're not allowed a rooster here, we don't have room for more chicks, and we don't have a separate metal cage to separate and de-broody her. Anyone got tips on how to cage-less...
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    Speedy the Australorp/Wyandotte chicken

    Speedy laid her first egg today (her egg is the first one on the left).
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    Speedy the Australorp/Wyandotte chicken

    Speedy the Chick and her foster mum 'Gladys' Murial #1 and Murial #2 checking up on Speedy and Gladys Speedy a few weeks old Exploration outside the coop and digging for insects A couple of months on and she's in her first moult She's growing into big girl Speedy...
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    Speedy 18weeks on - I'm pretty sure she's a pullet

    Looks like Spring eggs from her then. (mid-Winter here in Oz)
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    Speedy 18weeks on - I'm pretty sure she's a pullet

    Any idea when we'd expect eggs from her? The three other hens (pure Australorps) are giving us a daily egg. :D
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    Speedy 18weeks on - I'm pretty sure she's a pullet

    Okay, lots of photos, hopefully these will help... I have more, but hopefully these will be enough.
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    Speedy 18weeks on - I'm pretty sure she's a pullet

    She's very camera shy but I'll see what I can do.
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    Speedy 18weeks on - I'm pretty sure she's a pullet

    Pretty sure she's a pullet (vet is 95% certain she's a pullet too) but would welcome your feedback. Father - Wyandotte Mother - Australorp
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    What to do about a possible roo?

    A quick question - Speedy's comb is still butter yellow - when should it be going red, and also when do spurs develop on young roos?
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    What to do about a possible roo?

    Thanks for your reply - one lot of neighbours have a small dog that when chained up barks endlessly, they are also retired farmers, the neighbours on the other side we are friendly with too. I don't foresee much of a problem with either of them, but the others who live a little further away I'm...
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