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    The New Zealand Thread

    Where are you based? Join the local Poultry Society or Club - or go to their next Show - there are always sale birds and viable eggs at our one in HB.
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    The New Zealand Thread

    There's someone in the Hastings Poultry and Pigeon Society who has quite a few Brahmas he shows. I don't know if he breeds to sell birds or eggs. I can find out for you if you wish as I'm on the Committee? How many are you wanting?
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    Napier NZ was 29C today!
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    Chicken treats

    It's Spring in NZ and more like Summer in Napier some days already (up to 28C!) so I tried my girls with frozen corn scattered on the lawn and they love it! 😁
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    Finally an egg!

    Congratulations 👏 I was delighted when my girls came into lay too... Infact still love finding their 'presents'!
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    Are egg colors/speckles supposed to vary?

    Yes totally normal and natural. Unfortunately we've been so conditioned to uniform veges and eggs in mass production these days, that anything else gets rejected. Your girls' eggs look lovely. :thumbsup
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    New to chickens and this site 🙂

    Welcome! 🤗 You've come to the right place then! One of my favourite quotes: "Women get to a certain age and start collecting chickens - it's called the "Hen-o-pause!" :D
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    Egg color… speckled?!

    Hi - I've got three Silver Laced Wyandotte hens who have been laying for about 15 months, and get quite a variety of subtle shades of eggshells, some speckled, some not. Seems to depend on diet somewhat. My girls have all day access to a commercial Layer Hen Feed, (but different brands have more...
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    How To Take Better Photos Of Your Chickens

    Thanks for explaining how the Auto function actually works Mdee88! I hate how you don't get a hardcopy Instruction Manual with anything these days, and though I waded my way through literally hundreds of online pages when I bought the camera, it was too hard to NB and refer to on our holiday...
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    How To Take Better Photos Of Your Chickens

    Hi there - thanks for the advice - I have a Nikon DSLR and love the quality of the pictures compared to using my OPPO phone camera (which is still very good and convenient) - however I am guilty of not cleaning the lens each time I use it, and this can lead to disappointing results! I always...
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    Review by 'Jen-the-Hen' in article 'Taming The Flock: How To Be Your Chickens' Favorite Human🐓❤'

    I wish I'd read this article before I got my first chicks almost 2 years ago. I had no idea the car ride of 30 or 40 minutes would be so stressful for them, or that they would feel cold so fast. I'm hoping to get another six chicks soon, so should I heat up a wheatie bag (not hot) and put a...
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    Anything to help my Wyandottes start laying?

    My X3 Wyandotte pullets began laying at about 8 or 9 months and laid through Winter. This year one after the other starting first wkend in June...no eggs for x7 weeks and gave in to buy half a dozen at $6.69?!!
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    Review by 'Jen-the-Hen' in article 'Keeping Chickens Without Free Ranging'

    Really well-written and informative article thank you. I am waiting for a friend to build me a walk-in coop & run, as currently the destruction of my back lawn & amount of poop all over the place to scrape up is getting a bit much. I want them to be happy though, so it will need to be bigger...
  14. Silver Laced Wyandotte Show Girls

    Silver Laced Wyandotte Show Girls

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    Silver Laced Wyandotte Show Girls

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