Recent content by Mugento

Thank you, that help a lot!

Hello, I noticed that our australorp has developed a cough. She is still eating and drinking, and doesn't seem out of sorts. The cough does not sound phlegmy and she'll just have one cough here and there. It sounds like a cross between a cluck and a cough. No one else in the flock seems...

That's good to hear. I added something in my trademe listing about how they are small birds, so that no one would think that he would be a bruiser. If we don't find him a home, I will probably pass him over the fence to my neighbours while our daughter is at school and then invent a story about...

I will see if I can find a local Facebook group, thanks for the suggestion. I put him up on trademe but I feel a bit unsure about listing him that way. I would prefer that he doesn't get used for meat, though I accept that as a possibility, but I am worried about him being used for fighting. Is...

I know that there is a chicken rehoming thread but I figured that it makes more sense to just put this out to the kiwis. "Pancake" the cockerel has gotten his crow so it's time for him to go! We were originally going to use him for meat but our daughter loves him so I said that I would try to...

I just popped on and read that your girl didn't pull through. My condolences.

What sort of dilution do you use and how do you apply it? We haven't had a mite problem (yet) but I would like to have ideas banked up for when they hit.

That is good news to hear that she is going to get a friend. I am so happy to see that people in this community have been (mostly) so helpful and kind to this poster. That is really a rarity on the internet anymore. Just a couple of thoughts for you to consider, pinestamara. Any animal is a...

I just let our hamburgs out to join the rest of the flock and found the lot of them up in the trees. I don't want them flying over the fence into the neighbour's garden so we had to climb up the tree to corral them until they get their wings clipped. Not sure how they do with catching mice but...

We got our eggs from Willowbank. I am not sure of all the breeds that they have but we got eggs for dorkings, cochins, and hamburgs. Only 4 of our eggs hatched but we ended up with 2 golden pencilled hens, 1 silver spangled hen, and 1 silver spangled cockerel.

The law of Chicken Math says that you are always a few heads short!

I love the idea of a local thread. We are down in the east side of Christchurch. There are a few chicken households on the block so the neighbors are very accommodating with our ladies. Right now we have a flock of 7: one retired, pet chicken, 2 layers, and 4 chicks. We love Motueka!

We are in Christchurch but I will bring him anywhere in Canterbury or arrange a meet up with someone further afield on the south island.

Hello, we hatched a clutch of hamburg eggs that turned out to be three hens and one cockerel. We live in town and can't have a crowing rooster so our original plan was that we would raise any cockerels until they got their crow and then they would (insert air quotes) go to a farm. I am a...

Thank you. I think that it would make us feel better to be able to keep a close eye on them.