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    Another guy or gal post

    I think I know the answer, but do these feather patters and tail shapes scream dude to you?
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    Late hatcher has wry neck and fused toes

    I have just hatched my first batch of eggs, with a pretty terrible hatch rate but better than expected (incubator fan motor blew and I thought I'd roasted them all, among other mishaps) so I now have three little chicks, cute as can be. The eggs went into the incubator around 2pm on a Friday...
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    Coop position and flooring

    I have the front, back and roof of a cubby house that I'm planning on converting. It's a crazy heavy and strong thing, insulated balls and roof, with metal roofing batons and all sorts. I'm intending to raise it, because it's only 1.5m high and I want at least an 1.8m door for ease of access...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Thank you for the info! I think I'll steer clear of the quambys! I'll look into your suggestion though. 😀
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    New in Canberra, Australia

    Thanks for the tip! I've been looking at this option, but not sure the most economical way to buy them? They seem to mostly come in 15kg bags; how far does that go?
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    Coop position and flooring

    The only council/local government info I can find is about permanent structures (this I'm hoping will last a damn long time, but won't be concreted in etc.) or about chicken management itself, like welfare requirements and rooster rules. Nothing so far about coop placement. The space is for the...
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    New in Canberra, Australia

    Quambys are on the newer end of things, developed in Tassie, though I've just seen someone say they hated them, so it looks like I have more research to do! They're big layers but dual purpose, apparently good eating even long past when they normally get processed (not an issue for me and the...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Thanks! I'm from Adelaide (Coromandel Valley, and went to Flinders) so that's Home #2!
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Also, hi all! New to BYC here, living in south Canberra. I love Canberra (unpopular opinion, I know) and am hoping to set things up for the longhaul.
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Damn, I just came in here to say hi but saw this post! I was intending to get a couple of quamby girls, but I think I'm going to have to do some hardcore research!
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    Coop position and flooring

    This is a terrible picture of the side of my place. The blue is roughly where I am looking at putting the coop. The roof of my place sticking out there is covered courtyard, not actually the house itself.
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    New in Canberra, Australia

    G'day all, I'm Neej and I'm located in the Australian Capital Territory. New to chickens, currently getting things together with the plan of stealing my bestie's insanely broody girl to hatch me some eggs so she can do the hard work of raising them and I can avoid the smell of a brooder in my...
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    Coop position and flooring

    Hi all, I am about to build my first chicken coop. I have a vast majority of it designed and supplies available, but I'm stuck on position and flooring. I have a 'perfect' (for me) position that I originally planned around. It would have an open dirt floor and I would be doing deep litter, with...
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