Recent content by pixie74943

Thanks everyone - while the responses seem reasonably divide on cockerel v pullet I'm going to say it's too big a risk for me to take. Pity, cause they are pretty birds :) Cheers

Can I ask what makes you think that? I'm not an expert, but a quick look around says Marans should have white / grey legs, and Rocks would have yellow - not that it's super easy to tell on the pictures. Also should have said they are supposed to be Bantams - again, hard to tell size with the...

I'm (possibly) purchasing these (hopefully) ladies in a couple of days. I think they're going to be hens, but hoping for a second opinion. The seller says he 'got them as chicks in January' - so somewhere between 12 and 16weeks. I'm assuming 12wks to err on the side of caution.

Hello! I'm going to ask about Chickens and Quail living NEAR each other. I know they shouldn't live together for all the behavioural / food / disease reasons, but I want to know... - How close is too close? I have a small yard and while they birds would be separated, I'm not sure if they'll be...

Obviously everyones opinions are not to be discounted, but it can be done. We transplant everything thats dying or unwanted into our chicken pen and most of it survives...

hmm, cheers. Would I be correct in saying pullet feed wouldnt hurt the chicks or adults, and I could supplement the layers with calcium?? Is there still a concern of the chicks eating the calcium supplement? I use a mix of shell grit and old ground eggshells

I'm looking at adding to my flock come spring (It's Winter in Australia) and I have a very very fiesty hen who goes broody every season. I'm looking at buying a few day olds to slip under her when the time is right, but I'm wondering about feeding. I have a treadle feeder that the adults use...

I'm looking at trying a similar thing. I'm planning on building little safe cages and planting in them, but I don't know what would thrive in the nitrogen heavy soil. Hopefully I can take advantage of it and get some vegies out of there and keep the soil from being terrible. Some things I...

Quote: I thought about that, but Im a little short on space, and I like my sleep-ins

now I just have to remember to stick her in a crate around sunset. I thought they would sort it out... three months ago... (probably more)

My hens LOVE having long dried grass as nest material, and so do I. It makes a nice little hollow for them to lay in, and they cant kick it all out of the nest because it tangles together really well.

Yes.... Thats why I break them so quickly, Otherwise it's Oh, Gemma your broody again, okay, I'll set up the cage on the weekend... *weekend rolls around* FFS CINDER I ONLY HAVE ONE CAGE... DOOFY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOUR TOO BIG FOR THE BROODY CAGE, DONT YOU START yepp... it happens

Its an earlobe, some are white, some are red. Generally (but not always) hens with white earlobes lay white eggs

So, I have six chickens... I have six roosts. 3 of my birds sleep IN the nest boxes Here's what happens, every night. In order of age, hen 1 and hen 2 go in, curl up on the top roost, and sleep. Hen 2 kills anyone who tries to come up there, Hen 1 sits happily in the corner. Hen 3 comes in...

I saw a spider once, body the size of my palm, and the legs double that. Oddly, not in the least bit scared of that one, its the tiny poisonous ones that worry me, the big ones I have no trouble with