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    Chicken "in your face" pictures!!

    Caption from hen = "I didn't spend that much!"
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    2 weeks away from BYC Aussie thread and 297 posts to read! Just like having a new novel waiting to be read. Reading through the posts, I was admiring some coops featured but wondering why no one else had goanna & python problems. Then came Luke the goanna wrangler to reassure me that I am not...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Thanks for the info. Re the cyclone, it should be fine even if it crosses as it is just a baby one. It is VERY wet & windy but that is nothing to even do with the cyclone so will be in bog city once the cyclone rain arrives. We live in such a beautiful but cruel country (weather wise), where...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Well I think I can tick definate "quail ignorant" now. I sent a PM re some snake advice. Re quails: do you have the breeding stock & if so, are they kept seperately to your chooks? Can they coexist with other species? I heard somewhere, years ago that you cannot tame quails even if incubated...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    How cute! Proves I am really quail ignorant, I thought they would all be same colour.
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    IM JEALOUS!
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    ***OKIES in the BYC III ***

    And here comes another chicken addict, with all the good and bad that brings! Well done to you!
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    looking forward to it! How are those 2 young roosters of yours going? Still happily coexisting? I am really interested in following roosters who peacefully coexist after 18 mths of age.
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    You can get glucodin powder from chemist (or big supermarket), perfectly safe & they seem to like it. If you make up a mixture with some warm water, glucodin & olive oil & offer on a teaspoon (maybe flat teaspoonof each component & mix really well). He may only take one drink at a time so offer...
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    ***OKIES in the BYC III ***

    Don't feel bad, you did the right thing. Once they fight really badly they often never stop so what option do you have? I had father & son live happily together for 18 months until son turned. I was expecting this and had seperate coop built (as I want the son to continue as main rooster AFTER...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    This sounds like crop impaction (maybe worms as well). If the crop is not going flat overnight, there is a problem. There is a lot of advice on other threads. I had this in an adult hen & follwed some of the advice I found on byc. While it worked for me, it took 3 days & the hen was an adult. I...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    I was just about to ask the same thing
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Hi Rexy, they would only just be 2 months, and as bantam very small. If they would stay with the group it may be ok but they are only tolerated by the adults & shooed off if encroach too closely. One rooster leads each group and is very much a warner & protecter which they would not have the...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    How cute! It is pretty rare to see really young snakes lie\ke that.
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Hi All, Satay, good luck with the heat. Megan, maybe give your non perching chooks a good layer of straw to sleep on? A lot of mine happily lay down on a straw bed each night. Re broodies- I always have at least two brooding nothing (no option 12 is enough!). I do not worry about it anymore, I...
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