Thanks for the phone number Ducky, I was thinking about Kyneton but I assumed the pens would be full this close to the auction. Unfortunately most of my birds have gone into early moult from the stress I assume so are not looking their best now.
I'm sorry to read about problems with predators...
Hi all! Anyone affected by the floods? I feel so sorry for all those affected, it would be awful. We are very lucky the house is on a high spot, we had over 12" of rain in a week!
I was planning on selling a bunch of birds at Nathalia Auction but the shed will be underwater at the moment so...
Loving the pics, here's a couple I borrowed from the web...
Dark or Colored hen
This might be the one mentioned with the silver looking roo
Looks like I have about 8 eggs developing and another 6 to go in as well as whatever is laid over the next few days.
My double yolker is still...
Well I have good news, bad news and interesting news.
Good news is I have more eggs in the incubator, going to candle the latest batch tonight to see how many are developing.
Interesting news is the double yolker is developing and was looking good last time I checked it.
Bad news is I lost...
Welcome to the thread Joyous! Beautiful birds, I particularly love the cuckoo, one of my favorite patterns on my favorite breed. Thank you for posting them.
I do belive a hatch or two back I moved someone off the coast of Rhode Island... Fear not, practice makes perfect and I've since put myself on without tossing anyone into the sea.