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    Pros & Cons of having a roo your input appreciated!!

    What a great post citygirl! I have an adult rooster who I bought as part of a trio. He is gorgeous, not mean at all, does not attack any person, is very mindful of his gilrls. I think he is lovely. I have two young roosters, twho have been raised since day olds and were handled a lot when...
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    What's the easiest & most humane way to cull???

    Ultimately it is up to you to decide what to do. I have just been through this. Not all my chickens got sick. I bought 4 new chickens, none had any symptoms of illness, a few days later some of my chooks were sneezing. All up only one breed I had was affected, 8 birds in all. I went and asked...
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    How do you do this?

    Where I am it is spring. (Australia), one of my hens has gone broody and I am letting her sit on some eggs. I have never done this before, because I have only been keeping chickens for 6 months. I am keen to see if anything hatches. I have hatched eggs in an incubator, but at auction I bought...
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    Australians - Where are you all????

    Yep, Duckyfromoz, so far I am finding chickens fascinating time wasters love your little Zorro, very cute. Hello 6blackchicks, I am a newbie too!
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    Hatching chicks to feed medicated feed or not?

    I have taken the leap and decided not to feed medicated. I ran out of the medicated feed when my hatchlings were two days old. Since then I have fed them a 'chook mix' which is a mixture of seeds, shell grit limestone etc. mixed with some millet (budgie mix) and sunflower seeds. I put this in my...
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    What is an EE?

    Thanks everyone. We have one Araucana she lays blue-green eggs. We only got her on the weekend at an auction. I have never heard of an Easter Egger before, maybe they are more common in the US. I am in Australia. At least I know now!
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    Australians - Where are you all????

    Hi all I am new to chicken keeping only started with 4 from the incubator at Easter, now I have 24. I live north of Sydney not far from Kezabel who started this thread. I just need to be able to build pens faster cheers
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    What is an EE?

    Ok I am a noob, so don't give me a hard time. I have seen this in a number of posts what does EE stand for? thanks
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    Australorp?

    We bought an Australorp hen at auction, I don't know how old she was. She was a beautiful bird, when we got her she had a bare bottom (hard to see in a box) and she just thrived. She was a great foster mum to our campine chicks. I swear Blackie used to talk to me, she would look you right in the...
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    I hate foxes!...foxes 5 humans 0

    Thanks for your sympathy and advice. I was locking the chooks up till the kids got home from school after the usual fox visiting time, but the egg production dropped off and they did not seem happy. I am outside a lot of the time and so far we have lost on average one chicken per month. Although...
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    I hate foxes!...foxes 5 humans 0

    My lovely australorpe hen was taken this afternoon. She was the matron of the flock. She mothered some campine chicks and looked out for predators before we had any roosters. Poor Blackie, it may have happened as we were resetting the fox trap. So far we have lost 3 Isa Browns that we raised...
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    G'day from NSW Australia

    Hi everyone I am a relatively new chicken keeper. I have only had chickens for about 6 months. I adore them and we have 24 now, the youngest are only a week old. My favourites are the campines. My daughter bought them as chicks a few days old. They are curious and friendly, with good flying...
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