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    Tips on catching a fox in suburban Melbourne (Australia)?

    Hi everyone! I was wondering if any Australians have tips on catching foxes, particularly in Melbourne. We have used KFC chicken and charcoal chicken, the fox visits but doesn't go into the trap. FOXOFF1080 seems to be difficult to acquire here because of the regulations. We have a relative...
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    Black egg

    Hi all, We adopted two cayuga ducks recently. Their ages are unknown and we weren't expecting any eggs. The other day we found a black egg which we thought was pretty cool! It's our first egg that isn't either white or brown 😅 Would love to see your coloured eggs too ! 😊
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    Rooster now has a grudge against me

    Hi all 😊 Just wanted to introduce Maya, our Australorp x rooster. We live in suburbia and have had him for about 2 years. He is a very sweet boy and generally has no issues with anyone patting him or picking him up. Until recently he has never attacked anyone. I accidentally stepped on his...
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    Show me your ducks!

    The cayugas are Molly and Mandy and the muscovy is Bellatrix :) We also have another musocvy named Yennefer but she's currently broody.
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    What breed and gender are these two?

    Thank you all for the responses. I am hoping they are female as our hens have been getting overmated by our rooster. Hopefully two new hens will help give them a break.
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    What breed and gender are these two?

    Hello :) My partner and I went duck shopping over the weekend. We couldn't help ourselves and ended up getting these two cuties as well. The lady at the farm said that they are about 16 weeks old. Any idea of the breed and gender? I'm sure she told us the breed but I can't recall what she said...
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    One year anniversary with our first rooster

    He really is :) He has never shown any aggressive and he has no problems letting us pick him up or his hens any time.
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    One year anniversary with our first rooster

    Today we celebrated one year since our "hen" Maya started crowing and revealed himself as a rooster What better way to celebrate the day we officially became the worst suburban neighbours ever than with some unicorn gender reveal cupcakes? (He has since fathered two more little roosters so now...
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    Adopted or rescue poultry

    That's so lovely that you have taken them in. They are very lucky :):love
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    Adopted or rescue poultry

    He is so gorgeous! Such beautiful boys. It's quite unfortunate that so many roosters end up getting dumped. This hoarder was posing as a shelter and taking in a lot of unwanted poultry through classified ads. They would then resell the ill hens or cockerels as pullets. Many were kept in a...
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    Adopted or rescue poultry

    Has anyone here ever adopted or rescued chickens or ducks? I would love to hear your story on how and why you adopted them :) The first bird we adopted is a white drake. My friend and her mother use to live on a large hobby farm. Unfortunately they had to move out after her mother and step...
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    Rooster/Cockerel Photo Thread

    This is our main rooster Maya (when he was younger and now). In the third photo are his sons Vegemite and Lucy
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    Scaly Leg Mites - any 'before and after' photos?

    This is our hen Ruth. We adopted her early this year and the rescue informed us that she's had ongoing scaly leg mite issues. We dont have any clear photos of her feet but you can see below that her legs, in particular her left, were pretty thick when she arrived. This is what her feet...
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    Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

    I love silkies :) These are my pet silkies Vanessa Ives, Veronica Lodge and Violet Chachki. They are the first chickens we ever got so they are very special to us.
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    Taking your chicken to the vet

    We are in the western suburbs of Melbourne in VIC, Australia :)
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    Taking your chicken to the vet

    We have a really good bird and exotic clinic nearby (10 minute drive) that regularly sees chickens. We use to be regulars there but I found an amazing avian vet who does home visits. She pops by every 6-8 weeks for general health consultations. The home visits are a great way to get all of our...
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    Please post rooster pics with breed.

    Maya our Australorp x Maya's sons Lucy (short for Lucifer) and Vegemite. They are crossed with silkie
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    Australorp x cockerel located in Victoria, Australia

    A sanctuary offered to take him but we found out that we are allowed roosters in Altona so we declined so that another rooster can take his spot in the sanctuary. Plus we were pretty attached to him haha :) We still have him and we haven't had any problems with neighbours or anything.
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    Sick isa brown - sneezing, coughing and runny nose

    Hi all, the seller caught the attention of a local chicken rescue group. They visited his suburban property and took a total of 66 ill chickens and 4 ducks. I believe he may have realised that his animals were in poor condition and consented to the rescue taking them because I can see him in the...
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    using a contraceptive implant (made for dogs) to stop crowing...Anyone ever heard of this?

    Hi all, I was wrong about his tail feathers. He looks very much like a regular rooster now with a nice huge tail. His crowing is almost non-existent, the past week I've only heard him crow once and it was because one of the sheds got accidentally locked in the shed (we use to leave the door...
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