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Hi all, I got two little pullets one 8 weeks & one 10 weeks, when I got them home I noticed the youngest had a fowl smell coming from the nostrils. This was three weeks ago & no real improvement since! I have been ptting garlic in their water & wiping her nose daily, this morning when I went...

They do have taste buds, just not many in comparison to humans which have around 10,000 as opposed to chickens having 20-30

Hi, welcome to BYC I am also from Perth & currently looking to add to my flock, I am looking for girls aged between 20-30 weeks. Do you have any available in this age group? Also what suburb are you located? TIA, Kirsty

I also had the same issue with my Australorp girls, to solve the issue I blocked off the nest boxes until they are older and ready to start laying.. all three of my girls now roost (most of the time) ;) Good luck

My Australorp pullets are 14 weeks old... I am looking forward to collecting eggs in the coming months. However I have a few issues, First of all they all seem to want to sleep huddled together on the floor instead of perched on the roost I made. I have put perches at all different heights and...

Thank you for your suggestion any thoughts on the blue one?

Ok so I joined this forum for backyard chickens last week and loving reading everyone's questions and the wealth of knowledge shared by all. I posted pics of my three baby Australorps. One is all black, one is black with white spots on the face and one is blue. My worry is that although the...

1muttsfan which one? There's one grey, one black with white on the face & one all black :) & Thanku all for welcome messages!

I have three 2 and a half week old Australorp chicks one blue, and two black, one with white arkings on its face, one all black face. I am struggling with the 'wait game', so decided to see if anyone wants to take a guess at the sex? ~