Hi fellow Aussies!
Can anyone please shed some light on the breed of my two new ducks? I've had chickens for a while but this is my first time with ducks so I'm unsure on the breed. I was thinking Swedish black but I'm not sure. Also is it too early to tell gender, I think they're about ten...
I recently had a silkie hen that developed fowl pox, first time I've ever had one with it and I really didn't know much about it but after some research I was cleaning the lesions with salt water and painting them in iodine. After having it for about a week and a half the lesion above her eye...
My silkies free range all day and we have a pair of wedge tails that fly over occasionally, so many wild birds react even I know what's up. My chooks run to the undergrowth and turn into statues but i put them away Anyway. We also just had a pair of pacific bazas move in. They eat insects and...
No worries :) I also have two dogs and before I got my 7 silkies they'd never seen chooks! I just left my chooks locked up in their run, cause its pretty spacious, for two weeks so the dogs could see them/sniff them through there and so the chooks would get use to their coop. Id let my chooks...
Have a look at this thread for info about lime https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/47639/is-it-safe-to-use-lime-in-the-chicken-coop I dont use it so I cant really say anything more about it sorry. Ive got my run and then the coop inside that, sand inside the coop then the run is split in two with...
I know where you can get it and other medications online. I just bought a few things from here yesterday. http://planetpoultry.com.au/38-preventative-treatments But i have a question Does anyone know where to buy vetericyn all animal wound & skin care spray online? I haven't seen it in shops &...