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I am so very sorry for your loss, and the situation you had to deal with at the emergency vets. To be charged for euthanasia administered after the death of your much loved bird, I believe should be reported. That is diabolical, and I can understand your shock and confusion. I hope you...

Welcome to BYC - roasted. You sound like you have a very interesting menagerie. There is another thread that is more active - Australian in flavour called "Australia - six States .. and that funny little island " .... lots of great info on there if you care to have a look. I try to...

Lovely 'menagerie' you have got there, Teylah. I have 1 Araucana, 1 Welsummer and 1 Rhode Island Red. Mandy Welsummer is currently moulting - quite heavily too ( which is most unusual for her ). So egg production is down, but I don't worry about that - as long as my 3 girls are happy...

Welcome to Mahaliamcg Araucanas are hardy little souls. My Mindy ( only have one Ara ) .... was also a late layer, but boy when she got started - she layed and layed. Then stopped. In her 1st year, and I found 1 then 3 then many white feathers - she was in a moult. And it was a heavy...

Thanks Tillyita. As mentioned, I am too fussy about what my girls eat ... I must back off on that. They free range ok - so they are digging up the garden for goodies. Only two of them free range - so they don't do too much damage. The third, my little Araucana Mindy, gets upset with free...

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You are welcome. And well done .... 10 hens and a roo. They should all be happy. Must comment on the big plastic container of goodies you give your chooks. I feel SO ashamed. I am a real fussy britches, and tend to cut up my chook scraps, throwing out anything that looks suspect ...

Welcome darajosami .... This is a great site, and great Aussie pages to be found here, including this one. It's great to hear you are getting some chickens - they are wonderful to keep, and can be such a great source of fun and caring. Speaking of which, and the main reason I am replying...

Welcome "Roasted" ... and well done - having chicks hatch. Cheers ..... AB

Welcome to all the new folk on here. I think most of the contributors to this particular forum / pages ... are Aussie. It began a while back now, by someone who was looking to gather all the Aussies together for chook information. Our chickens are somewhat different to other countries -...

Welcome to BYC ... there's some great info on here, and another Australian site called "Australia - Six states and that funny little island" ... true - that's the name of it, and it is an ultra busy busy site, which is why I think this one was begun ( can't be sure about that ). But there's...

Welcome 'roasted' to this really great site. Hope you enjoy every moment you spend on here. I think you have sent part of Queensland's weather down south this past 6 months. Geez mate - thanks !!!! LOL. It's been ultra hot - and now is ultra humid - still with high temps. I do NOT...

A little update ... Mindy Araucana has not laid another soft-shell ... but has laid quite a few proper greenish blue eggs - and one that was a real beige/brown in colour ??? She continues a smallish moult. Molly RIR is laying about 3 eggs a week, and is in a small moult - and poor Mandy...

Hi MyHaven ... Thanks for your enquiry. Mindy has improved .... and is gadding about her run and free range like nothing happened. I am almost sure now it was the terrific thunderstorm, sudden change in weather and the rain that caused her to drop the shell-less egg. She's eating...

Thank you OzChicken .... for your helpful and interesting comments. Will wait and see, keeping a close eye on her - she is happy this morning. Making a lot of noise which makes me wonder if she is announcing the birth of another egg. !!! I do hope she gives herself a good rest before...

Live in Victoria which has had excessive heat recently - record breaking stuff ... a couple of weeks back, ongoing. Past two days the temps have fallen dramatically with rain and thunderstorms. Strange thing is, she dellivered the shell-less egg, on the first day the temps plunged. Prior...

Please help ( and I will post this to the other Aussie thread ). I might be worrying needlessly, but have not found any answers to my questions on any links, on here at BYC, or by Googling all kinds of things about shell-less eggs. My little Aussie Araucana ( Mindy ) .... has had a couple...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL HERE. PROSPERITY, HEALTH AND HAPPINESS TO YOU - AND A LOT OF SUCCESS IN CHICKEN RAISING VENTURES. Cheers ...... Anniebee

To REDOLIVEBERRY .... Big Congrats on hatching successfully all eight absolutely BEAUTIFUL little chickens. They are gorgeous. Well done - Happy New Year to you .... Cheers ......... AB

Adding my thanks too tillyita. Had no idea about any of that. Mindy has now quietened down - no more incessant cackling. Just have to wait and see how long it is before she produces another egg. ?? Cheers ........ AB